"The Age to Come"
BY JOSEPH MARSH
ROCHESTER, N. Y., PUBLISHED AT THE ADVENT HARBINGER OFFICE 1851
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD
will fill the world. Hence, Isaiah, in describing the glories of that day, says:
Isa. xi. 9. "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea;" and
Habakkuk, (ii. 14.) "The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea."
Hence, the change in this respect will be great and glorious. Now, but few have even a very limited or
imperfect knowledge of God and his works; but then all will be taught of him: for the "law shall go forth
of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Micah, iv. 2,) "and they shall declare my [his] glory
among the Gentiles," (Isa. lxvi. 19.) "And they shall all know the Lord from the least to the greatest."
Jer. xxxi. 34; Heb. viii. 11.
Such will be the unclouded light of that day, we think, that the sciences will be perfectly understood by
all; for man cannot know the Lord without understanding his works and the natural laws that govern
them. This alone would elevate the world to an almost inconceivable eminence above its now low
condition of ignorance. Add to this the high exaltation in the scale of moral and religious knowledge, that
will be characteristic of that age, and it will be a heavenly state indeed, when compared with this. Now,
thick darkness broods over the world; but then it will vanish before the clear light of the Lord; for he will
then "destroy the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations."
Isa. xxv. 7.
In this state of high scientific, moral and religious culture, and under the personal and peaceful reign of
Christ, great, elevated and indescribably sweet must be the joy of the world. But this is not all the glory of
the Age to come; for during that period . . .