The Orthodox Study Bible: Reconciliation part 2
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Continued from part 1
The Orthodox Study Bible: Reconciliation part 1Glossary: Reverend John W. Morris, PhD
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'Reconciliation The removal of hostility and barriers between humans and God, and between individuals, accomplished by God (Rom. 5:11; 2 Cor 5:18-19). (805)'
From New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 Corinthians 5: 18-19
18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and [a]He has [b]committed to us the word of reconciliation. Footnotes (a) 2 Corinthians 5:19 Lit having (b) 2 Corinthians 5:19 Lit placed in us
Bible Hub: 2 Corinthians 5: 18
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καταλλάξαντος
having reconciled (who reconciled from NASB)
V-APA-GMS
Verb, Aorist, Participle, Active-Genitive, Masculine, Singular, my add.
Cited
'What does the aorist active tense in Greek mean? 1. aorist - a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation.'
Aorist and active meaning. There is an action of reconciliation that took place in the past, but the results continue in the present. Those regenerated (John 3, Titus 3: 5, 1 Peter 1: 23) having been reconciled by the applied atoning work of Jesus Christ, his resurrection and the future resurrection of believers. Those persons in Christ has been reconciled through the salvific, gospel work of Jesus Christ to God (Romans, Galatians, Hebrews). The Genitive, is the reconciliation of us from God and to God.
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'Participles are fundamentally verbal adjectives. They indicate action as do verbs. But they also modify nouns. Consider the word "walking" in the following sentence: The man walking down the street lost his car.'
God having reconciled.
Bible Hub: 2 Corinthians 5: 18
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καταλλαγῆς
of reconciliation
N-GFS
Bauer states here that καταλλαγῆ, more specifically καταλλαγῆς in context is 'the word of reconciliation' in 2 Corinthians 5: 18 (414). Similar to Romans 11: 15 (414). Although I noted that it is technically, καταλλαγὴν.
Bible Hub: 2 Corinthians 5: 19
καταλλάσσων
Is reconciling, as in a verb, an action word. Is this case, present, participle, active.
God is reconciling those he saves, based on the reconciling he did on the cross with the atonement, followed within three days by his resurrection. These things applied to regenerated believers.
Original Word: καταλλάσσω which is Strong's 2644.
καταλλαγῆς
Is of reconciliation, as in a noun. Genitive, feminine, singular. God has provided the word of reconciliation.
Original Word: καταλλαγή, ῆς, ἡ which is Strong's 2643
Reconciliation defined
Erickson notes that Jesus Christ as reconciler is the theme of his chapters on atonement. (768-769, but also 781-841). Quote: 'Because he was sinless, he did not have to die in payment for his own sins. Inasmuch as he is an infinite being who did not have to die, his death can serve to atone for the sins of all mankind.' (804).
God-incarnate, Jesus Christ, is perfect human being, and therefore serves as the perfect, sinless, atoning sacrifice (Hebrews). He is also, as spirit, infinite, eternal God, that outlasts and defeats, finite sin.
Thiessen documents the same New Testament Greek references as I have dealt with in parts 1-2. (327). In the fall (Genesis 3) Adam and Eve turned from God. God turned from humanity. But through the atoning work of Jesus Christ, God has reconciled humanity. (327-328).
The reconciling work of the triune God, through the atoning work of Jesus Christ, and the connected resurrection, brings humanity in Jesus Christ 'at one ment' (atonement) with their creator, saviour and sustainer.
Boice on Jesus Christ: 'The one who takes the place of man in order to satisfy God's justice is actually the one who had himself become man and is therefore what we might term our representative.' (290).
Yes. Therefore, in Jesus Christ, we are saved by grace through faith, alone and not by works.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and [l]this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
(l) Ephesians 2:8 I.e., this salvation
BAUER, WALTER (1979) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Translated by Eric H. Wahlstrom, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
STRONG, J. (1890)(1986) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Burlington, Welch Publishing Company.
