Les Feldick Bible Study

What happens in the dispensation of the fulness of time when God gathers all things in Christ?

In the dispensation of the fulness of time, which refers to Christ's thousand-year reign, God gathers together in one all things in Christ. This includes both the heavenly things and the things on earth, unifying them under Christ according to Paul's writing in Ephesians 1.

Les explains that Ephesians 1 speaks of the dispensation of the fulness of time, referring to the thousand year reign of Christ. In that dispensation, God will gather together in one all things in Christ. The gathering includes both the things in heaven, or the heavenly things, and those which are on earth. So the context presents a future, appointed time when everything is brought together under Christ.

Ephesians 1:10

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:

More Questions

What does "the dispensation of the fulness of time" in Ephesians 1 refer to?

The "dispensation of the fulness of time" that Paul writes about in Ephesians 1 refers to the thousand-year reign of Christ.

When will the gathering of all things in Christ take place?

The gathering of all things in Christ will take place in the fullness of time.