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rocky:
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Can any help me sort this out. When I think of restitution, I think of restore. restore to me, means to fix back into original condition.
According to the dictionary,
Resitution means:
1. The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered. See Synonyms at reparation.
2. The act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
3. A return to or restoration of a previous state or position.
There are no other verses in New testament using this word, so don't have verse comparison.
We know that first is the natural, then spiritual. We are flesh first, then spiritual. So to restore things to a previous state would seem to be going backwards. Maybe definition 2 works, but doesn't seem to work for 1, 3.
The Revelation of Christ seems to me to be a progression, not a restoration????
Any ideas.
thanks.
orion77:
Good post, Rocky.
Restore, return to the rightful owner. We all can see now, that the life we have is not ours. We are all brainwashed into thinking this is OUR life, MY life. Yet, we now know that is a lie. It never was our life. He is the great I AM, not us.
God has crucified that fleshly thought, which is an enemy, and restored us to its rightful owner, with His Spirit being in His temple, which is in us. He is Almighty and conquering, who will put all His enemies under His feet.
To where God has us now, to where we were before, is true restitution. He is taking back, what is rightfully His. He is not taking back in the way our mind sees it, but through righteousness, holy character, mercy, forgiveness and perfect love, through chastening and grace.
Again, great topic.
God bless,
Gary
buddyjc:
--- Quote from: rocky on July 02, 2006, 12:00:42 AM ---Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Can any help me sort this out. When I think of restitution, I think of restore. restore to me, means to fix back into original condition.
According to the dictionary,
Resitution means:
1. The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered. See Synonyms at reparation.
2. The act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
3. A return to or restoration of a previous state or position.
There are no other verses in New testament using this word, so don't have verse comparison.
We know that first is the natural, then spiritual. We are flesh first, then spiritual. So to restore things to a previous state would seem to be going backwards. Maybe definition 2 works, but doesn't seem to work for 1, 3.
The Revelation of Christ seems to me to be a progression, not a restoration????
Any ideas.
thanks.
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Perhaps it means a restoration to innocense. I know Adam wasn't perfect, was mortal, and flesh, but he was innocent, correct? When God does away with the carnal heart what is left? Innocense, meaning, without sin just as Christ was without sin.
Brian
Chris R:
Hi,
Why is it that man was created in the first place? why not just skip this earthly "fleshly" life, and create us into his image in the first place?
Why all the hurt, hunger, sin, disease, war, brutality, pain, heartache, hate, deceitfulness, that we endure in this life..... AHHH ..But there is a reason for these things! So that we can experience Good and Evil, This is HOW God creates us in his image. [Gen3:22]
What a wonderful God we have, How can we even understand words like "restitution" if we have no knowledge of Good or Evil?
Restitution is the act of "restoring"
Isa 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Hope this is of some help
Chris R
hillsbororiver:
Here is what I found when I looked up the original Greek in Acts: 3:21;
apokatastasis
ap-ok-at-as'-tas-is
reconstitution: - restitution.
Then I checked the dictionary for "reconstitution;
re·con·sti·tute
Function: transitive verb
Pronunciation: (")re-'kän(t)-st&-"tüt, -"tyüt
to constitute again or anew ; especially : to restore to a former condition by adding water
- re·con·sti·tu·tion/(")re-"kän(t)-st&-'tü-sh&n, -'tyü-/ noun
I could reconstitute or restore my old '65 Mustang into a car much improved over the vehicle that rolled out of the factory in 1965, using Jack Roush after market parts from 2006, or I could improve dramatically the ergonomics, appearance and convenience of a house built in the 50's by using designs, techniques and materials developed more recently.
My point is, to reconstitute/restitution (especially in the original language) does not mean to bring something back exactly as it was but to "reconstitute" it to be better than ever.
Joe
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