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and stars by fire: Colossians 1, 2; 2 Peter 2, 3. The restoration of those things which are on earth is the reconciliation of the elect with God through the satisfaction of Christ: then the renewal of the earth and sea by the fire of the last day. For the Apostle in Ephesians 1 and Colossians 1, 2 refers to all things in the heavens and on earth as made in Christ. First, regarding the visible heavens, stars, the earth, and men. Second, regarding the invisible: thrones and heavenly dominions.
SEVENTEENTH INSTITUTION.
By the efficacy of his death, the Son of God, by the power of the fullness of the Deity, destroys sin, death, the Devil, and the world. But the same Son of God, who is God, by the efficacy of his resurrection restores all things by the power of his Deity, confirms the angels, and makes new the heavens, the stars, and the earth. Isaiah 65, 66; 2 Corinthians 5; 1 Corinthians 15.
EIGHTEENTH INSTITUTION.
Those who stupidly dream that the Anacephalæosis recapitulation/restoration of men and angels is the same are mistaken. For the elect are restored and reconciled through election, conversion, regeneration, and justification by faith. The angels, however, without the remission of sins, are confirmed in the degree of their perfection through Christ. For they do not possess sin.