Reinstatement

The basis of reinstatement

God does not remember sin

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God’s unfailing love

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God’s reinstatement of fallen humanity

Humanity’s unique calling

Hebrews 2:6–8 KJV 1900

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

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Humanity’s fall and reinstatement

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God’s reinstatement of Israel

The promise of reinstatement

Micah 4:8 KJV 1900

And thou, O tower of the flock, The strong hold of the daughter of Zion, Unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; The kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Reinstatement as God’s people

Hosea 2:23 KJV 1900

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; And I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; And I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; And they shall say, Thou art my God.

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Reinstatement as God’s bride

Isaiah 54:5–8 KJV 1900

For thy Maker is thine husband; The Lord of hosts is his name; And thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, And a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

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Reinstatement in the land

Jeremiah 33:10–16 KJV 1900

Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

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God’s reinstatement of his servants

Samson’s hair begins to grow again, indicating his renewed call to serve God; God will continue to speak through a repentant Jeremiah; Nebuchadnezzar’s sanity and kingdom is restored; God renews Jonah’s commission; Jesus Christ reinstates Peter after his denial.

Further examples of reinstatement

Pharaoh’s cupbearer reinstated; David reinstated by Saul; Mephibosheth reinstated by David; Absalom reinstated by David; Nebuchadnezzar reinstates Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; Gomer reinstated as Hosea’s wife; the prodigal reinstated by his father; Paul asks Philemon to reinstate his slave Onesimus; John Mark, formerly rejected, has here been reinstated as Paul’s companion.