"The Age to Come"

BY JOSEPH MARSH 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., PUBLISHED AT THE ADVENT HARBINGER OFFICE 1851

RECAPITULATION

We have proved by plain Bible testimony,- 

1. That there will be a Restitution. Acts iii. 21. 

2. That the "times of Restitution," (Acts iii. 21.) or "dispensation of the fullness of times" (Eph. i. 10.) or millennial reign of Christ (1 Cor. xv. 25,) will occupy the period of one thousand years (Rev. xx. 1-7,) or the seventh day of the antitypical week of the world's age. Heb. iv. 4-9. 2 Pet. iii. 8. 

3. That Christ will come at the commencement of the times of Restitution. Acts iii. 20, 21: 1 Cor. xv. 23-28: 1 Thess. iv. 16; Rev. xx. 1-7. 

4. That the righteous dead will be raised at the coming of the Lord, and the living saints be changed to a state of immortality, and all be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. 1 Cor. xv. 23, 51-54: 1 Thess. iv. 16, 17; Rev. xx. 4, 5. 

5. That all the saints will descend with Christ to Mount Olives. Zach. xiv. 4, 5; Jude 14. 

6. That Palestine will be restored to its Eden state, at the coming of the Lord. Zech. xiv. 4-11; Isa. xxxv. 1, 2; li. 3; lv. 13; Jer. xxxi. 40; Ezek. xxxiv 25-31; Dan. viii. 13, 14, compared with Luke xxi. 24. 

7. That Jerusalem will be rebuilt. Isa. lii. 1-3: liv. 4-8, compared with Ezek. xvi.; Isa. lxv. 18, 19; Jer. xxxi. 38, 39; Micah iii. 10, to verse 2 of the 4th chapter. 

8. That the royal palace of David (2 Sam. v. 7, 9, 11; 1 Chron. xiv. 1; Psa. cxxxii. 1-5; Isa. xvi. 5; Josephus, book vii. chap. 3,) or his tabernacle, now in ruins, will be rebuilt. Amos. ix. 11; Acts xv. 16. 

9. That Christ will set on the throne of David, in the tabernacle of David. Isa. ix. 6, 7; xvi 5; Ezek. xxi. 25-27; Luke i. 32, 33. 

10. That the apostles will set on thrones, in the kingdom, with Christ. Isa. xxxii. 1; Matt. xix. 28; Luke xxii. 29, 30; Rev. xx. 4. 

11. That all despotic kingly power will be destroyed near the coming of the Lord. Psa. lxxvi. 12; cx. 5, 6; Isa. xxiv. 21; Ezek. xxxviii.; Dan. ii. 44; vii. 11; Zech. xiv. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 25; Rev. xvii. 14; xix. 17-21. 

12. That all anti-Christian power will be destroyed at the same time. 2 Thess. ii. 8; Rev. xvii. 1-8; Isa. xlv. 17; Dan. vii. 26. 

13. That the false prophet, or Mahomedan power, will also be destroyed then. Rev. xix. 20. 

14. That there will be a very great destruction of the ungodly, then. Isa. lxvi. 16; Ezek. xxxix. 4; Joel iii. 9-14; Zech. xiv. 12-15; Rev. xix. 19-21. 

15. That the devil will be bound during the millennial reign of Christ. Rev. xx. 1, 2, 7. 

16. That some Gentiles, who will not be changed to a state of immortality, will escape the great destruction that will take place at or near the coming of the Lord. Psa. lxxii. 4; Isa. xi. 10; lxvi. 19; Ezek. xxxvi. 36; xxxvii. 28; Dan. vii. 14; Zech. xiv. 16; Acts xv. 17; Rev. xx. 3. 

17. That a remnant of Judah and of Israel, who will not then be made immortal, will escape the destruction of that day, will believe on the Lord, and be settled in the land of Palestine. Isa. xi. 11, 12; lxvi. 20; Jer. xxxi. 31-40; Ezek. xxxvi. 8-38; xxxvii. 15-28; xxxviii 8-13; Zech. xii. 6, to xiii. 1; Matt. xxiii. 9; Rom. xi. 23, 25; Heb. viii.8-12. 

18. That under the peaceful reign of Christ in the Age to come, the nations will learn war no more. Isa. ii. 4; ix. 7; xxxii. 1, 2; Micah iv. 3; Zech. ix. 10. 

19. That the knowledge of the Lord, in that Age of peace, will fill the world. Isa. xi. 9; xxv. 7; Jer. xxxi. 34; Hab. ii. 14; Heb. viii. 11. 

20. That in that Age of peace and knowledge, the age of man will be long. Isa. lxv. 20, 22. 

21. That in that Age of glory there will be a great increase of population in the earth. Psa. xxii. 31; Isa. xi. 6, 8; xlv. 18; lxv. 23; Ezek. xxxvii. 25; Rev. xx. 8. 

22. That the peaceful and obedient nations of that day of glory, will go up from year to year to bring their glory and wealth to Jerusalem, the city of the great King, and to worship there. Isa. lx. 5-9; Zech. xiv. 16. 

23. That the earth, especially Palestine, will be very productive in the Age to come. Isa. xxx. 19-26; xxxv. 1, 2; li. 3; lv. 13; Ezek. xxxiv. 26, 27; xxxvi. 34, 35; Hos. ii. 21, 22; Amos ix. 13. 

24. That lamb-like harmony will reign among the beasts, and they will be in perfect submission to man, during the millennial reign of Christ. Isa. xi. 6-9; lxv. 25. 

25. That the glory of God will fill the earth in the Age to come. Num. xiv. 21; Psa. lxxii. 19; Isa. vi. 3; xi. 9; lxvi. 19; Hab. ii. 14. 

26. That when the thousand years reign of Christ are expired, Satan will be loosed, and deceive the nations, &c. Rev. xx. 7-10. 

27. That the second resurrection, the general Judgment, passing away of the present heavens and earth, and final destruction of all the wicked, death and the devil, will then take place. Rev. xx. 11-15; Heb. ii. 14; 2 Pet. iii. 7, 10. 

28. That the new heavens and new earth wherein will dwell the righteous only, will then be created. Isa. lxv. 17; 2 Pet. iii. 13; Rev. xxi. 1. 

29. Finally, that then the New Jerusalem will come down from God out of heaven, and be the capitol of the new earth. Rev. xxi. 2, to xxii. 5. 

This is but a part of the great amount of infallible, plain Bible testimony that might be given, in proof of the correctness of the glorious doctrines advocated in the preceding pages. They are the doctrines of that inspired book, and will prevail. There can be no opposing doctrine taught in the Bible; for it is not yea and nay, but yea and amen, to the glory of God. 

Reader, will you believe, confess and rejoice in these precious truths? Remember, that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that the truth alone can make you free and happy. 

The day of glory, the Age to come, will soon dawn upon this dark and fallen world! The signs in the natural, the political, the scientific, the mechanical, the moral and religious world, among Jews and Christians, Pagans and Mahomedans, proclaim in trumpet tones, that day nigh, even at the door! Historical and chronological prophecy, and the chronology of the world, bear the most infallible testimony to the same fact. 

Be ready to meet with joy the approaching crisis; for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of Man cometh!