One may speaks loud from the "watch tower". But many care not to hear or listen...
Is it not written that the Lord alone gives ears to hear to whom He will [not by merit but to show His power in decreeing who will be His priests and kings in His kingdom despite their fathers' rebellion against
their old covenant-Exodus 19:6, Jer 31:31-34]
Maybe the words that come forth are not true to fact?
One may or may not be able to 'hear' truly the words of scripture, it says itself many will be deluded about what it says ... we all have our given role and we know
few will perfect their love and be taken [translated] from this life [Matt 7:14] by grace of this new covenant with those whose fathers broke the old one [Jer 31:31-34], but
many will be saved later [Rev 7:9-10] of all nations by the ministry of the
few required at first as kings and priests in the earth :-
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice
in the earth.
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign
on the earth.
The interesting thing is that this kingdom is NOT on THIS earth according to Jesus :-
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is
not of this world:
the kingdom is manifest on earth, but not this earth ... there is only one other earth in scripture and it is a righteous place [where God's Law of love is obeyed] :-
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and
the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your [children of Israel's] seed and your name remain.
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Of course the scripture explains why so few will take in what it says , many more will not even believe scripture is true anyway ... it not only matters none, it is required by God that few find the way to being priests and kings in His kingdom, He requires only 144,000 , it is enough to save the whole craetion once the kingdom is established on earth for salvation of the many as Jesus promises [Rev 7:9-10]
May I ask you, what will happen to those who are here during the last days in Christ Jesus, in White robes ready for the Groom, when the new world is about to come?
Surely Paul explains this ? You do not need to ask me :-
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air [or 'in the spirit', 'pneuma' in Greek means either]: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Jesus never died a second death after his resurrection, thus we know that he was translated to spirit [just as Enoch was taken by translation before seeing death] :-
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Thus the saints are translated in order to be "with Jesus" , which explains perhaps why Jesus troubled to show his disciples that those translated can manifest again on earth [without resurrection to becoming mortal again, without any restriction on leaving again] during the so-called 'transfiguration' :
Mark 9:2 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4 And
there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mark 12:26 And
as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the
God of the living: ye therefore do greatly
err.
Will they be raptured before the destruction of heavan and earth that shall pass away?
Revelation 7:3 Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
...
Revelation 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not
hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only
those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Examination of the trial [like 'fire' 1 Peter 1:7 ] before the return of Christ leads to the sealing of the few and so indicates and proves that it is not the same as the wrath of God, [but rather the empty unjust wrath of the world against the saints for refusing to believe in the one in place of christ ['antichristos'] [Rev 13:3- ]
We have then the wrath of Satan against the saints before the return of Jesus , and the wrath of the Lamb , wrath of God, after Jesus' return , not clearly distinguished in many minds :-
Rev 12:12 ¶ Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Satan persecutes Israel who brought forth the son of God , Jesus,... but Satan dies at the return of Jesus and is locked away in death until the second resurrection, so clearly the wrath of God is completely separate and to avoid hurting the saints, is after the return of Jesus and their resurrection and translation.
And if one is not of counted in the 144,000 are they saved?
Has Jesus not said that the many will be saved, but after the few who find the narrow way of saints [Matt 7:14] in this life [so most are not saved at his return]- Rev 7:3-10 ? ... hence the gnashing of teeth by over a billion sinners who think of themselves as christian, but Jesus said he will take no-one who is still a sinner :-
Matthew 7:23 And then [at his return] will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Will they enter the Kingdom of God by belief only or are they required to do certain works?
The new covenant of grace [on the few] states that it is only with those whose fathers' [ancestors] broke the old covenant - Heb 8:8-12 ... God is not kidding when He says with whom He makes a covenant , yet neither most modern Christians nor most Jews seem to accept what He says about the new covenant [Jer 31:31-34] ... it is very explicit and contradicts what most Jews and most Christians believe... only God could swing that over on so many yet have it written so clearly , they just cannot see what is written because they do not want to believe that it contradicts what they believe ... amazing really, but necessary...
Thus a few are redeemed first to be the priests and kings [required first rather obviously] in God's kingdom... they are saved only because God had to name someone for sake of prophesying from the beginning [to show His power, not because there is anything special about rebellious stiff-necked Israel ]... they Got named, so God takes them unconditionally, a remnant of Israel [just 144,000, not the whole of Israel as yet], by unmerited forgiveness [grace] of a new covenant with thse whose fathers broke his old covenant... they will then serve the many later when the 'unjust', the sinners are resurrected... but the unjust of this earth do not need a covenant at all, they are all freed from sin by death, the wages of sin is death , paid in full by death :-
Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Note then that the many are saved by their works after death - according to Jesus , after they are freed from sin by death and resurrected to live righteously in the new earth kingdom of God :-
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Note that contrary to much Christianity,
Jesus says that
EVERYONE is resurrected from death out of 'hell' [it means the state of being 'unseen' ... no-one can see anyone who is dead, that is all!]
all are freed by the wages of sin at death from their sin in this life , it is their works after resurrection in the righteous new earth which determine their judgment then, not their sin in this life as taught by much religion.
The misunderstanding about 'works' and 'faith' is thus easily cleared up by scripture if one reads and troubles to take in it all before dividing what it means ... faith [in love] is GIVEN by God alone to the few in this life for His purpose in bringing those He said will be priests and kings in His kingdom to translation first :-
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
if their faith did not bring forth works of love then it would be in vain, empty... so the saints have works as well ,but their redemption does not
depend on the works , it is guaranteed under their new covenant with God... they are not judged by works but by grace, but they have works anyway.
For the many , almost all folks, who die sinners , not saints, all will be resurrected and judged by works in the righteous new earth ,as to whether or not they deserve a second death as wages of sin in the new earth and enter the final trial ['fire'] of God's redemption of His beloved creation.
