(Cont. from Page 871A).
871B.
The ultimate purpose and sacred secret of God is
that the subjected members of the "little flock" of 144,000
anointed ones be followed, in like manner, by other "sheep"-like
ones in becoming new spirit creations, to live in the heavenly realm of God.
(John 10:14-16). As it says: "Nevertheless, the first is, not that which
is spiritual, but that which is physical, afterward that which is spiritual
(physical no more) …And just as we have borne
the
image of the one made
of dust,
we shall
bear also
the image
of the
heavenly
one"
(The Christ Michael).
(From 1 Cor 15:46 49).
This is in acknowledgement of the fact that "God is not partial"
and that those of flesh have the opportunity to live "no more for the
desires of men, but for God's Will."
(1 Peter 4:1,2. Acts 10:34).
Sins inherited from the first Adam are no longer reckoned against us because of
the mercy of God made manifest in the acceptance of His Son's ransom sacrifice.
By living according to His righteous "rule of conduct" we may be
counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, as distinct from the inherited sin of the
first Adam debased by satan's will.
Through his
administration of the Spirit Law of God, "The last Adam
(The Christ) became a life-giving spirit."
(1 Cor 15:45).
Those under The
Christ's provisions and enduring "various trials" while
maintaining their integrity to the Spirit Law of God, bear spiritual
"fruitage" of a heavenly kind, and will require a heavenly environment
to enjoy their new, God created spirit. (Gal 5:22,23). And
although self seeking apostates of the sect of JWs erroneously
teach that the ultimate glory of the spirit of man is a healthy physical body in
a "new earth", this has never been the purpose of God
according to His Word. The glory of the spirit is manifest in one having the
same relationship in "image" and "likeness" as that
enjoyed by our Lord The Christ Michael: A Son of God living in the
heavenly spirit realm of God.
SELFISH ONES WHO TEAR DOWN WITH
FALSE WITNESSING.
It is sad to observe, that because
those taught by apostate witnesses only associate the opportunity of future
salvation with their present human condition, they believe they are destined to
live life on earth in their present likeness, forever! This
is another destructive sectarian teaching, one which does not give true hope
within The Christ's provisions, nor is it true to the Spirit of God and one's
spiritual need according to the wonderful purpose of God. For the purpose of God
is not merely for mankind to fill the earth, subdue it, and live forever on
earth in a paradise garden, but is to live in the heavenly spirit paradise with
God. Life in the "new earth" is for mankind to progressively
become holy, as God is holy, ready to inherit life in the "new
(spirit) heavens". "It is sown a physical body, it
is raised up a spiritual body. If there is physical body, there is also a
spiritual one." (1 Cor 15:44). True, the future "new earth"
will be comfortably filled with righteously disposed people, but it is simply a
preliminary to life in the everlasting home of the heavenly realm of God.
Therefore, "Working
together with him, we also entreat you not to accept the undeserved kindness of
God and miss its purpose." (2 Cor 6:1). For the selfish and unscriptural
teaching of those falsely calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses, who promise a
mere earthly destiny, stops up the way to heavenly life for so many.
(Prov 6:16 19).
"Woe to
you... hypocrites! because you shut up the Kingdom of the heavens before men;
for you yourselves do not go in, neither do you permit those on their way in to
go in. Woe to you... hypocrites! because you traverse sea and dry land to make
one proselyte, and when he becomes one you make him a subject for Gehenna twice
as much so as yourselves." (Matt
23:13,15).
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"For neither is
circumcision anything nor is uncircumcision, but a
new creation is something. And
all those who will walk orderly by this rule of conduct, upon them be peace and mercy, even upon the
Israel of God."
(Gal 6:15,16). |
◄ In the spirit "image" and
"likeness"
of Jehovah God and His Firstborn Son.
(Gen 1:26).
◄ 144,000
new spirit creations. |
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