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The term "restores" encompasses the act of bringing back to a former state, healing, and making whole again. This theme is evident in various contexts, including spiritual, physical, and relational restoration.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, restoration is often associated with God's covenant relationship with Israel. When the Israelites strayed from God's commandments, they experienced consequences such as exile and suffering. However, God consistently promised to restore them if they repented and returned to Him. A key verse illustrating this is found in <a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a>, where God declares, "For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, declares the LORD."<br><br>The Psalms also speak of personal restoration. <a href="/psalms/23-3.htm">Psalm 23:3</a> states, "He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name." Here, restoration is linked to spiritual renewal and guidance, emphasizing God's role as a shepherd who cares for His flock.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, restoration takes on a broader and more profound meaning through the work of Jesus Christ. Jesus' ministry was marked by acts of physical healing and spiritual restoration. In <a href="/matthew/12-13.htm">Matthew 12:13</a>, Jesus restores a man's withered hand, demonstrating His power to heal and make whole.<br><br>The ultimate act of restoration is found in the redemptive work of Christ on the cross. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus restores the broken relationship between humanity and God. This is encapsulated in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">2 Corinthians 5:18-19</a>, which states, "All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's trespasses against them."<br><br><b>Spiritual Restoration</b><br><br>Spiritual restoration is a recurring theme in the teachings of the apostles. The process of sanctification, whereby believers are gradually restored to the image of Christ, is a central aspect of the Christian life. <a href="/galatians/6.htm">Galatians 6:1</a> encourages believers to restore those who have fallen into sin: "Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness."<br><br><b>Eschatological Restoration</b><br><br>The Bible also speaks of a future, eschatological restoration when God will renew all things. This is vividly portrayed in <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a>, where God proclaims, "Behold, I make all things new." This promise of a new heaven and a new earth reflects the ultimate restoration of creation, free from sin and suffering.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The theme of restoration in the Bible underscores God's unwavering commitment to His creation and His people. Whether through the healing of individuals, the reconciliation of relationships, or the promise of a renewed creation, restoration is a testament to God's redemptive power and His desire to bring wholeness and peace.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/475.htm"><span class="l">475. Elyashib -- "God <b>restores</b>," the name of several Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> Elyashib. 476 . "God <b>restores</b>," the name of several Israelites. Transliteration:<br> Elyashib Phonetic Spelling: (el-yaw-sheeb') Short Definition: Eliashib. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/475.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm"><span class="l">7725. shub -- to turn back, return</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2), rescue (1), respond (1), restitution may be made (1), restitution which is made<br> (1), restore (58), restored (17), restorer (2), <b>restores</b> (7), restoring (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7725.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_vii_martin_restores_a.htm"><span class="l">Martin <b>Restores</b> a Catechumen to Life.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sulpitius Severus On the Life of St. Martin. Chapter VII. Martin <b>restores</b><br> a Catechumen to Life. As Hilarius had already gone away <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter vii martin restores a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xxii_the_council_of_sardica.htm"><span class="l">The Council of Sardica <b>Restores</b> Paul and Athanasius to their Sees <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXII."The Council of Sardica <b>restores</b> Paul and Athanasius to their Sees;<br> and on the Eastern Emperor's Refusal to admit them, the Emperor of the West <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxii the council of sardica.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sozomen/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_sozomenus/chapter_v_julian_restores_liberty_to.htm"><span class="l">Julian <b>Restores</b> Liberty to the Christians, in Order to Execute <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book V. Chapter V."Julian <b>restores</b> Liberty to the Christians, in order to<br> execute Further Troubles in the Church. The Evil Treatment <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter v julian restores liberty to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_viii_martin_restores_one.htm"><span class="l">Martin <b>Restores</b> one that had Been Strangled.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sulpitius Severus On the Life of St. Martin. Chapter VIII. Martin <b>restores</b><br> one that had been strangled. Not long after these events <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter viii martin restores one.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lawlor/st_bernard_of_clairvauxs_life_of_st_malachy_of_armagh/chapter_ii_malachys_pity_for.htm"><span class="l">Malachy's Pity for his Deceased Sister. He <b>Restores</b> the Monastery <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER II Malachy's pity for his deceased sister. He <b>restores</b> the Monastery<br> of Bangor. His first Miracles. 11. (6). Meanwhile Malachy's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ii malachys pity for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lawlor/st_bernard_of_clairvauxs_life_of_st_malachy_of_armagh/chapter_vii_he_does_battle.htm"><span class="l">He Does Battle for the Faith; He <b>Restores</b> Peace among those who <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER VII He does battle for the faith; he <b>restores</b> peace among those who were<br> at variance; he takes in hand to build a stone church. 57. (32). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter vii he does battle.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sozomen/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_sozomenus/chapter_xv_the_emperor_constantius_repairs.htm"><span class="l">The Emperor Constantius Repairs to Sirmium, Recalls Liberius, and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XV."The Emperor Constantius repairs to Sirmium, recalls Liberius, and <b>restores</b><br> him to the Church of Rome; he also commands Felix to assist Liberius <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xv the emperor constantius repairs.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_36_xxi_god_made_nature.htm"><span class="l">God Made Nature Good: the Saviour <b>Restores</b> it when Corrupted.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter 36 [XXI.]"God Made Nature Good: the Saviour <b>Restores</b><br> It When Corrupted. Now we do not reprehend bread and wine <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 36 xxi god made nature.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/21_but_says_some_one.htm"><span class="l">But, Says Some One, "Are These Things to be Understood of the Lord <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> What matter, so long as Jesus, as Saviour, reconciles those who were at<br> variance, and <b>restores</b> peace, and also brings back concord! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../21 but says some one.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_de_principiis/chapter_x_on_the_resurrection_and.htm"><span class="l">On the Resurrection, and the Judgment, the Fire of Hell, and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> abroad, yet by the word of God, that very germ which is always safe in the substance<br> of the body, raises them from the earth, and <b>restores</b> and repairs them, as <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter x on the resurrection and.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/restores.htm"><span class="l"><b>Restores</b> (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Restores</b> (10 Occurrences). Mark 9:12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first,<br> and <b>restores</b> all things. <b>...</b> He <b>restores</b> to man his righteousness. (WEB). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/restores.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/restorer.htm"><span class="l">Restorer (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who, or that which, <b>restores</b>.<br> Multi-Version Concordance Restorer (2 Occurrences). Ruth 4:15 He <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/restorer.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/forgiveness.htm"><span class="l">Forgiveness (124 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It <b>restores</b> completely the relationship which existed prior to the sin. <b>...</b> When God<br> forgives, however, He <b>restores</b> man to the condition of former favor. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forgiveness.htm - 68k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/restore.htm"><span class="l">Restore (122 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 9:12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and <b>restores</b> all things. <b>...</b> He<br><b>restores</b> to man his righteousness. (Root in WEB JPS ASV NAS NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/restore.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/name's.htm"><span class="l">Name's (31 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Psalms 23:3 He <b>restores</b> my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for<br> his name's sake. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/name's.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ordinance.htm"><span class="l">Ordinance (89 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 18:30; Leviticus 22:9 Malachi 3:14) "ordinance" is the translation of<br> mishmereth, "charge," which the Revised Version (British and American) <b>restores</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ordinance.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/guides.htm"><span class="l">Guides (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Job 12:17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes<br> judges foolish; (BBE). Psalms 23:3 He <b>restores</b> my soul. He <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/guides.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/written.htm"><span class="l">Written (323 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> me. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Mark 9:12 He said to them,<br> "Elijah indeed comes first, and <b>restores</b> all things. How <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/written.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/favorable.htm"><span class="l">Favorable (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS). Job 33:26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees<br> his face with joy. He <b>restores</b> to man his righteousness. (WEB ASV WBS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/favorable.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fortunes.htm"><span class="l">Fortunes (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zion! When Yahweh <b>restores</b> the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall<br> rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. (WEB RSV NIV). Psalms <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fortunes.htm - 15k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/restore-my-soul.html">How can I restore my soul? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-brokenness.html">What is the biblical fix for sexual brokenness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/talitha-cumi.html">What is the meaning of talitha cumi? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Restores (10 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-12.htm">Mark 9:12</a></span><br />He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and <span class="boldtext">restores</span> all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/33-26.htm">Job 33:26</a></span><br />He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He <span class="boldtext">restores</span> to man his righteousness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Psalms 14:7</a></span><br />Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh <span class="boldtext">restores</span> the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/23-3.htm">Psalms 23:3</a></span><br />He <span class="boldtext">restores</span> my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/53-6.htm">Psalms 53:6</a></span><br />Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Isaiah 52:8</a></span><br />The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm">Lamentations 1:16</a></span><br />For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Ezekiel 18:7</a></span><br />A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-15.htm">Ezekiel 33:15</a></span><br />(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/2-2.htm">Nahum 2:2</a></span><br />For Yahweh <span class="boldtext">restores</span> the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/restores.htm">Restores</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/restores.htm">Restores (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/restoreth.htm">Restoreth (7 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/r/restorer_of_the_temple.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Restorer of the Temple"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Restorer of the Temple" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/restorest.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Restorest"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Restorest" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>