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Followers of William Branham point to Acts 3:21 as a New Testament passage that proves that a Gentile prophet will come prior to the second coming of Christ. | Followers of William Branham point to Acts 3:21 as a New Testament passage that proves that a Gentile prophet will come prior to the second coming of Christ. | ||
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:''Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send | :''Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren.''<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Acts 3:19-22 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009). </ref> | ||
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:''Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, | :''Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version, Ac 3:19–22 (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001). </ref> | ||
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Jesus has been received into the divine presence, and will remain there until the consummation of all that the prophets, from earliest days, have foretold. But the word meaning “consummation” or “establishment” may also, in appropriate contexts, bear the sense “restoration” or “restitution.” | Jesus has been received into the divine presence, and will remain there until the consummation of all that the prophets, from earliest days, have foretold. But the word meaning “consummation” or “establishment” may also, in appropriate contexts, bear the sense “restoration” or “restitution.” | ||
If a reference to the “restoration of all things” were to be recognized here, we should be reminded of Jesus’ words in Mark 9:12, “Elijah does come first to | If a reference to the “restoration of all things” were to be recognized here, we should be reminded of Jesus’ words in Mark 9:12, “Elijah does come first to restore all things” (not found in Luke’s account of the transfiguration). | ||
If the meaning “restoration” were the only one possible here, one could adduce Paul’s picture of a renovated creation coinciding with the investiture of the sons and daughters of God (Rom. 8:18–23). But the meaning “establishment” or “fulfillment” is equally well attested, and makes good sense in the present context, in reference to the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecy, culminating in the establishment of God’s order on earth. | If the meaning “restoration” were the only one possible here, one could adduce Paul’s picture of a renovated creation coinciding with the investiture of the sons and daughters of God (Rom. 8:18–23). But the meaning “establishment” or “fulfillment” is equally well attested, and makes good sense in the present context, in reference to the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecy, culminating in the establishment of God’s order on earth. | ||
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Finally, it is important to note that the word "first" (v. 26) suggests the wider mission to Gentiles which will be chronicled later in Acts. God sent Jesus to his own people first to bless them by turning them from their sins and back to a right relationship with God.<ref>Ben Witherington, III, The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, 187 (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998).</ref> | Finally, it is important to note that the word "first" (v. 26) suggests the wider mission to Gentiles which will be chronicled later in Acts. God sent Jesus to his own people first to bless them by turning them from their sins and back to a right relationship with God.<ref>Ben Witherington, III, The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, 187 (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998).</ref> | ||
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