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The Washing of Regeneration !
Titus 3:5
5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Now again, the view I have been sharing is making a distinction between regeneration and the new birth or being born again or born from above.
Regeneration is collectively having to do with all the members of Christ seed, that He is the Head of, The Church, and regeneration occurred when they in Him, were raised up together from the Dead. Eph 2:6 and Isa 26:19.
As Jesus was begotten from the dead Rev 1:5, so where they, His death to the Law was their death also. Rom 7:4a
Now, what occurred when Christ died for His seed ? A washing took place. Rev 1:5
5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
You see that ? Having Loved us and washed us, this is collectively all at once John is speaking of. This washing took place with Christ blood.
I believe this is the same washing of Titus 3:5, the washing of regeneration. The word for washing here is the greek word loutron and means:
bathing, bath, the act of bathing
And it's from the root word louō which means:
to bathe, wash
And is the same word used in Rev 1:5 for wash.
Loutron the word in Titus 3:5 is also used for the washing described in Eph 5:26
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Notice also that the word washing of water by the word. Notice how the word is said to be washing, so this is not water baptism, but its the water of the Word.
The word water is the same word used in Jn 3:5 and its usage there is primarily in the same subject manner as here.
Also, it is stated, that after Christ resurrection, that before sitting down at the right hand of the Father, He had what ? Why, He had purified us from our sins. Heb 1:3
3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
This again is a corporate or collective purging of all the seed He represented. The word purge is the word katharismos and means:
cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing
a) of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals
b) of levitical purification of women after childbirth
c) a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ
So again, a washing,a cleansing is being emphasized, and because its associated with the removal of guilt, blood must have been involved and redemption.
So, this is regeneration, and its corporate, and has to do with the cleansing and washing from sin of all the elect seed in Christ, and this sets the stage for the New Birth which I will deal with next.
Titus 3:5
5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Now again, the view I have been sharing is making a distinction between regeneration and the new birth or being born again or born from above.
Regeneration is collectively having to do with all the members of Christ seed, that He is the Head of, The Church, and regeneration occurred when they in Him, were raised up together from the Dead. Eph 2:6 and Isa 26:19.
As Jesus was begotten from the dead Rev 1:5, so where they, His death to the Law was their death also. Rom 7:4a
Now, what occurred when Christ died for His seed ? A washing took place. Rev 1:5
5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
You see that ? Having Loved us and washed us, this is collectively all at once John is speaking of. This washing took place with Christ blood.
I believe this is the same washing of Titus 3:5, the washing of regeneration. The word for washing here is the greek word loutron and means:
bathing, bath, the act of bathing
And it's from the root word louō which means:
to bathe, wash
And is the same word used in Rev 1:5 for wash.
Loutron the word in Titus 3:5 is also used for the washing described in Eph 5:26
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Notice also that the word washing of water by the word. Notice how the word is said to be washing, so this is not water baptism, but its the water of the Word.
The word water is the same word used in Jn 3:5 and its usage there is primarily in the same subject manner as here.
Also, it is stated, that after Christ resurrection, that before sitting down at the right hand of the Father, He had what ? Why, He had purified us from our sins. Heb 1:3
3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
This again is a corporate or collective purging of all the seed He represented. The word purge is the word katharismos and means:
cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing
a) of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals
b) of levitical purification of women after childbirth
c) a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ
So again, a washing,a cleansing is being emphasized, and because its associated with the removal of guilt, blood must have been involved and redemption.
So, this is regeneration, and its corporate, and has to do with the cleansing and washing from sin of all the elect seed in Christ, and this sets the stage for the New Birth which I will deal with next.
