Season 4 Podcast 99 “The Law of Restoration.”
Of course, one cannot separate the final judgment from three primary laws:
1. The irrevocable law of justice
2. The equitable law of mercy
3. The eternal law of agency
The law of restoration is governed by the law of justice. Because of justice, there is both a heaven and a hell, good and evil, God and Satan. How can it be otherwise?
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” (Revelation 22:11-12)
It is because of the law of justice, the law of mercy, the law of agency, and the law of restoration that the Savior revealed to John, “my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” To be God carries Godlike responsibilities. Nothing can be arbitrary or there would be a respecter of persons. Unjust to unjust, filthy to filthy, righteous to righteous, and holy to holy are a form of restoration. The law of restoration is also encapsulated in the following favorite Christian proverb:
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1)
That bread may be good or evil. At the end of the chapter, The Preacher warned:
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10)
The law of restoration means that good will be restored for good and evil will be restored for evil in the final judgment. Justice demands it. In the Sermon on the Mount, the Savior warned:
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” (Matthew 7: 1-2)
The word “measured” suggests the precision of the law of restoration at the final judgment. Consider bread to be our works. Consider “after many days” to be the judgment.
The law of justice is inextricably connected to the restoration of all things. If we do good in this life, then God shall restore good unto us. If we do evil in this life, then justice shall restore evil unto us. When Adam fell, he fell outside the law of justice. He was condemned forever to both a physical and spiritual death.
One must be able to ascend as high as he can fall or fall as far as he can ascend. Lucifer was once near to God. Because of justice, there will be a perfect law of restoration. We must pay attention to the little things for they will be restored to us. We must guard our words. James warns us:
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” (James 3:8)
We must also guard our thoughts, our actions, our desires, our wants, our emotions, our temper—in other words, we must govern everything that makes us who we are for we will all stand before God pierced through with his all-seeing eye.
When we leave this earth, we carry our essence with us. Our physical body dies, not our immortal spirit. Those who think there shall be a sudden transformation at death shall be sorely disappointed.
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