Washing Of Regeneration

Tts 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Greek: loutron

Washing:
"a bath, a laver" (akin to louo, see above), is used metaphorically of the Word of God, as the instrument of spiritual cleansing, Eph 5:26; in Tts 3:5, of "the washing of regeneration" (see REGENERATION). In the Sept., Sgs 4:2

Greek: palingenesia

Regeneration:
"new birth" (palin, "again," genesis, "birth"), is used of "spiritual regeneration," Tts 3:5, involving the communication of a new life, the two operating powers to produce which are "the word of truth," Jam 1:18; 1Pe 1:23, and the Holy Spirit, Jhn 3:5, 6; the loutron, "the laver, the washing," is explained in Eph 5:26, "having cleansed it by the washing (loutron) of water with the word."

The new birth and "regeneration" do not represent successive stages in spiritual experience, they refer to the same event but view it in different aspects. The new birth stresses the communication of spiritual life in contrast to antecedent spiritual death; "regeneration" stresses the inception of a new state of things in contrast with the old; hence the connection of the use of the word with its application to Israel, in Mat 19:28. Some regard the kai in Tts 3:5 as epexegetic, "even;" but, as Scripture marks two distinct yet associated operating powers, there is not sufficient ground for this interpretation.
See under EVEN.

Renewing   Greek: anakainosis

Renew, Renewing (Verb and Noun):
akin to A, No. 1, "a renewal," is used in Rom 12:2, "the renewing (of your mind)," i.e., the adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and thinking to the mind of God, which is designed to have a transforming effect upon the life; in Tts 3:5, where "the renewing of the Holy Spirit" is not a fresh bestowment of the Spirit, but a revival of His power, developing the Christian life; this passage stresses the continual operation of the indwelling Spirit of God; the Romans passage stresses the willing response on the part of the believer.

  HOLY      Greek: hagios

Holiness, Holy, Holily:
akin to A, Nos. 1 and 2, which are from the same root as hagnos (found in hazo, "to venerate"), fundamentally signifies "separated" (among the Greeks, dedicated to the gods), and hence, in Scripture in its moral and spiritual significance, separated from sin and therefore consecrated to God, sacred.

(a) It is predicted of God (as the absolutely "Holy" One, in His purity, majesty and glory): of the Father, e.g., Luk 1:49; Jhn 17:11; 1Pe 1:15,16; Rev 4:8; 6:10; of the Son, e.g., Luk 1:35; Act 3:14; 4:27,30; 1Jo 2:20; of the Spirit, e.g., Mat 1:18 and frequently in all the Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1 and 2 Cor., Eph., 1 Thess.; also in 2Ti 1:14; Tts 3:5; 1Pe 1:12; 2Pe 1:21; Jud 1:20.

(b) It is used of men and things (see below) in so far as they are devoted to God. Indeed the quality, as attributed to God, is often presented in a way which involves Divine demands upon the conduct of believers. These are called hagioi, "saints," i.e., "sanctified" or "holy" ones.

This sainthood is not an attainment, it is a state into which God in grace calls men; yet believers are called to sanctify themselves (consistently with their calling, 2Ti 1:9), cleansing themselves from all defilement, forsaking sin, living a "holy" manner of life, 1Pe 1:15; 2Pe 3:11, and experiencing fellowship with God in His holiness. The saints are thus figuratively spoken of as "a holy temple," 1Cr 3:17 (a local church); Eph 2:21 (the whole Church), cp. Eph 5:27; "a holy priesthood," 1Pe 2:5; "a holy nation," 1Pe 2:9.

"It is evident that hagios and its kindred words... express something more and higher than hieros, sacred, outwardly associated with God;... something more than semnos, worthy, honorable; something more than hagnos, pure, free from defilement. Hagios is... more comprehensive... It is characteristically godlikness" (G.B. Stevens, in Hastings' Bib. Dic.).

SPIRIT   Greek: pneuma

'the inward man' (an expression used only of the believer, Rom 7:22; 2Cr 4:16; Eph 3:16); the new life, Rom 8:4-6, 10, 16; Hbr 12:9; cp. Psa 51:10;

1Cr 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Cr 15:39 ASV - All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
1Cr 15:40 ASV - There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1Cr 15:41 ASV - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1Cr 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Cr 15:43 ASV - it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
Mat 13:8 ASV - and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Mat 13:23 ASV - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
1Cr 15:41 ASV - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1Cr 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Cr 15:43 ASV - it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Cr 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1Cr 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.


Gen 2:7 ASV - And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen 7:21 ASV - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Gen 7:22 ASV - all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

God breathed into Adam and he became a living soul , now at this point Adam was considered by God to be Holy he created a holy being , and also Eve when she was created by God she to was holy.  I am making a point here.  It is used of men and things (see below) in so far as they are devoted to God. Indeed the quality, as attributed to God, is often presented in a way which involves Divine demands upon the conduct of believers. These are called hagioi, "saints," i.e., "sanctified" or "holy" ones.

So when we see the word Reconciled
Greek: katallasso        Reconcile, Reconciliation:
properly denotes "to change, exchange" (especially of money); hence, of persons, "to change from enmity to friendship, to reconcile." With regard to the relationship between God and man, the use of this and connected words shows that primarily "reconciliation" is what God accomplishes, exercising His grace towards sinful man on the ground of the death of Christ in propitiatory sacrifice under the judgment due to sin, 2Cr 5:19, where both the verb and the noun are used (cp. No. 2, in Col 1:21). By reason of this men in their sinful condition and alienation from God are invited to be "reconciled" to Him; that is to say, to change their attitude, and accept the provision God had made, whereby their sins can be remitted and they themselves be justified in His sight in Christ.

So when Adam and Eve sinned against Gods commands they became unholy and God pushed Adam and Eve out of the garden . And placed a curse on them and all their offspring so man from that point became an unholy person .  And man was in great need of redemption to be some how reconciled back to God .  So we see in the verse above   1Cor 15: 45    So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit . Man knew no sin until they fell in the garden from the temptation of satan.  And as we read the scriptures from Adam to Jesus how degenerate man had become,  God destroyed all of his creation except eight in the great flood . The number eight being  Resurrection, new beginnings and Jesus.  Noah being from the loins of Adam was still born into sin , but God gave him grace because he believed God in all his ways,  Noah walked with God. And then Abraham and Isaac  the promise seed  and Moses and on down to where Jesus comes to be our reconciliation.   Isaac was spiritually sacrificed on the altar Abraham made for him. Just as Christ he brought reconciliation to Israel through the tribe of Judah and king David and than Christ born from the blood line of David and he took the throne of David and once again he brought reconciliation. To an unholy people because of Adam and his sin.    Mat 1:17 ASV - So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.   The number fourteen in numeric's  = Deliverance and Salvation.   Now if we Look at this close, to be reconciled back to something means there was already a precedent set before in the past to look back on.  So because in the beginning Adam was created as a living soul holy with out sin . God gave his breath or his life into Adam and Adam became a living soul.  Now we see the word Holy  Ghost is a restoration of Gods plan to restore what was lost by Adam.   1Cr 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.  So the spirit of Christ brought life back to those who were dead in their sins , and the reconciliation of holiness back to what was lost .  To lose something means you already had to posses it in the beginning, it was in your possession in the very beginning.  The father is restoring his kingdom in this very day.                                                                       
   1Cr 15:23 ASV - But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
Jam 1:18 ASV - Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Rev 14:4 ASV - These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

    Holiness, Holy, Holily:
akin to A, Nos. 1 and 2, which are from the same root as hagnos (found in hazo, "to venerate"), fundamentally signifies "separated" (among the Greeks, dedicated to the gods), and hence, in Scripture in its moral and spiritual significance, separated from sin and therefore consecrated to God, sacred .     Genesis ,  the beginning Latin and from Greek, from gignesthai to be born .
The birth of man was through Adam and the spiritual death of man was through Adam .    I believe there is such a wonderful mystery of Gods plan in this earth .  Jesus came to save man kind and the way he did it was to die for us , to give us back what was lost .  Where all down through the old testament the blood of animals was an atoning of sin . But it never took sin away , it says the blood of Jesus was for the remission of sin .  

Spirit   Greek: pneuma    Breath, Breathe:
"spirit," also denotes "breath," Rev 11:11; 13:15, RV. In 2Th 2:8, the AV has "spirit" for RV, "breath."
See GHOST, LIFE, SPIRIT, WIND.

Remission   Greek: aphesis
Deliver, Deliverance, Deliverer:
denotes "a release, from bondage, imprisonment, etc." (the corresponding verb is aphiemi, "to send away, let go"); in Luk 4:18 it is used of "liberation" from captivity (AV, "deliverance," RV, "release").     release from bondage or imprisonment forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty.

There had to be a yearly sacrifice for sins of the people , But Jesus died once, for all of man kind.
The blood of Jesus is our atonement .  He conquered Hell and Death and took the keys and gave them to his children

2Cr 5:18 ASV - But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Cr 5:19 ASV - to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Ezr 3:8 ASV - Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah.

Types and Shadows of Gods grace .

    Zerubbabel  Heb = "sown in Babylon"
        The grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon
Because of Adams failure we were born into captivity into our own babylon !   The scripture in 
Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Isa 61:2 ASV - to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isa 61:3 ASV - to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.   

We were all born into sin and captive to our old man .   Zerubbabel is a type and shadow of       ourselves born into captivity , And Jeshua   Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"
The father has sent his son to bring us out of darkness and into light.     

Col 1:12 ASV - giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Col 1:13 ASV - who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
Col 1:14 ASV - in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

1Cr 15:21 ASV - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Cr 15:22 ASV - For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Cr 15:36 ASV - Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:
1Cr 15:38 ASV - but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.   And that seed being the word of God ,  Each seed brings forth its own fruit , so as Christ is sown in our hearts through the seed of Gods word we will manifest the fruit of Jesus in our daily Life's.
Isa 53:10 ASV - Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.    His seed is you and your obedience to his word,
and through your obedience  his days shall be prolonged, It is Christ in you the hope of Glory.

1Cr 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Cr 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1Cr 15:53 ASV - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Cr 15:54 ASV - But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

  Jeshua  Heb =   Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"

Isa 7:14 ASV - Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Mat 1:23 ASV - Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.     Emmanuel = "God with us"
2Cr 5:19 ASV - to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of   Reconciliation.

Ezr 5:2 ASV - Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
Zec 4:6 ASV - Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Rom 5:5 ASV - and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

How much does God love you ?