GOD OF RESTORATION

GOD OF RESTORATION--BIBLICAL CONCEPTS OF RENEWAL/ RESTORATION

Figuratively, to be (or to make completed; by implication, to be friendly;
by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications). Translated as “make 
amends,” “finish,” “full,” “make good,” “repay,” “make restitution.” It has 
the idea of returning something to its rightful owner, or making amends, in 
the sense of attempting to put things back the way they were.
literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the
starting point). 

Restore means to make restitution, shalam (Strong’s #7999; shaw-lam). Nothing missing, nothing broken.

To restore, shuwb (Strong’s #7725; shoob). To turn back (hence, away), 

This word carries the notion of a This is exactly what happened in restoration of the temple: He said that the glory of the latter house (us) would be greater than the former. When He restores, He does something that makes the restored of higher quality than what was lost. So it is with the restoration of all things.

Jesus Himself said: "I make all things new !" Rev. 2:15

And he is held in the heavenlies until the restoration of all things.

Acts 3:21 For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.NLT

Scriptures:

(Psa 51:10)  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

(Psa 104:30)  You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth.

(Isa 40:31)  but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

(Isa 41:1)  Keep silence before Me, O coasts; and peoples shall renew strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together for judgment.

(Lam 5:21)  Return us to You, O Lord, and we will turn; renew our days as of old,

(1Co 5:7)  Therefore purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

(2Co 5:17)  So that if any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

(Gal 6:15)  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any strength, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

(Eph 2:15)  having abolished in His flesh the enmity (the Law of commandments contained in ordinances) so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, making peace between them;

(Eph 4:24)  And you should put on the new man, who according to God was created in righteousness and true holiness.

(Col 3:10)  and having put on the new, having been renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

(Heb 8:8)  For finding fault with them, He said to them, "Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will make an end on the house of Israel and on the house of Judah; a new covenant shall be,

(Heb 8:13)  In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first one old. Now that which decays and becomes old is ready to vanish away.

(Heb 9:15)  And for this cause He is the Mediator of the new covenant, so that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, those who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

(Heb 10:20)  by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh;

(Heb 12:24)  and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

RESTORATION PROMISES:

The lost joy of salvation: Psalm 51:10–12—“Create in me a clean heart, O 

The lost sense of justice: Isaiah 1:26—“And I will restore thy judges as at 

The lost motivation for living: Isaiah 57:18—“I have seen his ways, and will 

The lost time: Joel 2:25—“And I will restore to you the years that the 

The lost power to live strongly: Isaiah 40:31—“But they that wait upon the 

The lost youthfulness in life: Psalm 103:5—“Who satisfieth thy mouth with 

These are just a few, many more to come... Restoration of all things.

SAME RESURRECTION POWER

Resurrection Day Victory Proclamation

He is risen! The dead ones are risen! We are risen, indeed!

Matthew affirms this 1st-century reality that the long-promised resurrection of the dead was underway when Jesus and “the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs . . . .” (Matt. 27:51-53).

Paul confirms it numerous times using a plural noun properly translated – “dead ones” and “dead persons” (Acts 17:32; 23:6; 24:21; 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:12, 13, 15, 16).

And more resurrection was soon “to be about to be” (Acts 24:15) on the “last day” (singular – John 6:39, 40, 44, 54; 11:24) of the “last days” (plural – Heb. 1:2)!

Therefore, is it possible that resurrection in Christ is a lot greater and more relevant reality than most Christians have been led to believe?

Spiritual Resurrection

Paul declared, "I am (have been) crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20). 

The preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God (1 Cor. 1:17-18). The apostle wrote to the Galatians, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14). Our old man has been crucified with Him; we have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24).

That same resurrection power dwells in you!

(Rom 8:11)  But if the Spirit of the One who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised up Christ from the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive by His Spirit who dwells in you.

(Eph 1:20)  which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,

(Eph 2:6)  and has raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

RESURRECTION DAY

RESURRECTION DAY (Everyday is Resurrection Day)

The word Easter appears once in the King James version of the Bible. Herod has put Peter in prison,  "intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people" (Acts 12:4). Yet in the original Greek text the word is not Easter, but Pesach, that is Passover. So why was the name changed?

"Asherah" the Greek form of this word from the Septuagint is "Astarte", who is the Babylonian goddess of the sea, sea being symbolic of people, and consort of the god El. She was the mother of several gods, including Baal, the Babylonian god of the sun. These deities were soon adopted by the Canaanites when they named these female deities the Ashereh or Asherim. During a celebration of this god, the children of the Canaanite parents would often go and hunt for eggs, which were symbolic of sex, fertility and new life. It was believed that these eggs came from rabbits, which in the pagan world were symbolic of lust, sexual prowess and reproduction. The Canaanites, however, were not the only ones who worshipped rabbits as deities. Decorating eggs came about to honor their pagan gods and were often presented as gifts to other families to bring them fertility and sexual success during the coming year.

Out of this practice came many other variations of these pagan festivals until the Roman Catholic Church adopted the Asherah worship and named it EASTER around 155 A.D. According to the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Easter was named after a pagan goddess of the Anglo-Saxons named Eostre, the goddess of the dawn.  A great controversy arose between the Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church in 325 A.D. on whether to celebrate Easter on Sundays or on whatever day the Jewish Passover fell upon. Unfortunately, the Greeks lost a lot of followers and the Catholics contended that keeping Easter on Sundays would stimulate the practices of both the Christian world and the pagan worshippers.  Hence, since the original practice of Asherah worship we now have in our time the celebration of Easter, a world system holiday to the true festival of the Passover which was instituted in the Bible and completed in the New Testament when Christ died on the cross as our Passover Lamb. The true celebration should be the Resurrection and the Life John 3:36.

...For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. (I Cor 5:7)

I prefer to say Resurrection Day which for a believer is everyday. Resurrection is a person (Jesus Christ) and He lives in you.

(Rom 8:11)  But if the Spirit of the One who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised up Christ from the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive by His Spirit who dwells in you.

*  WHY WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED ON A CROSS?

A CROSS MEANS-- Death to self, self-denial

KEY SCRIPTURES: Deut. 21:22-23; Matt. 16:24; 27:22-26; Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20; 3:13-14; 5:24; 6:14.
FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION: Jesus was crucified on a tree- the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (self) He carried the cross piece through the streets. A cross was an upright wooden stake or post on which Jesus was executed, displayed as a criminal and enemy of the state. "Cross" is from the Greek "stauros" (Strong's #4716) which means "a stake or post (as set upright), (specifically) a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ." The verb "stauroo" means "to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness; metaphorically, the putting off of the flesh with its passions and lusts."

Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross/tree at Calvary for the sin of the world (Matt. 27:22-26; Jn. 1:29). He died not for us, but AS US. His cross was carried by Simon of Cyrene (Matt. 27:32; Mk. 15:21; Lk. 23:26). Jesus said to his disciples, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" (Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Lk. 14:27). Jesus, making peace by His blood, reconciled both Jew and Greek unto God in one Body by the cross (Eph. 2:11-16; Col. 1:20). There were three men crucified: the Man on the middle cross was God in the flesh; the thief on the right who repented and was remembered (put back together) was Adam in the flesh (Lk. 23:42); the thief on the right who returned to be crucified was satan in the flesh (see Lk. 4:3, 9, 13; 23:39; Col. 2:15). Satan is not the thief of John 10:10 anymore. Jesus' death on the cross overcame the old man and the devil (Eph. 4:22-27; Heb. 2;14-18; 1 Jn. 3:8). Jesus the Savior who was crucified has become both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36).

Paul declared, "I am (have been) crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20). The preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God (1 Cor. 1:17-18). The apostle wrote to the Galatians, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14). Our old man has been crucified with Him; we have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24).

Good Friday should actually be "Good Wednesday". Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, which was Nisan 14 (Jewish Calendar). The day after Jesus died was a High Sabbath (not a weekly Saturday Sabbath). He died at 3:00pm in the afternoon, the same time as the temple sacrifice. The veil was rent from the Holy of Holies during the sacrifice.

They took him from the cross and put him in the tomb. Christian calendars differ from Jewish calendars. Jewish days begin at sunset at 6pm. "DAWN" is considered sunset. Nisan 14 (Wednesday) at 6pm begins the next day - that's when they put Him in the tomb. This day is the High Sabbath/Unleavened Bread Feast. 72 hours later as they made the First Fruit harvest offering, waving sheaves, Jesus comes forth fulfilling the sign of Jonah (3 days in the belly of the whale). At Firstfruits (dusk) at the close of the Sabbath (Saturday) is when he arose. When he appeared to Mary it was actually evening, not morning. When Jesus arose, people were then at the Temple Mount singing songs of David offering wave offerings - barley sheaves. Jesus fulfilled the Firstfruits Celebration and became the first for us coming forth from the dead (through Christ) and walking in newness of life. Jesus fulfilled Passover (New Birth of Believer), Unleavened Bread (Put off old), and First Fruits (Put on the New).

So we don't celebrate Easter.

Easter, Ishtar, Ashtaroth, is a sex goddess. Pagans worshiped her and the sun. Sun rise worship, Lent, Good Friday, bunnies, eggs, were used in the Roman church to satisfy pagans wanting to join them. Israel forsook Yahweh & did evil, they served Baal & Ashtaroth. (Judges 2:11-13) NO one saw Yahshua rise. After the Sabbath was past, (Sun down) Mary went to the tomb, & was dark by the time she got there (Mark 16:1) Yahshua rose just before the sun set on that Sabbath evening, the most Holy and Sanctified Day of the week. NOT Easter morning, the most satanic day of the year. Yahshua said, "In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Love of The Father is to keep His Commandments. (1 John 5:2,3)

RESURRECTION DAY IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE!!