Restoration is the theme of God’s Word and the purpose of His activity throughout history.
The early chapters of Genesis tell us how a loving God built an environment where His image-bearers, the crown of His creation, could dwell in perfect harmony with Him, with one another, and with all created things. God gave Adam and Eve dominion over all the earth for their enjoyment and for the creation’s benefit.
But our spiritual parents fell, and the peace and wholeness God intended to permeate the created order was replaced with misery and decay.
The Old and New Testaments tell how God, in unrelenting love and mercy, prepared the creation to be restored to its intended state through His Son, who first died and rose again, and one day will return to complete that restoration in the New Heaven and Earth.
In this place and time between the original garden and the new creation, those who follow Jesus have a privileged calling. Empowered by the Spirit, you and I are co-workers in the restoration of all creation to a right relationship with God.
When you help us minister to prisoners and their families, you are standing on the frontlines of restoration with us! Behind bars and in communities torn by crime, the effects of separation from God are terribly real, but His glory only shines out the brighter when He brings healing and hope.
We are working our way to the end of the story of God’s people. God, beginning with Jesus, has asserted His will to restore all creation. Will you join Him with us?
