"The Age to Come"
BY JOSEPH MARSH
ROCHESTER, N. Y., PUBLISHED AT THE ADVENT HARBINGER OFFICE 1851
RESTORATION OF DAVID'S THRONE
It is a part of the glorious work of Restitution the Lord will accomplish, in the Age to come. The inspired
writers have spoken freely and plainly on this subject.
Psa. lxxxix. 3, 4. "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy
seed will I establish forever, and build up Thy throne to all generations."
Psa. cxxxii. 11. 'The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy
body will I set upon thy throne."
By consulting the whole of the Psalm last quoted from, it will be seen, that it has its fulfillment in the
glorious times of Restitution; consequently, the throne of David will be restored then.
Isa. ix. 6, 7. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his
shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
"Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon
his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
Just so sure as Christ has been a "child born and a son given," just so certain will he reign on the "throne
of David," in the Age to come; therefore, that throne must be restored.
Isa. xvi. 5. "And in mercy shall the throne be established, (or prepared, Mar.); and he shall sit upon it in
truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness."
Here the Restitution of both the royal palace and glorious throne, is clearly predicted; and the word of the
Lord will not fail.
Luke i. 32, 33. "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of his father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his
kingdom there shall be no end." See also Acts ii. 30. where the same prediction is made.
We have the same assurance, in this annunciation, that the throne of David will be restored, and occupied
by Christ in the future Age, as we have that he was born of the Virgin Mary, according to the promise of
the previous verse, in the same annunciation. As the promise concerning his birth was literally fulfilled,
that concerning the throne will as really be accomplished.
Christ is the legal heir to the throne of David, which God has promised to give to him, after having filled
his mediatorial work, on the throne of his Father, where he is now seated (Rev. iii. 21). Then he will
come, and take his seat on David's throne, or, as it is otherwise called, his throne, or the throne of his
glory, and commence his righteous and everlasting reign.
In connection with this glorious work of Restitution, or of setting up the kingdom of God, . . .