1. The Ransom-price is designed to bring to Adam and his race the earthly life and earthly rights and honors which were lost by Father Adam, when by disobedience he became a sinner, the loss being entailed upon all of his family, the entire human race. The time for giving the results of the Ransom, that is, Restitution to Adam and his race, is after our Lord's Second Advent, (the object of His return) when He shall set up His Kingdom, designed for the very purpose of bringing back unto full justification by the Father and to eternal life --as many as will. A94:3; EF:6
2. The world will receive the blessings of restitution by means of a gradual removal of their weaknesses--mental, physical and Moral. A153:1; PD26; D647-649; E116:1.
3. The human race are God's children by creation-- the work of his hands--and his plan with reference to them is clearly revealed in his word. The Apostle Paul says that the first man (who was a sample of what the race will be when perfect) was of the earth, earthy; and his posterity, with the exception of the Gospel Church, will in the resurrection still be earthy, human, adapted to the earth, 1Cor. 15:38,44. David declares that man was made only a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory, honor, and dominion, etc., Psalms 8:4-8. And Peter, our Lord, and all the prophets since the world began, declare that the human race is to be restored to that glorious perfection, and is "again" to have dominion over earth, as its representative, Adam, had, Acts 3:19-21. A191:1
4. It is this portion that God elected to give to the human race; and what a glorious portion. Close your eyes for a moment to the scenes of misery and woe, degradation and sorrow that yet prevail on account of sin, and picture before your mental vision the glory of the perfect earth. Not a stain of sin mars the harmony and peace of a perfect society; not a bitter thought, not an unkind look or word; "love, welling up from every heart," meets a kindred response in every other heart, and benevolence marks every act. There sickness shall be no more; not an ache nor a pain, nor any evidence of decay--not even the fear of such things. Think of all the pictures of comparative health and beauty of human form and feature that you have ever seen, and know that perfect humanity will be of still surpassing loveliness. The inward purity and mental and moral perfection will stamp and glorify every radiant countenance. Such will earth's society be; and weeping bereaved ones will have their tears all wiped away, when thus they realize the resurrection work complete. Rev.21:4; A191:2
5. And this is the change in human society only. The earth also, which was "Made to be Inhabited" by such a race of beings, is to be a fit and pleasing abode for them, "as represented in the Edenic Paradise," which the representative man was at first placed. "Paradise shall be Restored." The earth shall no more bring forth thorns and briers, and require the sweat of man's face to yield his bread, but the earth shall easily and naturally yield her increase. "The desert shall blossom as the rose", Isa.35:1; the lower animal creation will be perfect, willing and obedient servants; nature with all its pleasing variety will call to man from every direction to seek and know the glory and power and love of God; and mind and heart will rejoice in him. "The restless desire for something new, that now prevails, is not a natural but an abnormal condition, due to our imperfection, and to our present unsatisfactory surroundings. It is not God-like to restlessly crave something new. Most things are old to God; and he rejoices most in those things which are old and perfect. So it will be with man when restored to the image of God." A192:1
6. Every excellent quality exhibited among men is but an imperfect exhibition of what belongs to each perfect man, and these to a higher degree than we have ever seen them exhibited by any fallen man. Those excellent qualities will in the process of restitution become, as at first designed by the Creator, the endowments of each obedient member of the human family. OV:185-186; R5559-5560.
7. The antitypical Mediator, after paying over to Divine Justice fully and forever the Ransom- price for Adam and his race, will assume full control, Thus sealed (the New Covenant) will begin the work of blessing and restoring all the willing and obedient of Adam's race. All who will come into harmony with the Lord will be counted as part of the earthly seed of Abraham, until finally, by the end of the millennium, all exercising faith and obedience will be known to the Lord as the seed of Abraham. In becoming that seed, shall all the families of the earth bless themselves, Gen.22:18. FF:5