The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of ChristianityOrr, Charles Ebert
Religion
The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity
Orr, Charles Ebert
Christianity
Please read the first verse of this chapter. Do we not find its fulfilment
in Christ? Also read the tenth verse. Does it not point to the Savior? It
all relates to the time when Christ shall come and the Gentile can be
saved as well as the Jew. The ninth verse is often misquoted. Many say
that in the millennium “righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters
cover the sea.” Such is not Scripture. But in this ninth verse it is said,
“The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
the sea.” This relates to the coming of Christ, when not only the Jews
shall have the Word of God and a knowledge of him, but every nation is
granted the Bible and salvation.
One strong text for millennial teachers, as they suppose, is Acts 3:21:
“Whom [Christ] the heavens 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.” A text they use to teach there shall be a thousand
years in which restitution is to be made, makes no such intimation. In
fact, it teaches to the contrary. Let us carefully examine it. Christ was
taken up to heaven. He will some day come again. Acts 1:11. The positive
teaching of this text is that the heavens will retain the Lord Jesus until
everything is restored to the Father. Christ came to restore all things.
Mat. 17:11. Full restitution for sin was made by the Savior. The Holy
Spirit all through this dispensation is leading men to the blood and
restoring them to the Father. The day will soon come when the Holy Spirit
has gleaned out the last one and all has been restored to the Father that
will be restored. This then is the full restitution of all things. Then
the heavens will retain the Son of God no longer. He will come to claim
his own. Instead of this text teaching that restitution is to be made
after Christ’s second coming, it teaches that the restitution is to be
made before he comes the second time.
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