Restoring Rulership in the Third Heaven.(a)
The Body of Christ is Expectant.
The believers are waiting eagerly, looking expectantly for the coming for the Lord. This is a very important attitude as many will be too busy about their earthly cares and material possessions.
`To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time,..`(Heb. 9: 28)
`...exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.` (Heb. 10: 25)
The Body of Christ had come to Maturity.
When the Body of Christ has come to understand the complete purposes of God through Jesus Christ it will then be completed.
`...till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect, (mature) man, to the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ.` (Eph. 4: 13)
The Father sends Jesus Christ.
God the Father then sends Jesus to connect with His Body.
`God...may send Jesus Christ...whom heaven must receive until the restoration of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.` (Acts 3: 20 & 21)
With Jesus will be those of the Body who are `asleep` in Him.
`God will bring with Him, (Jesus) those who sleep in Jesus.....the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God.
The Body of Christ goes to the Third Heaven.
Jesus descends to the clouds, those asleep in Christ go to the earth and receive their new bodies. Then we who are alive will also be changed and caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.
And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.` (1 Thess. 4: 14 - 17)
Then the whole Body of Christ goes with the Lord Jesus Christ to the third heaven to rule and reign with Him.
Note: (The Old Testament Saints are still in the General Assembly awaiting their inheritance.)
The Body of Christ is Expectant.
The believers are waiting eagerly, looking expectantly for the coming for the Lord. This is a very important attitude as many will be too busy about their earthly cares and material possessions.
`To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time,..`(Heb. 9: 28)
`...exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.` (Heb. 10: 25)
The Body of Christ had come to Maturity.
When the Body of Christ has come to understand the complete purposes of God through Jesus Christ it will then be completed.
`...till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect, (mature) man, to the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ.` (Eph. 4: 13)
The Father sends Jesus Christ.
God the Father then sends Jesus to connect with His Body.
`God...may send Jesus Christ...whom heaven must receive until the restoration of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.` (Acts 3: 20 & 21)
With Jesus will be those of the Body who are `asleep` in Him.
`God will bring with Him, (Jesus) those who sleep in Jesus.....the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God.
The Body of Christ goes to the Third Heaven.
Jesus descends to the clouds, those asleep in Christ go to the earth and receive their new bodies. Then we who are alive will also be changed and caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.
And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.` (1 Thess. 4: 14 - 17)
Then the whole Body of Christ goes with the Lord Jesus Christ to the third heaven to rule and reign with Him.
Note: (The Old Testament Saints are still in the General Assembly awaiting their inheritance.)
