Does everything begin and end with God?
Yes. Everything begins and ends with and in God. He got everything started, created everything, set everything in motion, and will bring it to His own end. He will gather all things together in Christ, both in heaven and on earth, in His appointed fullness of times.
Les explains that everything begins and ends with and in God. He got everything started, created everything, set everything in motion, and will bring it to His own end. That is why Les taught for 25 years that the world will not be blown up with nuclear bombs until God is ready to do it Himself. He did not deny that there will be nuclear warfare in the tribulation, but it will not happen until God is ready to let it all happen, because that fits the end-times scenario. Les also connects this to verse 10 and the dispensation of the fulness of times, which he feels is the thousand-year millennial reign, when God will gather together in one all things in Christ, both in heaven and on earth. These are the two spheres God has been dealing with since the beginning of human history, going back to Genesis 1.