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palingenesia. Only twice in the New Testament: of the regeneration of the soul by the Holy Spirit, and the regeneration of the body and of the material world. (See BAPTISM.) Besides his natural birthday the believer has a spiritual birthday in this life, and a birthday to glory in the life to come. The marks of regeneration are given ; ; ; . Only if God's Spirit regenerate the soul now will the same Spirit quicken to immortality and glory the body hereafter (; ).
The third and crowning step will be the regeneration of our home, this earth, and of "the whole creation," "the restitution of all things" (; ; -23). Nations and society shall be first regenerated in the millennial world, with Israel as their priest-kingly head (-4; ); wars shall cease, and even the wild beasts cease to rage. (See THOUSAND YEARS.) (Revelation 20; -25). The final regeneration of the earth and nature shall be after the millennium (Revelation 21; -13).