Peace in Christ.
We manifest/shine the life of Jesus NOW in this mortal body by keeping the “daily sacrifice” of the Lamb…always bearing about in the mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus so that His life be made manifest there. The 144,000 stand with the Lamb as they keep His daily sacrifice and manifest His life towards the outside world.
This is the revealing of the “Son of man” to the world as the people of the outside world shall then see His glory shining through us.
2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear….that is, SHINE or manifest, then we shall also “appear”…shine/manifest…with Him in glory. We do not “die and go to Heaven” for this as this is a here-and-now thing in our mortal bodies.
Col 3:4 KJV
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear (manifest or SHINE), then shall ye also appear (SHINE) with him in glory.
He comes to be glorified in His saints (the 144,000 who first HEAR and believe His Word of Truth).
He then is to be admired/marveled by “them” ( the “great multitude” of the outside people of this world who will SEE His shining glory in us and will believe in Him)
2Th 1:10 KJV
(10) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
We….the firstfruits of Christ….the 144,000…have this treasure in our “earthen vessels” that the excellency of the power may be of God and does not originate from us. We do not mortally die as we shall keep our "earthen vessels" that are "alive and remain" here.
2Co 4:6-7 KJV
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Of His will does He beget us (Christ the firstfruits….the 144,000) with the Word of Truth (that we HEAR and believe) to that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His "creatures" (the following believers of the world…the “great multitude”..who will then SEE His manifest glory in us)
Jas 1:18-20 KJV
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
We…His firstfruits…are to HEAR His Word of Truth and be slow to speak and slow to wrath towards what we hear.
(19) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Every man in his own order (arrangement) shall be made alive….Christ the firstfruits (the 144,000) and then those (the "great multitude) who are Christ’s at His PRESENCE (Greek: Parousia – presence). The “great multitude” shall be Christ's at His manifest presence that happens through our mortal bodies…the earthen vessel. This "great multitude" is the "cloud" of witnesses of His glory that the Son of man comes upon.
Christ the firstfruits first hears and believes in the Word of Truth and will be the ones to manifest His glory towards the “great multitude” who will the SEE His manifest/shining glory in us and then will believe in Christ.
They…the great multitude….are Christ’s at His PRESENCE that takes place in our mortal bodies of which they see.
1Co 15:22-26 KJV
(22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming (PRESENCE).
Notice how this all takes place BEFORE the end of this age.
THEN comes the end after He has put down all rule and all authority and power. All of this subduing of all things in this world takes place BEFORE the end comes as well as being made alive.
(24) Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
(25) For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
At the very end of this age, the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
(26) The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
We….the 144,000…..shall not die mortally. We participate in the “first resurrection” as we remain here in this "earthen vessel" in this earth alive until the last moment of this age. We shall have an age-lasting life…aka “eternal life.”
We shall not “sleep” in mortal death for we shall inherit an AGE-LASTING life now in this mortal body which shall not perish. There is no intermission from this earth by perishing (mortal death). We remain here alive until the very end of this age. Hence. an "age-lasting life"
We keep living until the very end of this age where then our mortal bodies shall be “changed” from mortal to immortal. The phrase “This mortal must put on immortality” pertains to us the 144,000 only…and also pertains to the following “great multitude” who will also not perish in their mortal bodies for God so loved the world that He gives His Son to them through us....the manifesting of the Son of man towards them (the people of the outside world) who will believe. .
We are kept standing in this earth (participating in the First Resurrection) until the “twinkling of the eye moment” that happens at the very end of this age. We (the 144,000) take part in the subduing of all things unto Christ for the rest of this age until then. We show forth/shine His glory unto the outside world now in this age.
1Co 15:51-54 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
The Christians before us who did not hear the Word of Truth (because of listening to false prophets that led them to the destruction of their mortal bodies) shall then be raised unperishable. They had perished in their mortal bodies from this earth.
The phrase “this corruptible shall be raised incorruptible” pertains only to those Christians who perished in their mortal bodies as they did not hear the Word of Truth.
They had perished mortally because they did not hear the truth of the gospel. They were in ignorance of the Word of Truth. God will then give them a body as He determines. They will have missed out from participating in manifesting His glory to the outside world. They will have missed out in subduing all things unto Christ in this earth. They had suffered loss but are themselves saved.
The "dead" who had perished shall be raised unperishable and WE (the 144,000 who will not mortally die) shall then be "changed" from mortal into immortal....completely circumventing our mortal deaths in Christ who gives us such a great victory over death as we shall never have experienced mortal death like those who had perished before us. We shall then receive the redemption of our mortal bodies at that coming moment where there will never be any possibility of death.
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible (the multitude of mortally perished Christians), and we (the 144,000 who never mortally die) shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption (the multitude of mortally perished Christians) and this mortal must put on immortality (the 144.000 who will never mortally perish).
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption (the perished Christians will be raised unperishable), and this mortal shall have put on immortality (the 144,000 who never mortally die will be changed from mortal to immortal), then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
The MUTITUDE of Christians before us had perished mortally…had .fallen “asleep.” They were sown in dishonor…they were sown in weakness…but they will be raised in glory and raised in power AT the last day of this age. They missed out on the things that will happen during the remaining duration of this age. They were the “flock of the slaughter”. They were the “vessels of His wrath.” They suffered loss.
1Co 15:42-43 KJV
(42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
(43) It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
But now the 144,000 are the “vessels of His mercy”.
They will HEAR and believe in the Word of Truth. They will inherit “eternal life”…that is, an age-lasting life now in this earth. They will remain standing here in this earth in their earthen vessels as they shall not perish. They will HEAR the Truth and will do well as they will seek for glory and honor and immortality….an AGE-LASTING life in this earthen vessel.
Rom 2:
(7) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
But those Christians now who will hear and be contentious towards what they will hear Him saying and do not “obey”….that is, will NOT BELIEVE and AFFIRM the Truth (the true sayings of God)…shall suffer the “second death”…the tribulation and anguish upon every soul OF MAN that does evil towards what he or she hears in the Word of Truth.
(8) But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey (DISBELIEVE) the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
(9) Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
(10) But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
This is a now thing in this earthen vessel. There will be no more sacrifice for those who be continuously contentious and do evil towards what they hear Him saying in the Word of Truth.
There will be no mercy until one mortally perishes from this life in the “second death” as punishment for our sins…our evil words and actions towards the hearing of His voice as He opens up the Scriptures to our hearing ears. They will mortally die in their sins...in their evil speaking towards the hearing of the Word of Truth.
This is a scary situation as it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of our living God (the living Judge) who will punish us with tribulation and anguish of our souls (now in this life) without mercy until we mortally die because we did not believe in what we heard Him saying. There will be no way out of this until our mortal death because of our unbelief of the Word of Truth (that will not conform to what we have been hearing the "word of men" preaching in our church denominations who have no understanding of the Scriptures.)
Rev 21:7-8 KJV
(7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
(8) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
For if we sin willfully AFTER we have receive the FULL knowledge (epignosis) of the Truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins (contentious evil speaking and deeds towards that knowledge.) We shall die in our sins in the "second death".
Heb 10:26-31 KJV
(26) For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the (FULL) knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
(27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
We shall die WITHOUT MERCY because of our sins towards the hearing of His full knowledge of the Truth…the Word of Truth. This is truly frightening and that is why we as Christians must be quick to HEAR and SLOW to speak and slow to wrath for the wrath of man (towards the hearing of His Word of Truth) does not work the righteousness of God….which that “work” is to BELIEVE and DO WELL toward what one hears.
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
(29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
(30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
but he that OVERCOME shall inherit ALL THINGS….
Rev 21:7-8 KJV
(7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
We manifest/shine the life of Jesus NOW in this mortal body by keeping the “daily sacrifice” of the Lamb…always bearing about in the mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus so that His life be made manifest there. The 144,000 stand with the Lamb as they keep His daily sacrifice and manifest His life towards the outside world.
This is the revealing of the “Son of man” to the world as the people of the outside world shall then see His glory shining through us.
2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear….that is, SHINE or manifest, then we shall also “appear”…shine/manifest…with Him in glory. We do not “die and go to Heaven” for this as this is a here-and-now thing in our mortal bodies.
Col 3:4 KJV
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear (manifest or SHINE), then shall ye also appear (SHINE) with him in glory.
He comes to be glorified in His saints (the 144,000 who first HEAR and believe His Word of Truth).
He then is to be admired/marveled by “them” ( the “great multitude” of the outside people of this world who will SEE His shining glory in us and will believe in Him)
2Th 1:10 KJV
(10) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
We….the firstfruits of Christ….the 144,000…have this treasure in our “earthen vessels” that the excellency of the power may be of God and does not originate from us. We do not mortally die as we shall keep our "earthen vessels" that are "alive and remain" here.
2Co 4:6-7 KJV
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Of His will does He beget us (Christ the firstfruits….the 144,000) with the Word of Truth (that we HEAR and believe) to that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His "creatures" (the following believers of the world…the “great multitude”..who will then SEE His manifest glory in us)
Jas 1:18-20 KJV
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
We…His firstfruits…are to HEAR His Word of Truth and be slow to speak and slow to wrath towards what we hear.
(19) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Every man in his own order (arrangement) shall be made alive….Christ the firstfruits (the 144,000) and then those (the "great multitude) who are Christ’s at His PRESENCE (Greek: Parousia – presence). The “great multitude” shall be Christ's at His manifest presence that happens through our mortal bodies…the earthen vessel. This "great multitude" is the "cloud" of witnesses of His glory that the Son of man comes upon.
Christ the firstfruits first hears and believes in the Word of Truth and will be the ones to manifest His glory towards the “great multitude” who will the SEE His manifest/shining glory in us and then will believe in Christ.
They…the great multitude….are Christ’s at His PRESENCE that takes place in our mortal bodies of which they see.
1Co 15:22-26 KJV
(22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming (PRESENCE).
Notice how this all takes place BEFORE the end of this age.
THEN comes the end after He has put down all rule and all authority and power. All of this subduing of all things in this world takes place BEFORE the end comes as well as being made alive.
(24) Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
(25) For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
At the very end of this age, the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
(26) The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
We….the 144,000…..shall not die mortally. We participate in the “first resurrection” as we remain here in this "earthen vessel" in this earth alive until the last moment of this age. We shall have an age-lasting life…aka “eternal life.”
We shall not “sleep” in mortal death for we shall inherit an AGE-LASTING life now in this mortal body which shall not perish. There is no intermission from this earth by perishing (mortal death). We remain here alive until the very end of this age. Hence. an "age-lasting life"
We keep living until the very end of this age where then our mortal bodies shall be “changed” from mortal to immortal. The phrase “This mortal must put on immortality” pertains to us the 144,000 only…and also pertains to the following “great multitude” who will also not perish in their mortal bodies for God so loved the world that He gives His Son to them through us....the manifesting of the Son of man towards them (the people of the outside world) who will believe. .
We are kept standing in this earth (participating in the First Resurrection) until the “twinkling of the eye moment” that happens at the very end of this age. We (the 144,000) take part in the subduing of all things unto Christ for the rest of this age until then. We show forth/shine His glory unto the outside world now in this age.
1Co 15:51-54 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
The Christians before us who did not hear the Word of Truth (because of listening to false prophets that led them to the destruction of their mortal bodies) shall then be raised unperishable. They had perished in their mortal bodies from this earth.
The phrase “this corruptible shall be raised incorruptible” pertains only to those Christians who perished in their mortal bodies as they did not hear the Word of Truth.
They had perished mortally because they did not hear the truth of the gospel. They were in ignorance of the Word of Truth. God will then give them a body as He determines. They will have missed out from participating in manifesting His glory to the outside world. They will have missed out in subduing all things unto Christ in this earth. They had suffered loss but are themselves saved.
The "dead" who had perished shall be raised unperishable and WE (the 144,000 who will not mortally die) shall then be "changed" from mortal into immortal....completely circumventing our mortal deaths in Christ who gives us such a great victory over death as we shall never have experienced mortal death like those who had perished before us. We shall then receive the redemption of our mortal bodies at that coming moment where there will never be any possibility of death.
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible (the multitude of mortally perished Christians), and we (the 144,000 who never mortally die) shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption (the multitude of mortally perished Christians) and this mortal must put on immortality (the 144.000 who will never mortally perish).
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption (the perished Christians will be raised unperishable), and this mortal shall have put on immortality (the 144,000 who never mortally die will be changed from mortal to immortal), then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
The MUTITUDE of Christians before us had perished mortally…had .fallen “asleep.” They were sown in dishonor…they were sown in weakness…but they will be raised in glory and raised in power AT the last day of this age. They missed out on the things that will happen during the remaining duration of this age. They were the “flock of the slaughter”. They were the “vessels of His wrath.” They suffered loss.
1Co 15:42-43 KJV
(42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
(43) It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
But now the 144,000 are the “vessels of His mercy”.
They will HEAR and believe in the Word of Truth. They will inherit “eternal life”…that is, an age-lasting life now in this earth. They will remain standing here in this earth in their earthen vessels as they shall not perish. They will HEAR the Truth and will do well as they will seek for glory and honor and immortality….an AGE-LASTING life in this earthen vessel.
Rom 2:
(7) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
But those Christians now who will hear and be contentious towards what they will hear Him saying and do not “obey”….that is, will NOT BELIEVE and AFFIRM the Truth (the true sayings of God)…shall suffer the “second death”…the tribulation and anguish upon every soul OF MAN that does evil towards what he or she hears in the Word of Truth.
(8) But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey (DISBELIEVE) the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
(9) Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
(10) But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
This is a now thing in this earthen vessel. There will be no more sacrifice for those who be continuously contentious and do evil towards what they hear Him saying in the Word of Truth.
There will be no mercy until one mortally perishes from this life in the “second death” as punishment for our sins…our evil words and actions towards the hearing of His voice as He opens up the Scriptures to our hearing ears. They will mortally die in their sins...in their evil speaking towards the hearing of the Word of Truth.
This is a scary situation as it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of our living God (the living Judge) who will punish us with tribulation and anguish of our souls (now in this life) without mercy until we mortally die because we did not believe in what we heard Him saying. There will be no way out of this until our mortal death because of our unbelief of the Word of Truth (that will not conform to what we have been hearing the "word of men" preaching in our church denominations who have no understanding of the Scriptures.)
Rev 21:7-8 KJV
(7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
(8) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
For if we sin willfully AFTER we have receive the FULL knowledge (epignosis) of the Truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins (contentious evil speaking and deeds towards that knowledge.) We shall die in our sins in the "second death".
Heb 10:26-31 KJV
(26) For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the (FULL) knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
(27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
We shall die WITHOUT MERCY because of our sins towards the hearing of His full knowledge of the Truth…the Word of Truth. This is truly frightening and that is why we as Christians must be quick to HEAR and SLOW to speak and slow to wrath for the wrath of man (towards the hearing of His Word of Truth) does not work the righteousness of God….which that “work” is to BELIEVE and DO WELL toward what one hears.
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
(29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
(30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
but he that OVERCOME shall inherit ALL THINGS….
Rev 21:7-8 KJV
(7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
