RESTITUTION
PROMISED
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may
be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached unto you: 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 3:19-21)
COVENANT
WITH ABRAHAM. BOTH HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY SEED DENOTED
And the Angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith
the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I
will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate
of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
(Gen. 22:15-18)
COVENANT
RENEWED TO ISAAC. HEAVENLY SEED ONLY DENOTED
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared
unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the
land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and
I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee,
and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and
I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
(Gen. 26:1-4)
RESTITUTION
COVENANT RENEWED TO JACOB. ONLY EARTHLY SEED DENOTED
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all
night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones
of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down
in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder
set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven:
and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on
it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am
the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac:
the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and
to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,
and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east,
and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy
seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (Gen.
28:10-14)
PROMISED TO ISRAEL
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house,
unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee
a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:1-3)
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing
which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall
be blessed in him? (Gen. 18:17,18)
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting
salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world
without end.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself
that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited:
I am the LORD; and there is none else. (Isa. 45:17,18)
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come
with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon
their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow
and mourning shall flee away. (Isa. 51:11)
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you
into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap
their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir
tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting
sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:12,13)
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed
and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from
one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
(Isa. 66:22,23)
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the
LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to
the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk
any more after the imagination of their evil heart. In those
days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel,
and they shall come together out of the land of the north
to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your
fathers. (Jer. 3:17,18)
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they
shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD
liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house
of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries
whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their
own land. (Jer. 23:7,8)
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will
bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and
not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck
them up. And I will give them an heart to know me, that
I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be
their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole
heart. (Jer. 24:6,7)
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without
a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and
without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek
the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear
the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. (Hos. 3:4,5)
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall
overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the
years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the
caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent
among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise
the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously
with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. (Joel 2:24-26)
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole
house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried,
and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore
prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come
up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened
your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your
graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live,
and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know
that I the LORD have
spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. (Ezek. 37:11-14)
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all
shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments,
and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell
in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein
your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children’s children
for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for
ever. (Ezek. 37:24,25)
PROMISED TO OTHER NATIONS
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter
days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
(Jer. 48:47)
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will
bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. (Jer.
49:39)
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity
of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria
and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity
of thy captives in the midst of them: That thou mayest bear
thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou
hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. When thy
sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their
former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return
to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall
return to your former estate. (Ezek. 16:53-55)
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching
of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. (Matt.
12:41)
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if
the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done
in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than
for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,
shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works,
which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it
would have remained until this day.
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
(Matt. 11:21-24)
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day
that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather
the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon
them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him
with one consent. (Zeph. 3:8,9)
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the
glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (Hab. 2:14)
And the LORD shall be King over all the earth: in that day
shall there be one LORD, and his name one. (Zech. 14:9)
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
…
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people
Israel. (Luke 2:10,32)
In the foregoing texts we have found restitution promised,
to the Israelites, Moabites, Elamites, Sodomites and Samaritans.
To the people of Tyre, Sidon and Nineveh. To the “Kingdoms,”
to “All Nations,” to “All the Earth.”
To the “Ends of the Earth.” But lest this be
not enough to convince us we have Simeon hath declared how
God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of
them a people for his name. And to this agree the words
of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return,
and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen
down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will
set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the
Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. (Acts 15:14-17)
which takes in all by any possibility left out before. “The
residue” of men.
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For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which
was lost. (Luke 19:10)
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill
shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall
see the salvation of God. (Luke 3:5,6)
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. … The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world! (John 1:9,29)
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but
the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s
will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given
me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at
the last day. (John 6:38,39)
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection
of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:21,22)
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the
heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham,
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. (Gal. 3:8)
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which
are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: (Eph.
1:9,10)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come
unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and
one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due
time. (1 Tim. 2:3-6)
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John
2:2)
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
(2 Pet 3:13)
We have given here a large number of texts showing clearly
that Restitution is promised, but have used only about one-tenth
of such texts, which are to be found in the Bible.
