Ephesians 1:10

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ—the things in heaven and the things on earth. 

Verse 6 tells us what He lavished on us: His grace (Ephesians 1:6–8)

Verse 9 tells what He revealed to us: the will which hitherto had been hidden (Ephesians 1:9)

This verse is telling us what will happen in the future that those things are leading to or were like ground preparation for:

Paul calls it the fullness of the times.

Many things are running on different timelines. Different people groups had historically been on different developmental timelines. But we have seen convergence, as one kingdom swallows up another, or the adoption of another culture, or the marrying of another’s technological product.

But God is saying there is a time when the different timelines will converge under the headship of Christ, not just earth, but heaven as well.

• The heaven-and-earth convergence is what we are talking about when we pray: "May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10). We are asking for developmental (spiritual, etc.) acceleration on earth to match that of heaven.
• When Paul asked that God would "sanctify us completely," and that our whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless until the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, he is asking for the convergence of the different components of our being (1 Thessalonians 5:23).
• When John prays that people be in health as their soul prospers, he is asking for the convergence of their soul and body (3 John 1:2).
• When Jesus said we would be one as He and the Father are one, He was asking for the convergence of different people under Himself (John 17:21–22).

What we are talking about is what Christ's age will bring about. We are talking about bringing together everything (spiritual, etc.).

The tearing apart of everything between heaven and earth happened in the garden of Eden, the tearing of things apart among men began with Cain and Abel, and things sped up until the time of the flood, where in a way it was the fullness of time for the violence that ravaged the earth which is indicative of the tearing apart, rather than the bringing together (Genesis 6:11–13).

It was not a symphony, it was a cacophony. It was not good or very good as God declared after He made the different components of the earth as we know it (Genesis 1:31). And the fullness of that creation time was seen when God rested from His works after saying everything was good (Genesis 2:2–3).

And part of that also was the bringing of the woman to the man, where different components were brought together, aiming for oneness (Genesis 2:22–24).

Then came the fall in the Garden of Eden. Then the flood, then what happened in Babel in Genesis chapter 11, where for a higher purpose God judged man, this time around, not with a flood, but with the division of the languages so that they should scatter across the earth.

That was the official beginning of the different people groups starting on their own timelines, marked by the adoption of different development and different rituals for relating with their gods in their different topographical locations (Genesis 11:6–9).

But now everyone is called to put on Christ. In the gospel, in the truth of the gospel, over time we are seeing the timelines of different people groups converging into the morality of Christ.

Christ is the light that shines on in the darkness (where different corruption takes place) (John 1:5) and calls people to Himself, to His truth. That is a process. That is a convergence under Christ.

It is the same grace of our Lord Jesus poured out on different people. And that grace teaches us "to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age" (Titus 2:11–12).

And we also have the prophecy of Christ settling disputes among the nations, and they, in turn, turning their war instruments into plowshares (Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3).

We do not know when that will happen, but it is down the line.

He is the Prince of Peace, and He brings peace between God and us, meaning He is bringing heaven and earth together (Isaiah 9:6; Colossians 1:20). And what is the main highlight of His prayer before He died? That we would be one (John 17:21). That is why we have one Spirit, one Lord; it is about bringing us into the same timeline, the timeline of the Lord Christ (Ephesians 4:4–5).

But to reach that end, there has to be a temporary rupture, in which our allegiances to Christ draw enemies, even from our own households (Matthew 10:34–36).

While we, as Christians, have now bowed to Jesus, Paul said that "at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" (Philippians 2:10–11).

That is where we are going. We are not there yet. While we wait for the Master to return (Luke 12:35–37), we should "serve one another" (Galatians 5:13) and continue to build one another up into the image of Christ (Ephesians 4:12–13).

As I mentioned before, we have different timelines running within ourselves: the body's timeline, the soul's, and the spirit's. Paul said, "Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day" (2 Corinthians 4:16). But the resurrection will bring both into alignment (1 Corinthians 15:52–53).

When Jesus said that "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak," both are running on different timelines (Matthew 26:41).

Paul said, "I subdue my body and make it my slave" so that his spirit is not going in one direction and his body in another, and he would suffer rejection (1 Corinthians 9:27).

Jesus wants our words to be aligned with our actions. He does not want us calling Him Lord, but not doing what He said (Luke 6:46).

That is about bringing everything to the Lordship of Christ (Colossians 1:18).

But all these cannot happen without verses 6 and 9: the lavishing of His grace on us, the revealing of the mystery of His will. Those become our spiritual software so that we can be part of His army that ensures His will is done on earth as it is in heaven, in whatever space we are, in our seed form, and compounded over time, over generations, until the fullness of the times where Christ heads up all things (Ephesians 1:10).

The administration talks about the process and the necessity of divine management (by the Holy Spirit) to bring everything to that place (Ephesians 1:10–11).

Hallelujah!

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