HIS Story: The Journey of God’s Family

When I think about the history of the Church, one picture comes to mind—a simple five-step rhythm:

Creates – Adam

Converses – Abraham

Comes – AD

Calls – All

Collects – All Saints

For many years, I was oriented to believe that the Church began in the book of Acts. But when you step back and look at the bigger picture, the Church—if understood as God’s family —was established on the very first day of creation. God created a home and placed His first family member in it: Adam. From there, the story unfolds.

Humanity kept falling short. Again and again. And in the middle of that downward spiral, God developed favourites. Several stood out, but Abraham stood tallest. Eventually, God became known as the God of Abraham, and later of his son and grandson. Out of that family came a nation—Israel—named after Jacob, whose new name “Israel” would sound strange to our British-trained ears. It’s like naming your child “Kenya.” But that was his name, and from him came a people.

Unfortunately, the family didn’t do well. The saying “like father, like son” proved painfully true. Israel carried the same patterns as his fathers, and the nation carried the same patterns as him. They drifted into rebellion. They broke covenant, broke laws, broke each other. They neither loved God nor neighbour. God sent prophets, princes, judges, kings, and people of interest—but the people remained stubborn. Their relationship with God was on the brink of divorce… but God hates divorce.

So the next phase unfolded: God checked in physically.

The Anointed One walked the earth. And this wasn’t His first appearance. He walked with Adam, dined with Abraham, and strolled with Enoch. But this time He came in human form, nature, for a longer period, and with a specific purpose. Jesus gathered a team—a new family recruitment and training department (FRTD). Their assignment was the five-fold office, and the entry requirement into this new family was a spiritual B.A.: Born Again.

This new family structure took shape as soon as He ascended. The gospels, Acts, the letters, and even other historical writings outside the Bible testify to this unfolding plan.

And now we live in a very specific phase of that story: The phase where God calls individuals—one by one—to a personal conversation about repentance.

Repentance is a godly word that simply means the opposite of repeat. Stop doing what you’ve been doing over and over again, and turn toward the opposite direction. If you were loud, go low. If you were drunken, sober up. If you were sinful, become a saint.

Sadly, many leave the earth without ever responding to God’s call. And their judgment is hot, harsh, and anything but humid.

But we are still in this season of mercy—this long window where the call is individual. One day it will not be. There will come a time when God issues a collective call.

That call will sound like a trumpet—loud, chaotic, unmistakable. Yet only a particular group will hear it: the saints. No sinner, no matter how good their hearing, will recognize the sound. It will pierce the atmosphere, echo through the earth, and even reach the bones of those who died in the Lord. Their bodies will rise at that call, answering a roll-call older than human history.

It will be like the school bell at the end of a long day. Teachers, textbooks, and tests behind you; joy, rest, and home before you. The rush to the gate. The relief. The welcome. The meals. The embrace. Ah! I long for that day.

This day—often called the Day of the Lord—is the event John saw and documented in “The Revelation.” It marks the reunion of God’s family: those in heaven and those on earth finally together.

On that day, Your kingdom come will no longer be a prayer—it will be a reality. Your will be done will no longer be an aspiration—it will be the atmosphere.

Then we will finally see that history is truly His story. A story that began with Him forming a family out of dust and ending with Him establishing a dynasty of sons and daughters.

It’s all written.

It’s all unfolding.

Go read it friend.