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The term "realized" in a biblical context often refers to the fulfillment or actualization of God's promises, prophecies, or divine plans. It is the moment when what was anticipated or foretold comes to fruition. This concept is woven throughout the Scriptures, illustrating the faithfulness of God and the unfolding of His divine will.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the realization of God's promises is a recurring theme. For instance, the promise made to Abraham regarding his descendants and the land of Canaan is realized in various stages. Genesis 21:1-2 states, "Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him." This passage highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and Sarah, demonstrating that what God declares will indeed come to pass.

The Exodus narrative is another significant example. The liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage is the realization of God's promise to deliver His people. Exodus 12:41 records, "At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt." This event marks the fulfillment of God's covenantal promise to bring His people out of slavery and into a land flowing with milk and honey.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the concept of realization is often associated with the coming of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the New Covenant. The prophecies concerning the Messiah find their fulfillment in Jesus. Matthew 1:22-23 states, "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel' (which means, 'God with us')." Here, the birth of Jesus is the realization of the prophetic words spoken by Isaiah, affirming the divine plan of salvation.

The realization of the Kingdom of God is another central theme in the New Testament. Jesus' ministry is marked by the proclamation that the Kingdom is at hand. In Mark 1:15 , Jesus declares, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!" This statement indicates that the anticipated reign of God is being realized through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

Theological Implications

Theologically, the concept of realization underscores the reliability and sovereignty of God. It assures believers that God's purposes will be accomplished in His perfect timing. The realization of God's promises serves as a foundation for faith, encouraging believers to trust in His word and remain steadfast in hope.

The Apostle Paul reflects on this in 2 Corinthians 1:20 , "For all the promises of God are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through Him, our 'Amen' is spoken to the glory of God." This verse encapsulates the idea that in Christ, all of God's promises find their fulfillment, and believers can confidently affirm their faith in His unchanging nature.

Practical Application

For Christians, the realization of God's promises invites a response of faith and obedience. It calls for a life lived in anticipation of God's continued work in the world and in individual lives. The assurance that God will bring His plans to completion provides comfort and motivation to live according to His will, knowing that His purposes are ultimately for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28).

In summary, the concept of "realized" in the Bible is a testament to God's faithfulness and the unfolding of His divine plan throughout history. It is a reminder that what God has promised, He will surely bring to pass, encouraging believers to live in the light of His fulfilled and yet-to-be-fulfilled promises.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Realize.

Greek

1921. epiginosko -- to know exactly, to recognize
... 2), aware (2), find (1), found (2), fully known (1), know (7), know fully (1), known
(2), knows (1), learned (3), perceiving (1), realized (1), recognize (5 ...
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1096. ginomai -- to come into being, to happen, to become
... 3), join* (1), joined (3), made (15), occur (3), occurred (18), performed (4), prove
(7), proved (6), proving (1), put (1), reached (2), realized (1), results ...
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603. apokaradokia -- strained expectancy
... "This abstraction -- that might engage the attention -- is also absorpted in the
expected object "till the fulfillment is realized" (H. Alford).]. ...
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1097. ginosko -- to come to know, recognize, perceive
... ghin-oce'-ko) Short Definition: I come to know, learn, realize Definition: I am
taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized. ...
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4894. suneidon -- to see together, hence to comprehend
... Word Origin from sun and eidon Definition to see together, hence to comprehend NASB
Word Usage aware (1), realized (1). know, be privy, be aware of. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3045. yada -- to know
... 1), perceived (1), possibly know (1), predict (1), professional mourners (1), provided
(1), raped (1), read* (1), realize (1), realized (5), recognize (2 ...
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1961. hayah -- to fall out, come to pass, become, be
... occurred (3), occurs (3), own (3), placed (1), possessed* (1), present (1), pressed*
(1), qualify (2), ran (1), reach (3), reached (1), realized (1), receive (1 ...
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Library

Things to be Realized.
... BOOK I. THE MAN. CHAPTER II. Things to be Realized. It is absolutely essential
to the successful preaching of the Gospel that the ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter ii things to be.htm

Perfection, when to be Realized.
... Book II. Chapter 10 [VIII.]"Perfection, When to Be Realized. Our full adoption,
then, as children, is to happen at the redemption of our body. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 10 viii perfection when to.htm

Saints, Sages, and Saviors: the Law of Service
... can only be manifested by one who has attained to the highest wisdom, who has
relinquished his passionate and self-seeking nature, who has realized the supreme ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/allen/the way of peace/saints sages and saviors the.htm

Blighted Blossoms
... How many of our aspirations are never realized! How many of our plans fail! ... That
desire was never realized by David. Making it a reality was left to others. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk five blighted blossoms.htm

Whether Bodily and Sensible Pleasures are Greater than Spiritual ...
... pleasures are not perceived all at once, but some part of them is passing away,
while some other part is looked forward to as yet to be realized, as is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether bodily and sensible pleasures.htm

Christ the Son of Man.
... by various visible manifestations. Abraham realized time and again that
God was his present companion and friend. When Jacob saw ...
/.../v christ the son of man.htm

Our Inheritance
... sanctification, and consummated in that inheritance "reserved in heaven for us."
That part which is yet reserved in heaven for us will be realized in due time ...
//christianbookshelf.org/byers/sanctification/chapter v our inheritance.htm

Choosing Her Course
... character and purpose. She realized at once that as a follower of Jesus
she might not live to please herself. She became interested ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/ii choosing her course.htm

The Realization of Selfless Love
... to bring it into manifestation. And that Divine Image is revealed and realized
as stainless, selfless Love. Hidden deep in every ...
/.../allen/the way of peace/the realization of selfless love.htm

God's Care Over Me
... A number of times during my life I have been exposed to danger, but have always
realized God's protecting hand. ... I realized that God had protected me. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xvi gods care over.htm

Thesaurus

Realized (33 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Realized (33 Occurrences). ... John 1:17 For the law was given
through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. ...
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Quotations
... persons or institutions are sometimes interpreted, not in the terms of present
actuality, but on the basis of the ideal not revealed or realized until the ...
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Accommodation (1 Occurrence)
... (b) The Old Testament system of sacrifices is looked upon as typical and symbolic,
hence, predictive and realized in the death of Christ interpreted as ...
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Realizing (7 Occurrences)

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Prophets (270 Occurrences)
... This counsel also may be realized successively. ... The main thing is that the divine
thought contained in the prophecy be entirely and completely realized. ...
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Creation (35 Occurrences)
... that is in Him. In it the thought of His absolute Wisdom is realized by the
action of His perfect Love. It is philosophically necessary ...
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Atonement (112 Occurrences)
... the end in view, the reconciliation; and, on the other hand, the latter word is
so used as to involve, also, doing that by which atonement is realized. ...
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Parousia
... That the Jewish writers realized that the eschatological details were merely symbolic
is made obvious by the contradictions that every apocalypse contains-the ...
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Prophecy (37 Occurrences)
... This counsel also may be realized successively. ... The main thing is that the divine
thought contained in the prophecy be entirely and completely realized. ...
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Astrology
... For the Babylonian months were intended to be natural months, yet at this time it
was not realized that an eclipse of the sun could only take place when the ...
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Resources

What is realized eschatology? | GotQuestions.org

Why does God allow good things to happen to bad people? | GotQuestions.org

What are the different names of God, and what do they mean? | GotQuestions.org

Realized: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Realized (33 Occurrences)

Luke 1:22
When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
(See NAS NIV)

John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
(WEB NAS)

John 6:22
On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
(See NIV)

John 6:24
When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
(See NIV)

Acts 4:13
Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.
(See NIV)

Acts 12:12
Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 16:19
But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
(See NIV)

Acts 22:29
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
(See RSV)

Hebrews 6:5
and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--
(WEY)

Revelation 10:7
"There shall be no further delay; but in the days when the seventh angel blows his trumpet--when he begins to do so--then the secret purposes of God are realized, in accordance with the good news which He gave to His servants the Prophets."
(WEY)

Genesis 3:7
The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
(See NIV)

Genesis 28:8
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
(See NIV)

Exodus 5:19
The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"
(See NIV)

Judges 6:22
Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!"
(See NIV)

Judges 13:21
But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Judges 20:41
The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them. The Second Book of Samuel
(See NIV)

Ruth 1:18
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 3:8
Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 18:28
Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 5:12
And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 10:6
When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 12:19
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 20:12
Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 14:2
David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 19:6
When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 6:16
and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 13:19
To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 7:22
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 10:20
It 'is' the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 11:11
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
(See NAS)

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