GOD IS A RECYLER

From a hillside meal in Galilee to the golden city of Revelation, we trace a divine pattern—God gathers fragments so that nothing is lost. This episode reveals a God who restores, not wastes. 

Discover how broken things become the building blocks of glory. From scarcity to sufficiency, this episode invites you to see grace in every fragment.

Chapters

• 0:26 God Is A Recycler
• 1:06 Hellfire, Fear, And Deformed Souls
• 2:24 Why “Hellfire Explained” Changes Perspective
• 2:24 Book Context: Stars And Redemption
• 3:09 Feeding The 5,000 As Prophecy
• 4:16 Gather The Fragments: Nothing Be Lost
• 5:14 Redemption’s Scope: Saving Everyone And Everything
• 7:00 Twelve Baskets And New Jerusalem
• 8:50 Evening Clue And End Of The Age
• 9:30 Order, Grace, And Witness In The Miracle
• 10:24 From Fragments To Final Gathering
• 10:46 Revelation’s Materials And Cosmic Recycling
• 12:09 Heavens Rolled Up: Judgment And Raw Materials
• 13:33 City Of Gold And Precious Stones
• 15:18 Stewardship, Restoration, And Call To Partner
• 17:28 Book And Support Invitation

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:13

Hello everyone, welcome back to DIY Salvation. This is a special bonus episode, and it is one that I've titled God is a Recycler. Because in the kingdom of God, nothing is wasted, not a soul, not a single soul, not a single story, and not even a shattered star. In our last episode, I mentioned that God never wastes a single soul that He created, even in hellfire. Yet I find it deeply disturbing when certain people would refer to homicide cases as a person being wasted. I shiver to even think about it, because even the vilest of souls is not wasted in hellfire, but rather is recycled. In that episode, I explained that hellfire is indeed eternal torment for deformed souls. I said deformed again because of the image of the beast. But in essence, these unfruitful souls in hellfire are being recycled or will be recycled into the glory of God. It's kind of like being returned back to source. If you haven't listened to that episode yet, make sure you do. It is titled Hellfire Explained. I find that a lot of people tend to avoid listening to information about Hellfire mostly because of fear or they don't want to be judged or convicted. But I promise you, this particular episode on Hellfire is not like that. It explains it, and I'm telling you, after you listen to Hellfire explained, you will no longer fear it. You would know what to do. It's beyond just being convicted, you know, to do the right thing. It's rather it will push you to have a proper relationship with God. When I was writing my new book, Stars, God's Cosmic Plan for Redemption, which is now available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and digital formats. Now, God led me to the story of Jesus miraculously feeding the 5,000 in my wildest imaginations. I would not have thought that this particular story will be something that would be like a prophetic foreshadowing of the end of all times. It would have been the least story I would have used to teach something like that. But you know, God, in all his wisdom, he knows how to leave lead us to the right places and the right materials that we need. So I was writing about this, and then he told me, He said, I do not waste anything. I am a recycler. And then he led me to the story, and it was through the story that God taught me that he is not a waster, that rather he is a repairer, he's a restorer, and he's a recycler. You know the story. Jesus had been teaching a large crowd for about, sorry, a large crowd of about 5,000 men, not counting the women and the children, right? But as evening approached, he had been teaching them for quite some time, and as evening approached, the people grew hungry and there was no food nearby. So a young boy that had five barley loaves and two small fish, the disciples told Jesus, This is what was available. And so Jesus took the food, gave thanks, and miraculously multiplied them to feed everyone that was present. When everyone had eaten and they were full, he told his disciples, gather the leftovers, and they collected twelve baskets full of fragments. Now, quoting from John chapter 6, verse 12, when they were filled, he, speaking about Jesus, said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. God told me that although this particular statement that I just quoted was speak spoken to the people, it was actually a prophetic word concerning the end of the world. Because this instruction reveals that the mindset of God is basically, especially when in his dealings with mankind, God has a divine intent. The divine intent is that nothing will be lost when he is redeeming. In redemption, nothing be lost. This is the divine intent concerning God's dealings with mankind, right? This means that God is always looking for a way to administer salvation to us while still saving everything and everyone. This is his perfect will, that his redemption will save everything and save everyone. This is always his best way. And let me tell you, God does this all the time. When you pray to God, you ask him to deliver you. His intent is that everyone and everything be saved. Even in situations where a person had to be had to be called back home, like you know, through death, because maybe this person was for whatever reason, whether he was disobedient to God or was mean to other people, and by judgment he was called back home. Even in such situations, this intent of God still remains the same, that nothing will be lost. Luke chapter 19, verse 10 sums it all up. Jesus said, The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. So therefore, it means that God is not finished until nothing is lost. So bear bear that in mind. Keep it in your mind, don't let it go. Because of this divine intent or this divine intention that nothing be lost and that he wants to save everything and everyone, God always gathers what remains. And this would apply spiritually to souls. He will always gather what remains. It could apply physically to resources, it could also apply cosmically to the broken parts of creation, as we are going to see very shortly. The miracle of the loaves and the fishes was just never really about bread alone. It was a prophetic foreshadowing, like I said, a prophetic picture or a sign of what God will do at the end of the age when he gathers together all that remains, that nothing be lost. Now, the key to understanding that this passage points to the end times lies in the 12 baskets of leftovers. In the New Jerusalem, if you read the book of Revelation, the number 12 appears as a symbol of God's perfect government and complete redemption because we know that the city's 12 gates, they bear the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. We know therefore that this New Jerusalem universe, which is a brand new universe, will be divided into 12 tribes, right? And it says that these 12 tribes are actually built upon the foundations of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. Revelation chapter 21, from verse 12 to 14, right? So it means that together they represent the fullness of God's covenant family, the Old Testament and the New Testament, Israel and the church, law and grace, all now united as one redeemed creation under the Lord Jesus Christ. So when Jesus commanded, gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. And the 12 baskets served as a prophetic foreshadowing of that ultimate restoration. When every tribe, tongue, and nation is going to be gathered into one eternal kingdom, made up of 12 tribes, it means that nothing of God's purpose will be lost. Glory to God. Now, there's another clue that tells us that this particular story talks about the end times, and which is that the timing of the miracle also carries a hidden clue. The Gospels notes that it took place as evening drew near. We see that this is a reference to the end of the age. Evening marks the close of one day and the preparation for another. So we know that this points to the close of this present age when God will gather everything that remains, but and then he will now transition us for the new dawn, for the dawn of a new day. Glory to God. Now, the next thing we need to look at is notice how the people were instructed to sit down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties. I don't know if we're going to have the time to be able to discuss in detail the new Jerusalem, right? If we don't discuss it, you know where to get it. Is in my new book called Stars. Alright, go get the book. But it's I explain in details that the New Jerusalem is organized and structured. Then we see that the miracle began with five loaves, which is the number of grace, and two fishes signifying what? Witness and testimony at the mouth of two or more witnesses. So together they form a picture of the gospel of grace, multiplied to feed the nations, and that's the dispensation we're in right now. But when the feast was over, what remained was not waste. After this dispensation of grace, we know that the end will come. And after the end comes, what happens? The fragments will be gathered. Grace does not end in loss, but in complete redemption of all things. So you see now that this event at the Sea of Galilee was a prophetic rehearsal for the final gathering at the end of time. Now let's cue from the story of the 5,000 and take a look at something breathtaking in Revelation chapter 21 from verse 18 to 19, because this shows us examples of God recycling cosmic matter. In Revelation chapter 21 from verse 18 to 19, it says that the wall of the city was made of jasper, and the city itself was pure gold, as clear as glass. The foundations of the wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. Now pause and think about that. Why gold? Why jasper? Why all these precious stones? Because God is not a waster, he is a recycler. There is no way I could have known these things if God had not revealed them to me. I had no idea. Normally, like if my normal day, you know, at home, if I don't like a certain thing, well, you can throw it away as long as we can afford more, you know, why not? You know, I give out stuff and things like that. But and it's normal for you to be living in abundance that you can waste a lot of things until I came across this teaching. I didn't come across until the Lord revealed this teaching to me. Then I understood the mindset of God, right? So why gold? Why jasper? Why precious stones? Because God is not a waster. In Isaiah chapter 34, verse 4, let me give you a picture of what's going to happen at the end of the age. It says, All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Isaiah chapter 24, from verse 21 to 22, adds, it says, The Lord will punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and they will be gathered together as prisoners in the pit. So here we see stars. Host of heaven refers to stars, and I've told you that stars are what? They are angels. So here we see that the angels are going to be the office of the host of heavens, all the stars that you're seeing hanging up in the in the firmament, will all fall down to the ground. They will be dissolved, and the heavens, that's the firmament now, will be rolled together as a scroll. So that means they will fall like leaves off of the tree. The Lord will now punish the host of the high ones that are on high. So the angels that are still seen until now, stars that have not yet died, and they are there at the end of the age, because you know most of these stars, they've sinned, but they still take time before they burn out completely, right? So those ones that are going to be punished, the Bible says that the Lord will punish them and they shall be gathered together as prisoners were in the pit. Where is the pit? Where's the pit? We've talked about the underworld, right? We've talked about the underworld and the different layers of the underworld. And we told you that where angels that sin, where do they go to? That they go to the compartment called what? The abyss or the pit. So these passages that we just said now, they describe a what? A massive cosmic shakeup. Imagine seeing this happening, you know, from the point of view of a human being. Because what would happen is that for us, we would view these things as supernova, you know, like several huge stars exploding, neutron stars crashing into each other. And we're not talking about just one, you know, isolated case now. It's going to be like several of them going on and on and on and on. But this is where it gets amazing. Because modern astrophysics tells us that gold, platinum, and many precious elements don't just come from ordinary stars. Rather, they are born in the violent, fiery, cosmic events like this one, like supernovas and neutron star collisions. So when these stars explode, they unleash incredible water, heat, and pressure. And that's where the heavy elements like gold and these rare gems are literally forged. A single neutron star collision can create several like earth's worth of gold. What I mean is that a single neutral star collision can create gold that is as big as the entire earth, right? Imagine that. And then it can scatter it across the universe. So when the Bible says that the host of heaven shall fall and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, it's describing judgment quite alright, but it's also describing the fact that there will be raw materials ready for the creation of a new universe. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in a night, in the which the heaven shall pass away with a great noise, and elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are herein shall be burned up. This is the cosmic reset. This is the end. But what is fascinating about this reset is that it becomes the foundation of the creation of raw materials for the new triple universe. This is the reason why heaven is known as the city of gold, right? Because imagine a brand new universe made from raw materials that was, you know, collected, gathered from the fragments, you know, of the collision, from the fragment of when the heaven and the earth universe will pass away. Glory to God. God is not a waster, a brand new universe made up of gold and precious stones. Revelation chapter 21 from verse 19 to 20 says, and the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second, sapphire, the third, a Chalcedoni, the fourth, an emerald, the fifth, Sadonic, Sist Sardius, the seventh, Chrysolite, eighth, burial, ninth, topas, the tenth, a chrysoprasus, the eleventh, a Jacet, and the twelfth an Amethyst. Twelve different precious stones. Of course, to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. These materials are the fragments that will be gathered from the judgment of several stars. The remnants of what once fell, they will now be restored and made eternal. As Jesus said, gather the fragments, let nothing be lost. Therefore, God hates waste of resources and waste of time. He honors reuse, he honors redemption, he honors restoration, and he also expects good stewardship over what we have been given. That means he calls us to the same stewardship that we have to care for what we're being given, to see potential in what looks like his ruin, and to also partner with him in his creation, in his creative renewal of all things. If this message stirs something in you, go get my book Stars, God's Cosmic Plan of Redemption by Esther Obele is available now on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and digital editions. Also, we would appreciate your love gift to support this podcast. The link is in the show notes.