God created everything good, right, and beautiful. He lovingly made people to cultivate his creation alongside Him. People had the task to develop the hidden potentials of God’s creation and enjoyed a life of peace with God, one another, and creation.

The first people rebelled against God’s good reign. They decided God was holding back good things from them and wanted to decide for themselves what was right and wrong. The result was that human sin entered God’s good creation and all creation came under a curse. Everything was effected by this rebellion.

God did not leave his rebelling people without hope, He decided to rescue his creation by calling one man named Abram and making Him into a great nation. Through this nation, Israel, God was going to bless all the other nations. But just like the first people, they rebelled too.

When all seemed lost, God was faithful to His promise. Jesus, God’s own Son, came to be the promised deliverer and perfectly obeyed the Father. The Kingdom had come near. But the people rebelled against Jesus and murdered Him on a cross. When Jesus was killed he took on the curse of creation and bore the burden of people’s sin. He then accomplished victory over all evil through His resurrection! Restoration had begun, new creation was here and Jesus was the true and risen King!

The resurrected Jesus sent His Spirit to empower His followers to demonstrate and declare the good news that God was restoring the world and that Jesus is King! He alone is able to save and bring the peace we all so desperately desire. People are now invited to give their allegiance to Jesus & live according to His Story. Forgiveness, hope, and salvation are possible because of Jesus. This is the church, the act of the story we find ourselves in today.

One day King Jesus will return to finally and fully make the world the way it is supposed to be. He will bring justice, healing and wholeness. There will be no more tears, pain, sickness, brokenness, or death. Those who have declared allegiance to Jesus as King and by faith depended on him for salvation will forever enjoy His presence, but those who chose to rely on themselves and false saviors will be forever separated from his good reign. We pray for this day to come quickly!