“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”
And so God has fulfilled in this way the things he had foretold. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. — the call to repentance (metanoia, turning around, change of direction) is the response to understanding God's plan. Turning to God (epistrophē, turn toward, convert, return) is the concrete action. The wiping out of sins (exaleiphō, wipe out, blot out, erase, cf. Exodus 32:32-33) is complete forgiveness. Times of refreshing (kairos anapsyxis, seasons of relief, times of revival) refers to present spiritual refreshment and future restoration (apokatastasis, restoration).
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!