Well to be honest I have not read very much of your presentation but I had previously done a regeneration study
Well, that at least explains why you do not know what I have said and whether I have made the case expressed in my op. I have made the case and none of these fellows have even attempted to refute it. Not that I desire them to because I would rather they believe the words, something they refuse to do. I am the preacher here. I am preaching that salvation is by the grace of God and through faith in what Jesus Christ has done for the world of sinners who cannot save themselves. He has taken away sin and propitiated God by his sacrifice of himself. Regeneration in the context of sinners in Titus 3 is a renewing to the trinitarian model by the washing away of sin and the renewing of the Holy Ghost. This is why no man can enter into the kingdom of God unless he has been born again. This is why the kingdom of God was "at hand" when Jesus Christ came to the earth. His kingdom will be established with all his subjects being born again and with the trinitarian nature. This is why it was not set up in it's glory when he first came because men refused to believe in him and the kingdom was established in it's temporary mystery form.
After his resurrection when it was possible for men to have their sins washed away and to be born of God by the Spirit. This is his command.
First to the Jews.
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise (of the Spirit) is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
The operative phrase is in bold.
Following is what he expects when he returns to establish his kingdom. Called the restitution of all things. The operative sentence is in bold.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
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And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
This leaves nothing but born again Jews.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, i
n turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Here is what he said to gentiles.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
When he judges the world it will leave nothing but born again gentiles in it
Lk 19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
12 He said therefore,
A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
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But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
he has a parable for unbelieving gentiles as well but I don't have room for it here.
This is the reason men must be born again to enter the kingdom. Only men in the image of God can live here because it is where God is.