Claim. Restoration does not occur by faith alone or by grace alone — it occurs through indemnity. Indemnity-conditions are the providential mechanism by which fallen humanity progressively pays back what was lost and separates from Satan’s claims. The mechanism is mentioned at Ch 3 level; Part II treats it in detail.
Elaboration. Per 4.2. Signs of the Restoration of the Second Blessing: “Human history has progressed through the providential course of restoration through indemnity.” DP frames the rise and fall of nations, the founding of religions, and the wars that separate evil sovereignty from good as concrete indemnity-conditions through which restoration advances. “Conflicts and wars are unavoidable during the course of the providence to re-establish the reign of good.”
This is one of DP’s most contested commitments. It distinguishes DP sharply from Reformation sola fide (salvation by faith alone, not by works) and from sola gratia framings in which any human contribution would compromise grace. DP’s claim is that the human portion of responsibility requires conditions — payment, separation, restoration — even after Christ’s atonement, because original sin remains in the lineage until physically redeemed (see dp-jesus-as-last-adam-and-tree-of-life-second-coming).
The indemnity mechanism (formulas, types of conditions, foundation-of-faith / foundation-of-substance) is unfolded in Part II.
See also. dp-three-reasons-god-did-not-intervene-in-the-fall, dp-four-kinds-of-sin