What does God do in the dispensation of the fullness of times?
God gathers together in one all things in Christ during the dispensation of the fullness of times—the final thousand years of human history, known as the millennial reign of Christ. This period emphasizes the repeated phrase 'in Christ,' which speaks of the believer's position in Him.
Les teaches that Ephesians 1:10 describes the dispensation of the fullness of times as that final thousand years of human history—the millennial reign, the thousand-year reign of Christ. In that administration, God might gather together in one all things in Christ. Les highlights the prepositional phrase 'in Christ' (or 'in whom,' 'in Him') that appears about ninety-six times in Ephesians, always referring to our position in Christ. He also addresses how we know we are in Christ: not by feeling or appearance, but by faith. The Bible says that when we believed, we became members of the Body of Christ, baptized or placed into it by the Holy Spirit, even though we do not feel that.
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: