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Definition and Concept Completion, in a biblical context, refers to the act of bringing something to its intended end or fulfilling a purpose. It is often associated with the fulfillment of God's promises, the completion of His divine plan, and the perfection of His creation. The concept of completion is deeply rooted in the idea of God's sovereignty and His ability to bring to fruition what He has purposed.
Biblical References1.
Creation: The idea of completion is first introduced in the account of creation.
Genesis 2:1-2 states, "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work." Here, completion signifies the perfection and sufficiency of God's creative work.
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Fulfillment of Prophecy: Completion is also seen in the fulfillment of prophecies. In
Matthew 5:17 , Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them." This indicates that Jesus' life and ministry were the completion of the Old Testament prophecies and the Law.
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Salvation: The concept of completion is central to the doctrine of salvation.
Philippians 1:6 assures believers, "being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will continue to perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." This verse highlights the ongoing process of spiritual growth and the ultimate completion of salvation in Christ.
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Christ's Work on the Cross: The completion of Christ's redemptive work is powerfully expressed in
John 19:30 , where Jesus declares, "It is finished." This statement signifies the completion of His sacrificial mission to atone for the sins of humanity, fulfilling the requirements of the Law and the prophets.
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Eschatological Completion: The Bible speaks of a future completion when God's kingdom will be fully realized.
Revelation 21:6 states, "He said to me, 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.'" This points to the ultimate completion of God's plan for creation, where He will dwell with His people in a new heaven and a new earth.
Theological SignificanceTheologically, completion underscores the faithfulness and omnipotence of God. It reassures believers of the certainty of God's promises and His ability to bring His purposes to fruition. The concept of completion is intertwined with the themes of hope, perseverance, and trust in God's timing.
Practical ImplicationsFor believers, the notion of completion encourages a life of faith and obedience, trusting that God will complete the work He has started in them. It calls for patience and endurance, knowing that God's timing is perfect and His plans are for the ultimate good of those who love Him (
Romans 8:28). The assurance of completion provides comfort and motivation to live a life that reflects the character and purposes of God.
Topical Bible Verses
Revelation 14:12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Topicalbible.org1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
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Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark on their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.
2. (n.) State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.
Greek
1604. ekplerosis -- a completion, fulfillment ... a
completion, fulfillment. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ekplerosis
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-play'-ro-sis) Short Definition:
completion ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1604.htm - 6k535. apartismos -- completion
... completion. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: apartismos Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-ar-tis-mos') Short Definition: completion, perfection. ...
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4930. sunteleia -- a joint payment (for public service), joint ...
... completion. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sunteleia Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-tel'-i-ah) Short Definition: a completion, consummation, end ...
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5050. teleiosis -- completion, perfection
... completion, perfection. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: teleiosis
Phonetic Spelling: (tel-i'-o-sis) Short Definition: completion, fulfillment ...
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4138. pleroma -- fullness, a filling up
... up. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pleroma Phonetic Spelling:
(play'-ro-mah) Short Definition: fullness, fulfillment, completion Definition: ( ...
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5052. telesphoreo -- to bring fruit to perfection, hence to bear ...
... 5052 (from 5056 , "end-consummation" and 5342 , "to carry over") -- properly, to
bring to completion (maturation, consummation), emphasizing the "eternal carry ...
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2596. kata -- down, against, according to
... diphthong (cf. BDF 17; MH 61-62; R 206-208). 2596 ("bring exactly, complete")
is "" to 303 ("bring to completion").]. Word Origin ...
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575. apo -- from, away from
... In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation,
completion, reversal, etc. (ap) -- 125 Occurrences. (apo) -- 479 Occurrences. ...
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1537. ek -- from, from out of
... Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion. (ek) --
680 Occurrences. (ex) -- 247 Occurrences. 1536, 1537. ek or ex. 1538 ...
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2005. epiteleo -- to complete, accomplish
... Word Origin from epi and teleo Definition to complete, accomplish NASB Word Usage
accomplished (1), complete (1), completion (1), erect (1), finish (1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3617. kalah -- completion, complete destruction, consumption ...... kalah. 3618 .
completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation.
Transliteration: kalah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-law') Short Definition: destruction.
... /hebrew/3617.htm - 6k 6783. tsemithuth -- completion, finality
... 6782, 6783. tsemithuth. 6784 . completion, finality. Transliteration: tsemithuth
Phonetic Spelling: (tsem-ee-thooth') Short Definition: permanently. ...
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4390. male -- to be full, to fill
... NASB Word Usage accomplished (1), aloud (1), armed (1), become full (1), been completed
(1), come (1), complete (3), completed (9), completion (1), confirm (1 ...
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4357. miklah -- completeness, perfection
... perfect. From kalah; completion (in plural concrete adverbial, wholly) -- perfect.
Compare mikla'ah. see HEBREW kalah. see HEBREW mikla'ah. 4356, 4357. ...
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1586. Gomer -- a son of Japheth, also his desc., also the wife of ...
... Gomer. From gamar; completion; Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his
descendants; also of a Hebrewess -- Gomer. see HEBREW gamar. 1585, 1586. ...
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1584. gamar -- to end, come to an end, complete
... A primitive root; to end (in the sense of completion or failure) -- cease, come
to an end, fail, perfect, perform. 1583, 1584. gamar. 1585 . Strong's Numbers
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3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished ...
... brings to pass (1), brought (1), came to an end (1), ceased (1), come to an end
(5), complete (1), completed (10), completely gone (1), completion (1), consume ...
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4512. minleh -- perhaps gain, acquisition
... perfection. From nalah; completion, ie (in produce) wealth -- perfection. see
HEBREW nalah. 4511, 4512. minleh. 4513 . Strong's Numbers.
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8503. taklith -- end, completeness
... end, perfection. From kalah; completion; by implication, an extremity -- end,
perfect(-ion). see HEBREW kalah. 8502, 8503. taklith. 8504 . Strong's Numbers
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Library
Whether the Completion of the Divine Works Ought to be Ascribed to ...
... ON THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE SEVENTH DAY (THREE ARTICLES) Whether the completion
of the Divine works ought to be ascribed to the seventh day? ...
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The Completion of Our Saviour's Prophecies Confirmed Pagans in ...
... THE EVIDENCES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. SECT. VIII. The completion of our Saviour's
Prophecies confirmed Pagans in their belief of the gospel. ...
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Completion Op the Fifth Continental Journey.
... CHAPTER XVII. COMPLETION OP THE FIFTH CONTINENTAL JOURNEY. 1849-50. The
disorganized state of Germany presented a serious obstacle ...
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That at the Time when the Captivity of the Jews was Brought to an ...
... Chapter 26."That at the Time When the Captivity of the Jews Was Brought to an End,
on the Completion of Seventy Years, the Romans Also Were Freed from Kingly ...
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That we must Press on and Persevere in Faith and virtue, and in ...
... 8. That we must press on and persevere in faith and virtue, and in completion of
heavenly and spiritual grace, that we may attain to the palm and the crown. ...
/.../cyprian/the treatises of cyprian/8 that we must press.htm
That the Beginning of Our Good Will and Its Completion Comes from ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XIX. That the beginning of
our good will and its completion comes from God. And this ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xix that the beginning.htm
The New Temple and Its Worship
... There are three events recorded in this passage,"the completion of the Temple, its
dedication, and the keeping of the passover some weeks thereafter. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the new temple and its.htm
Christ Lifted Up
... Again: Christ looked upon his crucifixion as the completion of all his work,
and therefore he looked upon it as an exaltation. The ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/christ lifted up.htm
The Earnest and the Inheritance
... which in one aspect is the 'earnest of the inheritance,' is also operating upon
men's hearts and minds so as to bring about the gradual completion of the ...
/.../the earnest and the inheritance.htm
Appendix A.
... a prophecy of this sort, by whatever principle the world were governed, whether
by Providence, Nature, or Necessity, might owe a seeming completion to mere ...
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Thesaurus
Completion (40 Occurrences)... 1. (n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end;
as, the
completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.
.../c/completion.htm - 19kPerform (155 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To carry through; to bring to completion;
to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. 2. (vt ...
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Finish (35 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building,
especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish. ...
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Servants (763 Occurrences)
... new order David appointed the Nethinim (Ezra 8:20; compare 1 Chronicles 9:2). Likewise
the much greater increase in such duties on the completion of Solomon's ...
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Solomon's (56 Occurrences)
... new order David appointed the Nethinim (Ezra 8:20; compare 1 Chronicles 9:2). Likewise
the much greater increase in such duties on the completion of Solomon's ...
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Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... ADVENT 1. Reality 2. Judgment This term is given to that condition of blessedness,
glory and dominion into which our Lord entered after the completion of His ...
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Waked (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion
of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ...
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Intimation (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion
of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ...
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Thus (1271 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Matthew 13:40 As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the
fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age. (DBY). ...
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Ezra (28 Occurrences)
... The final completion of the canon may have been, and probably was, the work of a
later generation; but Ezra seems to have put it much into the shape in which ...
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