CHAPTER 30: IT WAS NOT PREDESTINED THAT ANY OF THE OTW WOULD BE IN THE BRIDE

CHAPTER 30: IT WAS NOT PREDESTINED THAT ANY OF THE OTW WOULD BE IN THE BRIDE

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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.

Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

In every dispensation the people who obeyed God's law were predestined for a resurrection of the Just and the Unjust.   

But the outcome of our current dispensation is far better than any other dispensation because of the birth of Jesus Christ and the First Resurrection. In our dispensation God has predestined one hundred forty four thousand saints to live in celestial bodies as the Bride of Christ in the First Resurrection.

Following ours, the next dispensation will be marked by drastic changes under the leadership of Jesus for a thousand years. Saints in the Millennial reign of God who overcome sin will never die and their mortal bodies will be changed into immortal bodies.

No dispensation before them has ever been given the opportunity to live as immortals directly changed from mortal bodies.

In my opinion, the claim that the OTW was in the First Resurrection is incorrect. This is because the Bride number has been predestined to be completed after Christ's birth and before the next millennium.

It is impossible for anyone to claim a Bride membership position from any other dispensation.

In the one thousand year reign, people could not claim a Post-Resurrection prior to the one thousand year reign or be considered fair if they requested it.