Heaven’s Fullness

 

Galatians 4:4 (ESV) says,

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son

The fullness of time, from a purely earthly standpoint, is seen only in chronological terms as a point on a timeline, however, this phrase used by Paul in his letter to the Galatians, relates to the right or proper time for Jesus’ advent.

This expression concerns the Father and His chosen time and has to do with everything that has taken place and is still to take place in the eternal realm.

Galatians 4:4 from an eternal perspective can be understood as, God sent His Son so that we could partake of heaven’s fullness; the right or proper time for its release.

Jesus’ coming has given us the opportunity to step into eternal life, a life of abundance of everything, heaven’s fullness.

What did Jesus Himself say?

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (John 10:10 ESV)

And just as Jesus, while on earth, stepped in and out of the chronological timeline to access heaven’s provision, we, as sons and daughters of the Father through Christ, are privileged to do likewise. We are to freely partake of every victory, blessing and promise of God that is documented in His Word.

Jesus, through the cross has made this a possibility because the cross is the ultimate focus, culmination and fulfilment of every biblical blessing.

The cross is God’s glorious masterstroke. In it and through it is His provision. In the application of the cross, all of God’s favour is released. Heaven’s fullness is realized, fulfilled and accessed by means of the cross.

Understand that when Jesus said in John 18:36 that His Kingdom is not of this world, He was letting us know that there is a reality beyond our own, a reality that was outside of this earthly realm, a reality that is spiritually accessible, an eternal reality.

This was the reality in which Jesus operated while on earth. When Jesus healed the sick and fed the more than 5,000 and walked upon the water and stilled the raging winds, He did so from a place outside of earthly limitations.

Jesus, yet to be nailed to the cross, was ministering in the power of the completed work of the cross; He was accessing its provision as an example to us, bringing from the spiritual into the natural, stepping outside of the constraints of time to bring heaven’s fullness into time.

Beloved, Revelation 13:8 says that since the foundation of the world the Lamb was slain, that means that God had already made provision for mankind  from time immemorial, the cross was an eternal reality, a reality outside of this realm long before Jesus ever hung from it so heaven’s fullness has always been possible and will always be possible, you just have to lay claim to it and freely access it.

Amen †

Shelley Johnson “Heaven’s Fullness” ©2026 March 15, 2026