" (Jeremiah 31:34) When
the Lord remembers their iniquities and sins no more, then it must be
that they are restored. When John the Baptist announced the approach of
Jesus, he exclaimed: "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world". When the sin of the world is gone, when there is a world
without sin, then it must be a world with perfect people.
[592]That the people will be brought to a condition of health and be
cured of their sickness the Lord assures us through his Prophet.
"Behold, I will bring in health and cure, and I will cure them, and will
reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth." (Jeremiah 33:6) "And
the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people that dwell therein
shall be forgiven their iniquity."--Isaiah 33:24
PARADISE RESTORED
[593]The restoration means the bringing back to earth of the Edenic
condition for man's benefit. Some may think there will be not sufficient
room upon the earth for all the restored ones. According to the best
authority, there have lived and died about 20,000,000,000 people. There
are now on earth approximately 1,700,000,000 persons. This is a total of
21,700,000,000. In order to be liberal, let us suppose that all the
human race will total 50,000,000,000. As a suggestion that there will
be ample room for all on the earth, let one take his pencil and divide
the area of the state of Texas by 50,000,000,000; and he will find that
that number of people could be placed in the state of Texas alone,
giving each one about 146 square feet of land upon which to stand.
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