Greetings.
Galatians 3:26...
"YOU are all, in fact, sons of God through YOUR faith in Christ Jesus.  For all of YOU who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for YOU are all one [person] in union with Christ Jesus.  Moreover, if YOU belong to Christ, YOU are really Abraham’s seed, heirs with reference to a promise."
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Christian love,
gogh
Dear Willa,
thank you for your response, I can now take a breath of relief, now that I know where your coming from/
I cant say I agree with all of your reasoning but I am sure we all are on the right path, which finds us following Christ Jesus.as we should have been doing from the start.
So you were peace baby! yes I remember the name.
Hello dear sister it's been great to finally say , it's nice to meet you .
What I meant about the scholars was , yes they believe ( if they do believe at all ) all who believe have the reward of heaven. I say that because these so called Bible scholars, many are also skeptics.
Until one really Knows and understands the main doctrine about the Ransom, there is no other hope but heaven/
Until one understands that the Father will adopt human sons that will co-rule with His only be gotten son , until one understands that Jehovah must declare them righteous first ,( a perfect God could not adopt some one imperfect ), the sacred secret cannot be understood by the world that does not know Him.
Never the less each one of us will fall into his own rank .Every one is in subjection to some one in Gods arrangement. Yes , the ones with the higher calling are in a different class then the earthly.
When Jesus was put into Mary's womb, he emptied himself and took an a human form as the scriptures point out becoming a little lower the angels.
Now that we have 144,000 foreordained ( the Number ) to rule with Christ , we also now have this royal priest hood which is ,higher then the angels, as their reward is immortality ( life with in itself )
The angels were created with everlasting life ,but can be put to death. As for man on earth he won't be written in the book of life until the final test at the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ. so yes there is a class arrangement with Jehovah.
Jesus said of John the Baptist, when John died as great as John the Baptist was , one of these lesser ones ( making up the Bride ) would be greater then John.
John the Baptist resurrection will be here on earth, as he died before Jesus opened the way into the spirit realm, for his Bride .
I certainly don't expect many if any to agree with me, but this is how I see things.
I am sure we are all in agreement with the Ransom sacrifice, One God the Father, no hellfire, when your dead your asleep, no soul that leaves the body to live on with out the breath of life, Oh ! you know what we know as truth, We have this strong foundation, and we are to build our faith on it with fire resistant materiel's which is Gods word.
Jesh made a remark not too long ago, all one has to do is connect the Dots ( scriptures ) If it makes sense keep it until you find a better dot. or dots.
Well Willia thank you for all your scriptural support for what and why you believe what you do. Isn't it great to have a free mind and will and think for our selves. No one is going to have every detail right !
Love you too Willa
stayawake :grouphug: