Earth Restored as the Inheritance of the Redeemed by J. O. C.

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 5, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 10.

Earth Restored as the Inheritance of the Redeemed

By J. O. C.

This earth was not created in vain; it was formed to be inhabited. Isa. 45:18. Had man proved loyal to God, he would never have tasted death. Transgression brought death (Rom. 5:12), and the loss of his original inheritance. The plan of redemption was devised to redeem, or restore man to his former position, and contemplated not only the rescue of man himself, but all that he lost through the fall. Luke 19:10. God promised Abraham the earth (Gen. 13:15, 16; Rom. 4:13); and Christ promised the same to his followers. Matt. 5:5. By believing in Christ, we become the children of Abraham, and heirs with him of the redeemed earth. Gal. 3:16, 29. Finally, Christ will come, and change this earth, and cause the righteous to inherit it (2 Pet. 3:10–14), when it becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. Rev. 11:15. J. O. C.