"The Age to Come"
BY JOSEPH MARSH
ROCHESTER, N. Y., PUBLISHED AT THE ADVENT HARBINGER OFFICE 1851
THE AGE TO COME or GLORIOUS RESTITUTION
"Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." Acts 3:21.
The Mosaic dispensation, or age, closed at the death of Christ; and the gospel age, or day, commenced
with his resurrection. The gospel age will close at the second coming of Christ, when the Age to come, or
the glorious times of Restitution, or dispensation of the fullness of times, will commence, and continue,
until the new creation is completed.
The order and events of the Jewish and Christian ages, are now matters of history, with the exception of
the closing scenes of the latter; and the history of that will soon be complete, and the great and sublime
events of the age to come will be passing before us.
There is much darkness in the church relative to the character of the Age to come. Even many, who
make the prophecies their study, are greatly confused on this important subject. It is true; they have seen
the absurdity of the popular theory of the Millennium, but at the same time, have been unable to obtain a
consistent and intelligible view of its character, in harmony with the very many prophecies which
evidently relate to that glorious period.
We too, in common with many others, have been, until recently, in darkness on this subject; but now
think we understand it, at least in its general outlines. It is so full of interest, makes such a perfect
harmony of the prophecies, and presents the wise and immutable purpose of God in so glorious a light,
that we greatly desire to lead others to an understanding of it. Endeavoring to do which, we will first
speak of . . .