Restitution

[RR144]

"The times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ … 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." (Acts 3:19-21)

DO YOU KNOW: That "restitution" means restoration, as most other Bible translations show?

● That some think it means only one's returning anything wrongly taken (Ex. 22:1-6, 12; Lev. 6:2-5; Ezek. 33:14-16), but that the Bible shows it means far more—the greatest kind of restoration and the greatest blessings ever—soon to come on earth for all people?​

DO YOU KNOW: That the Bible states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1:1), but not how much time from then until the six great creative days, in which He gradually prepared the earth for human life?

● That God made the plants and animals and then "a garden [paradise] eastward in Eden" (Gen. 2:8), with perfect ecology, where He created Adam, "the first man" (not to become a spirit being, an angel, but forever to be a human being), "of the [dust, or] earth, earthy," "a little lower than the angels" (Gen. 2:7; Psa. 8:4-8; 1 Cor. 15:45-47)?​

● That Adam was given rule over the earth and animals (all were then tame), which he named; and that then God created Eve as his wife and helpmate (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:18-25)?​

● That they and their descendants could have had perfect life forever on a perfect earth if they had obeyed God, but that when they disobeyed they were sentenced to death, cessation of life (Gen. 2:17), and were driven out of and kept out of the garden of Eden, lest they continue to eat the life-sustaining fruit of the trees and live forever on earth (Gen. 3:22-24)?​

● That by heredity the Adamic death sentence came also on all of Adam's descendants, so that none of mankind has a right to perfect life in a perfect earth, but has only an imperfect, dying existence (Rom. 5:12-19; 1 Cor. 15:21, 22)?​

● That God showed His great love for all mankind (including you and me) in planning to free all from the death sentence by providing a ransom (corresponding price) for them?​

DO YOU KNOW: That God's only begotten Son, the mighty Logos, willingly was "made flesh," "the man Christ Jesus," "a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death … that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man"—Adam and all his lost race—and that Jesus "gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (Matt. 18:11; John 1:14; 3:14-18; 1 Tim. 2:3-6; 4:10; Heb. 2:9-14; 1 John 2:2)?

● That because of Jesus' willing Ransom-sacrifice all, living and dead, are guaranteed one opportunity "in due time" to gain eternal life—that the Church, selected during the Church Age, is given eternal life in heaven (2 Cor. 5:1-4; Heb. 10:34), but that all who had no opportunity and afterward repent for sin, believe on Jesus as Savior and give themselves loyally to God will in the Millennium ("times of refreshing") have an opportunity to get restitution (restoration) to perfect human life forever on the perfected earth (Psa. 37:9-11, 22, 29, 34; Matt. 6:10), which life Adam could have had?​

● That in the restitution times animals will be tamed, the earth perfected (Isa. 11:6; 35:1, 2) and filled with God's glory (Num. 14:21; Isa. 11:9; 40:5; Hab. 2:14); and the obedient of mankind in general (Rev. 22:17) will be restored to perfection as Adam had it; the wicked will be annihilated; but the righteous will live forever in prosperity, peace, happiness, brotherhood and love in the new earth (Psa. 72:1-20; Isa. 65:17-25; Matt. 6:10; Acts 15:14-18; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:3, 4; 22:1-3)?​

DO YOU KNOW: That "the times of restitution," of which all the holy prophets spoke, the 1000-year rule of Christ (Rev. 5:9, 10; 20:4, 6), follows His Second Advent (Acts 3:21), and that with His Church He will destroy the present evil world conditions, establish His righteous rule on earth and forever bless all obedient humans (Isa. 2:2-4; 11:1-9; 25:6-10; 35:1-10; Dan. 2:31-45; 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27)?

● That "the signs of the times," such as great evil, exposures, calamities, apostasies, crises, war preparations, conflicts and terrorism, Israel's return, increased knowledge and travel, etc. (Luke 12:2; 21:11, 25-32; Dan. 12:4, 10), prove that we are living in the end of this Age and that Christ will soon begin the restitution?​

● That all should rejoice greatly at the wonderful prospects for all on earth and tell others this good news of God's soon-coming Kingdom on earth (Luke 2:10-14; 21:25-28)?​

 

[quietthinker]

Restitution
A good policy for arsonists!

 

[Robert Gwin]

"The times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ … 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." (Acts 3:19-21)

DO YOU KNOW: That "restitution" means restoration, as most other Bible translations show?

● That some think it means only one's returning anything wrongly taken (Ex. 22:1-6, 12; Lev. 6:2-5; Ezek. 33:14-16), but that the Bible shows it means far more—the greatest kind of restoration and the greatest blessings ever—soon to come on earth for all people?​

DO YOU KNOW: That the Bible states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1:1), but not how much time from then until the six great creative days, in which He gradually prepared the earth for human life?

● That God made the plants and animals and then "a garden [paradise] eastward in Eden" (Gen. 2:8), with perfect ecology, where He created Adam, "the first man" (not to become a spirit being, an angel, but forever to be a human being), "of the [dust, or] earth, earthy," "a little lower than the angels" (Gen. 2:7; Psa. 8:4-8; 1 Cor. 15:45-47)?​

● That Adam was given rule over the earth and animals (all were then tame), which he named; and that then God created Eve as his wife and helpmate (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:18-25)?​

● That they and their descendants could have had perfect life forever on a perfect earth if they had obeyed God, but that when they disobeyed they were sentenced to death, cessation of life (Gen. 2:17), and were driven out of and kept out of the garden of Eden, lest they continue to eat the life-sustaining fruit of the trees and live forever on earth (Gen. 3:22-24)?​

● That by heredity the Adamic death sentence came also on all of Adam's descendants, so that none of mankind has a right to perfect life in a perfect earth, but has only an imperfect, dying existence (Rom. 5:12-19; 1 Cor. 15:21, 22)?​

● That God showed His great love for all mankind (including you and me) in planning to free all from the death sentence by providing a ransom (corresponding price) for them?​

DO YOU KNOW: That God's only begotten Son, the mighty Logos, willingly was "made flesh," "the man Christ Jesus," "a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death … that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man"—Adam and all his lost race—and that Jesus "gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (Matt. 18:11; John 1:14; 3:14-18; 1 Tim. 2:3-6; 4:10; Heb. 2:9-14; 1 John 2:2)?

● That because of Jesus' willing Ransom-sacrifice all, living and dead, are guaranteed one opportunity "in due time" to gain eternal life—that the Church, selected during the Church Age, is given eternal life in heaven (2 Cor. 5:1-4; Heb. 10:34), but that all who had no opportunity and afterward repent for sin, believe on Jesus as Savior and give themselves loyally to God will in the Millennium ("times of refreshing") have an opportunity to get restitution (restoration) to perfect human life forever on the perfected earth (Psa. 37:9-11, 22, 29, 34; Matt. 6:10), which life Adam could have had?​

● That in the restitution times animals will be tamed, the earth perfected (Isa. 11:6; 35:1, 2) and filled with God's glory (Num. 14:21; Isa. 11:9; 40:5; Hab. 2:14); and the obedient of mankind in general (Rev. 22:17) will be restored to perfection as Adam had it; the wicked will be annihilated; but the righteous will live forever in prosperity, peace, happiness, brotherhood and love in the new earth (Psa. 72:1-20; Isa. 65:17-25; Matt. 6:10; Acts 15:14-18; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:3, 4; 22:1-3)?​

DO YOU KNOW: That "the times of restitution," of which all the holy prophets spoke, the 1000-year rule of Christ (Rev. 5:9, 10; 20:4, 6), follows His Second Advent (Acts 3:21), and that with His Church He will destroy the present evil world conditions, establish His righteous rule on earth and forever bless all obedient humans (Isa. 2:2-4; 11:1-9; 25:6-10; 35:1-10; Dan. 2:31-45; 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27)?

● That "the signs of the times," such as great evil, exposures, calamities, apostasies, crises, war preparations, conflicts and terrorism, Israel's return, increased knowledge and travel, etc. (Luke 12:2; 21:11, 25-32; Dan. 12:4, 10), prove that we are living in the end of this Age and that Christ will soon begin the restitution?​

● That all should rejoice greatly at the wonderful prospects for all on earth and tell others this good news of God's soon-coming Kingdom on earth (Luke 2:10-14; 21:25-28)?​

We are very close to Jesus' return for sure Be, most of us have definitely echoed and agree with some of the Bible's closing words: (Revelation 22:20) . . .“Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.”

 

[Jay Ross]

We are very close to Jesus' return for sure Be, most of us have definitely echoed and agree with some of the Bible's closing words: (Revelation 22:20) . . .“Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.”

Yah, we are much closer now. A little over 1,000 years still to go.

How close do you think we are? Will it be in our very near future as many Christians wrongly believe?

 

[Robert Gwin]

Yah, we are much closer now. A little over 1,000 years still to go.

How close do you think we are? Will it be in our very near future as many Christians wrongly believe?

Yes sir, soon. We still do not know the day or hour, but Jesus said from the time he was Crowned to the end would not exceed one generation. We believe he was Crowned in 1914 sir. I think even to the novice what is happening in the world could be discerned how the situation could escalate into the greatest tribulation of all time.

 

[Jay Ross]

Yes sir, soon. We still do not know the day or hour, but Jesus said from the time he was Crowned to the end would not exceed one generation. We believe he was Crowned in 1914 sir. I think even to the novice what is happening in the world could be discerned how the situation could escalate into the greatest tribulation of all time.

Well in Daniel 7:9-14 it suggests that the judgement of the beasts is immediately followed by the appearance of the Son of Man before God, described as the Ancient of Days, and we are told that: -

Daniel 7:14: -

. . . to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,

That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.​

NKJV​

Now, Robert, since Isaiah 24:21-22 tells us that the Heavenly host and the king of the earth are judged at the same time, before they are imprisoned in a pit for many days to await the time of their punishment for the trampling of God's Sanctuary and His earthly hosts, then pray tell me if this judgement has taken place yet?

Does not this judgement of the heavenly Hosts and the Kings of the earth occur at the time when the kings of the earth are assembled at Armageddon in our near future? Possibly around 20-25 years into our future. Yet, based on your denomination's understanding, Christ was crowned, back in 1914 AD. Yet, even to a novice, today, they can discern that the Kings of the earth have not yet been judged, and that the judgement in heaven of the heavenly hosts, i.e. the wicked fallen angels in heaven, has not yet taken place.

It is sad that people are accepting this flawed teaching as "God's truth," in this matter, when history does not support it.

I can respect you for your faithfully holding to this "flawed" teaching but your unwillingness to consider that the developed timeline is not being confirmed in our human history points to a very different scenario that is still to be revealed over time. But the JW denomination are not the only ones who hold to flawed teaching, and many pastors diligently teach this flawed understanding from their pulpit on a weekly basis.

I can admire you for your diligence in attempting to to preach about the kingdom of God and peoples' need to repent, but I would suggest to you that you are not well versed or have a good understanding of what it means to be a part of the Kingdom of God. You can read the diversity of the understanding of the members of this board in what they post, to come to the conclusion that few are really well versed in their knowledge of the Kingdom of God and instead of bring out of their storehouses, something that is very ancient, but refurbished like new again, they proclaim that a brand new covenant was brought into being by Christ, yet what His death on the cross changed was the process by which Salvation could be gained, by them, through His death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection three days later.

Jesus told us in John 6, that our work to bring in the Kingdom of God only involved us believing in Whom God had sent. The issue that we have is our demonstration that we truly believe in He whom He sent, by putting legs on our belief.

How do we do that? That really is the tricky part of our walk with Christ and being in step with what that entails.

Shalom

 

[Davy]

"The times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ … 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." (Acts 3:19-21)

DO YOU KNOW: That "restitution" means restoration, as most other Bible translations show?

● That some think it means only one's returning anything wrongly taken (Ex. 22:1-6, 12; Lev. 6:2-5; Ezek. 33:14-16), but that the Bible shows it means far more—the greatest kind of restoration and the greatest blessings ever—soon to come on earth for all people?​

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Just more examples of FLESHY JEW'S DOCTRINE, only applying it to New Testament Scripture.

There is NO SALVATION OF THE FLESH written anywhere in God's Word, not in The Old Testament, and not in The New Testament.

The New Testament SPECIFICALLY reveals Christ's Salvation does NOT involve flesh and blood...

1 Cor 15:49-51
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
KJV

In case you haven't figure out yet what Paul said above, it means NO WAY could God's Salvation Plan be about an immortal FLESH body, and that includes silly doctrines like if Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, so that meant that's the pattern for Christ's future Salvation. It is not, even as Paul showed in the above verse in red!

 

[Robert Gwin]

Well in Daniel 7:9-14 it suggests that the judgement of the beasts is immediately followed by the appearance of the Son of Man before God, described as the Ancient of Days, and we are told that: -

Daniel 7:14: -

. . . to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,

That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.​

NKJV​

Now, Robert, since Isaiah 24:21-22 tells us that the Heavenly host and the king of the earth are judged at the same time, before they are imprisoned in a pit for many days to await the time of their punishment for the trampling of God's Sanctuary and His earthly hosts, then pray tell me if this judgement has taken place yet?

Does not this judgement of the heavenly Hosts and the Kings of the earth occur at the time when the kings of the earth are assembled at Armageddon in our near future? Possibly around 20-25 years into our future. Yet, based on your denomination's understanding, Christ was crowned, back in 1914 AD. Yet, even to a novice, today, they can discern that the Kings of the earth have not yet been judged, and that the judgement in heaven of the heavenly hosts, i.e. the wicked fallen angels in heaven, has not yet taken place.

It is sad that people are accepting this flawed teaching as "God's truth," in this matter, when history does not support it.

I can respect you for your faithfully holding to this "flawed" teaching but your unwillingness to consider that the developed timeline is not being confirmed in our human history points to a very different scenario that is still to be revealed over time. But the JW denomination are not the only ones who hold to flawed teaching, and many pastors diligently teach this flawed understanding from their pulpit on a weekly basis.

I can admire you for your diligence in attempting to to preach about the kingdom of God and peoples' need to repent, but I would suggest to you that you are not well versed or have a good understanding of what it means to be a part of the Kingdom of God. You can read the diversity of the understanding of the members of this board in what they post, to come to the conclusion that few are really well versed in their knowledge of the Kingdom of God and instead of bring out of their storehouses, something that is very ancient, but refurbished like new again, they proclaim that a brand new covenant was brought into being by Christ, yet what His death on the cross changed was the process by which Salvation could be gained, by them, through His death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection three days later.

Jesus told us in John 6, that our work to bring in the Kingdom of God only involved us believing in Whom God had sent. The issue that we have is our demonstration that we truly believe in He whom He sent, by putting legs on our belief.

How do we do that? That really is the tricky part of our walk with Christ and being in step with what that entails.

Shalom

Mt 24 is a rather clear chapter I believe Jay. Jesus gave the signs of his presence, and I might not believe it myself if the brothers hadn't put into print in 1879 that this would begin in 1914, in fact we point blank didn't understand it then either. Non Christian history confirms that WW#1 broke out in 1914, and clearly it was a very large war that dwarfed all previous wars just as the prophecy indicated v6-7, to me it was easily seen. Jesus clearly taught that the prophecies of that chapter would not exceed a generation before all is fulfilled, so no sir, the judgment was not instantaneous with him being crowned as King. Most faiths who claim to be Christian believe that Jesus can return at any time now, therefore while they may not understand the whys and wherefores, most of us agree on the stream of time we are in. It also mentions how it would appear delayed, or in other words extended beyond what most would expect, so much so in fact that some of the faithful slave would accuse their master of delaying and leave the faith v48. We haven't even entered into the great tribulation as of yet, but look at the conditions of the world, is it not easy to see how things could fall apart very quickly at any time?

No sir, I think you are simply interpreting it wrong, the destruction of the governments will occur when Jesus returns with his powerful angels to remove the wicked from the earth. Dan 2:44; Ps 37:9-11; 2 Thes 1:6-9

 

[Jay Ross]

No sir, I think you are simply interpreting it wrong, the destruction of the governments will occur when Jesus returns with his powerful angels to remove the wicked from the earth. Dan 2:44; Ps 37:9-11; 2 Thes 1:6-9

Robert, have it whatever way you want. You believe that whoever has a different timeline to you are interpreting the Scriptures wrongly and that we are lost in our own understanding. But their is a baffling wind/spirit operating in the world at present and we have to be able to discern the spirit that we have allowed to enter into our lives that has lead many astray. Are you able to discern this baffling spirit in your own life or the lives of others?

I can tell you the truth, once, twice and after the third time leave you in your flawed understanding of God's prophetic word as determined by the mind of a "man" who has forced an understanding contrary to God's.

Good day Sir

 

[Robert Gwin]

Robert, have it whatever way you want. You believe that whoever has a different timeline to you are interpreting the Scriptures wrongly and that we are lost in our own understanding. But their is a baffling wind/spirit operating in the world at present and we have to be able to discern the spirit that we have allowed to enter into our lives that has lead many astray. Are you able to discern this baffling spirit in your own life or the lives of others?

I can tell you the truth, once, twice and after the third time leave you in your flawed understanding of God's prophetic word as determined by the mind of a "man" who has forced an understanding contrary to God's.

Good day Sir

Thanks Jay, time alone will reveal the truth, as of now most of Bible chronology is opinion anyway, when dealing with prophecy. I state openly we are near the outbreak of the great tribulation, only time will reveal when it will actually come.[/QUOTE]