ut in this ninth verse it is said,
"The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
the sea." This relates to the coming of Christ, when not only the Jews
shall have the Word of God and a knowledge of him, but every nation is
granted the Bible and salvation.

One strong text for millennial teachers, as they suppose, is Acts 3:21:
"Whom [Christ] the heavens 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." A text they use to teach there shall be a thousand
years in which restitution is to be made, makes no such intimation. In
fact, it teaches to the contrary. Let us carefully examine it. Christ was
taken up to heaven. He will some day come again. Acts 1:11. The positive
teaching of this text is that the heavens will retain the Lord Jesus until
everything is restored to the Father. Christ came to restore all things.
Mat. 17:11. Full restitution for sin was made by the Savior. The Holy
Spirit all through this dispensation is leading men to the blood and
restoring them to the Father. The day will soon come when the Holy Spirit
has gleaned out the last one and all has been restored to the Father that
will be restored. This then is the full restitution of all things. Then
the heavens will retain the Son of God no longer. He will come to claim
his own. Instead of this text teaching that restitution is to be made
after Christ's second coming, it teaches that the restitution is to be
made before he comes the second time.

We will now ask the reader to read the only text that speaks of a thousand
years. This is found in Rev. 20:1-10. If you will open your Bible and
read, we can by the help of the Lord show you that this can not possibly
mean a thousand years of Christ's reign upon the earth after his second
coming. This language is figurative. Satan is an evil spirit and can not
be bound with a literal chain. After the thousand years have expired,
Satan is to be loosed, and shall deceive the nations. After Christ reigns
here a thousand years in righteousness shall Satan be loosed and deceive
the nations? Who can look forward to such an end with joy? How do you know
but you will be one that will be deceived? If you are building hopes upon
a millennium you are already deceived, and this deception is among the
deceptions which are to come after the thousand years. This thousand years
is in the past. This may be a st