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

I hope you had a good weekend. I did.

The title of our post today is The Great Architect.

In Acts 321, we find the phrase, times of restitution.

That's the King James. The word times is chronos,

spoke about that on Friday's post, meaning a general time or season. Restitution is apocatus dasis. A better translation of this word in today's vocabulary would be reconstitute or restore.

The concept is restoring something to its original intent, purpose, or condition.

It's a medical term used in scripture only by Christ's disciple,

Dr. Luke, who wrote the book of Acts. The note in the Passion translation says this medical

term meant restoration to perfect health. Another word we often use in the context of restoring something is

reformation. In scripture, this word is deorthosis, meaning to straighten something crooked,

cause that which has fallen or is leaning to stand upright,

or straight, to stand straight, even upright again.

Deorthosis, like apocastasis in Acts 321, involves restoring something to its original and appropriate condition.

It's important to realize that they do not simply mean change. Change can be good or bad,

appropriate or inappropriate. On the other hand, these two concepts involve restoring something to its original

intent, condition, and or purpose. America has been in a season of significant, inappropriate

change for half a century. We are now moving into a time of restoration and

reformation. Like a surgeon, cutting out a cancer, a dentist removing an abscessed tooth, or a

chiropractor twisting a body like a pretzel in order to make it straight again,

America is being restored.

And just as with the human body, the process can at times be painful.

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