Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post is,

Repairing the Dislocations.

Last week, I shared two posts on Healing History.

I feel I need to do one more.

There's a fascinating word in the New Testament,

Katar Tizzo, that relates to this. I've touched on it before, but it's timely for now.

This word means to align, adjust, put a thing in its appropriate position. In scripture, the word is used in the

context of mending nets, put the cord back in position, repairing schisms or relational breaks,

and even restoring broken lives.

The word also describes the restoration of a dislocated joint or broken bone.

It would describe a chiropractor adjusting or realigning a joint.

So, as you can see, the concept of this word involves proper alignment,

including realignment, resulting in healing or restoration.

Another interesting use of this word is to describe the proper connecting of time and seasons. Fascinating.

Hebrews 113 says in its more literal and accurate rendering that the aligning,

of the ages ions, was decreed in advance by the Lord.

This doesn't mean that he planned to determine every event that occurs in the lives of

individuals and nations. Personal free will and human decision making must be

factored into this. It means that he decreed the flow of history from age to age and has determined

the final outcome. He declared the end from the beginning, Isaiah 4610. For example, Jesus was the lamb

slain from the foundation of the world. God saw in advance the break, the dislocation that would come at the fall, and he declared

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