If we believe the Scriptures, we must believe in restoration, because God "hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in _righteousness_ by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance _unto all men_, in that he hath raised him from the dead".

(Acts 17:31) If we do not accept the doctrine of restoration of the human race, then we must ignore the positive words of the Apostle, who wrote: "Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.