The highway
pictures the whole journey from the beginning to the end of the
Millennial reign of Christ. The unclean shall not pass over it, because
unless a man will be cleaned up before he progresses a great way, he
will be permitted to go no further. But as he strives to cleanse himself
and be obedient to the Lord, he will be helped. There shall be nothing
there to hinder him, because Satan's influence will be restrained.
(Revelation 20:1-4) The way shall be so plain and clear that any and all
may see it. The Lord, therefore, has graciously provided a way for the
oppressed and sin-sick to be led back over the highway of holiness into
a condition of perfection and happiness.
[580]Because Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the other faithful prophets
described by the apostle Paul in Hebrews 11 are promised a better
resurrection; because of the statement of the Prophet that they shall be
princes or rulers in all the earth (Psalm 45:16), it is to be expected
that they will be the first ones raised under the terms of the new
covenant. Therefore it is reasonable to expect them to be back on earth
at the beginning of the restoration blessings. Hence these faithful men
may be expected on earth within the next few years. They will constitute
the legal representatives of the Christ in the earth. They will be the
visible representatives of the kingdom of heaven.
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