Generation and Regeneration
gen•er•a•tion noun \ˌje-nə-ˈrā-shən\
Definition of GENERATION
1
a : a body of living beings constituting a single
step in the line of descent from an ancestorb : a group of individuals born and living
contemporaneouslyc : a group of individuals having
contemporaneously a status (as that of students in a school) which each one
holds only for a limited periodd : a type or class of objects usually developed
from an earlier type <first
of the … new generation of powerful supersonic fighters — Kenneth
Koyen>
2
a : the action or process of producing offspring : procreationb : the process of coming or bringing into being <generationof income>c : origination by a generating process : production;especially : formation of a geometric figure by motion of
another
3
: the average span of time between the birth of
parents and that of their offspring
— gen·er·a·tion·al adjective
— gen·er·a·tion·al·ly adverb
The Merriam Webster
Online Dictionary
As you can see generation
in the sense that we are considering it has to do with the creation of men by
the Father. There should be no doubt
among enlightened men that Creator-God made us, and we are His offspring.
Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with
his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the
clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no
hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One
of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and
concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12 I have made the earth, and
created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all
their host have I commanded.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon
the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all
things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though
he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of
their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel
after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in
him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets
have said, For we are also his offspring.
Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the
sheep of his pasture.
In the beginning we were all womb-mates in
Mother Zion’s womb, and on the 4th Creation Day God birthed us at
once as God’s “stars”.
Secrets of Enoch 25
1 I commanded in the very lowest parts, that visible things should come down
from invisible, and Adoil came down very great, and I beheld 2 him, and lo! he
had a belly of great light. And I said to him: 'Become undone, Adoil, and let 3
the visible come out of thee.' And he came undone, and a great light came out.
And I was in the midst of the great light, and as there is born light from
light, there came forth a great age, and showed all creation, which I had
thought to 4 create. And I saw that it was good. And I placed for myself a
throne, and took; my seat on it, and said to the light: 'Go thou up higher and
fix thyself high above the throne, and be 5 a foundation to the highest
things.' And above the light there is nothing else, and then I bent up and
looked up from my throne.
Isaiah 66:7 Before
she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a
man child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or
shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion
Genesis 22:15 And
the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I
will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall
possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Psalm 147:4 He
telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Isaiah 62:2 And the
Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt
be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Typically a
generation of men would be from the birth of one set of men to the birth of
their offspring. That could be every
20-25 years.. From Adams
time to now many generations of men have been born on earth and then passed
away.
Regeneration
Definition of REGENERATION
1
2
: spiritual renewal or revival
3
: renewal or restoration of a body, bodily part,
or biological system (as a forest) after injury or as a normal process
4
: utilization by special devices of heat or
other products that would ordinarily be lost
The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
Regeneration is the
RENEWAL of those same children, but for us the place of renewal is Heaven.
Here on earth one
generation is removed by the death process which is in reality “circumcision”
which frees the spirit of man to enter the real “promise land” of Heaven.
Jeremiah 18:3 Then I
went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so
he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6 O house of Israel , cannot
I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the
potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel .
Psalm 22:27 All the
ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds
of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and
he is the governor among the nations. 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall
eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and
none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be
accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare
his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Luke 17:37 And they
answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the
body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Isaiah 40:29 He
giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint.
Malachi 3:1 Behold,
I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord,
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the
covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?
for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge
them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in
righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah
and Jerusalem
be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Ezekiel 36:24 For I
will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and
will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon
you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will
I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I
will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be
my people, and I will be your God.
Revelation 21:3 And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said
unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will
give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He
that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be my son.
Matthew 19:28 And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in
the regeneration when the Son of
man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel .
Psalm 2:6 Yet have I
set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me,
and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost
parts of the earth for thy possession.
John 17:24 Father, I will that they
also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my
glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of
the world.
John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men
unto me.
Romans 14:7 For none
of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we
live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live
therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and
rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But
why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
II Baruch 49 1
Nevertheless, I will again ask from Thee, O Mighty One, yea, I will ask mercy
from Him who made all things. 2 "In what shape will those live who live in
Thy day? Or how will the splendour of those who (are) after that time continue?
3 Will they then resume this form of the present, And put on these
entrammelling members, Which are now involved in evils, And in which evils are
consummated, Or wilt Thou perchance change these things which have been in the
world As also the world?" '
50 1 And He answered
and said unto me: 'Hear, Baruch, this word, And write in the remembrance of thy
heart all that thou shalt learn. 2 For the earth shall then assuredly restore
the dead, [Which it now receives, in order to preserve them]. It shall make no
change in their form, But as it has received, so shall it restore them, And as
I delivered them unto it, so also shall it raise them. 3 For then it will be necessary to show to the living that
the dead have come to life again, and that 4 those who had departed have
returned (again). And it shall come to pass, when they have
severally recognized those whom they now know, then judgement shall grow
strong, and those things which before were spoken of shall come.
51 8 For they shall
behold the world which is now invisible to them, And they shall behold the time
which is now hidden from them: 9 And time shall no longer age them. 10 For in the
heights of that world shall they dwell, And they shall be made like unto the
angels, And be made equal to the stars, And they shall be changed into every
form they desire, From beauty into loveliness, And from light into the
splendour of glory. 11 For there shall be spread before them the extents of
Paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the
living creatures which are beneath the throne, and all the armies of the
angels, who [are now held fast by My word, lest they should appear, and] are
held fast by a 12 command, that they may stand in their places till their
advent comes. Moreover, there shall then be 13 excellency in the righteous
surpassing that in the angels. For
the first shall receive the last, those whom they were expecting, and the last
those of whom they used to hear that they had passed away. 14 For they have
been delivered from this world of tribulation, And laid down the burden of
anguish.
Secrets of Enoch 65:6
When all creation visible and invisible, as the Lord created it, shall end,
then every man goes 7 to the great judgement, and then all time shall perish,
and the years, and thence forward there will be neither months nor days nor
hours, they will be stuck together and will not be counted. 8 There will be one aeon, and all the righteous who
shall escape the Lord's great judgement, shall be collected in the great aeon,
for the righteous the great aeon will begin, and they will 9 live eternally, and then too there
will be amongst them neither labour, nor sickness, nor humiliation, nor
anxiety, nor need, nor violence, nor night, nor darkness, but great light. 10
And they shall have a great indestructible wall, and a paradise bright and
incorruptible, for all corruptible things shall pass away, and there will be
eternal life.
Revelation 21:4 And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are
true and faithful
Glorify God!
God did it!
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