Maybe God has other plans for some....such as Peter. John 14:2
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Thank you Warrior Woman. I'm not gettin much help at home. A certain someone keeps telling me to study it out myself. I hated that maneuver as a kid. Mom, what does this word mean? Go look it up in the dictionary. There I was trying to be all efficient by saving time and she wants me to lollygag around. Parents can sure mess up a kid's ambition.
What is the regeneration cited? Using my handy dandy esword program the regeneration shows up in Titus. Titus 3:5 KJV
(5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
I'll copy paste what esword says the word means.
G3824
παλιγγενεσία
paliggenesia
Thayer Definition:
1) new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration
1a) hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death
1b) the renovation of the earth after the deluge
1c) the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the Stoics taught
1d) the signal and glorious change of all things (in heaven and earth) for the better, that restoration of the primal and perfect condition of things which existed before the fall of our first parents, which the Jews looked for in connection with the advent of the Messiah, and which Christians expected in connection with the visible return of Jesus from heaven.
1e) other uses
1e1) of Cicero’s restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile
1e2) of the restoration of the Jewish nation after exile
1e3) of the recovery of knowledge by recollection
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3825 and G1078
Citing in TDNT: 1:686, 117
Sweet Jesus which of those is for Matthew and which is for Titus? I'm still stuck.