Trumpet Ministries,The Purifying of the Members of the Saved Nations
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The victorious saints will govern the members of the saved nations with a rod of iron. This means they will not tolerate rebellion or sin—not even one instance of it!
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (Revelation 2:26,27)
The concept of saved people living on the new earth who are not part of the Church may be new to our reader. But until one grasps that Israel (including the Church) comprises called-out people whose destiny is to be made a royal priesthood, much of the Scriptures, both Old Testament and New, will not make much sense.
The new Jerusalem is the glorified Israel, the glorified Church, the Wife of the Lamb. The new Jerusalem is the eternal tabernacle of God and will bring all sorts of blessings, as well as iron discipline, to the saved people who live on the new earth.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)
The Church is the tabernacle of God. The men with whom God will dwell in His tabernacle are the saved people of the world. They will be citizens of the nations that surround the new Jerusalem just as the Courtyard surrounded the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. (Revelation 21:24)
The saved nations of the earth are the inheritance of Christ and those who are coheirs with Him.
Christian people speak of mansions, harps, golden slippers, and acres of diamonds. What foolishness! To inherit one person is better than ten thousand such heavens.
Our inheritance is people—people to love, guide, bless, warn, heal as well as to discipline.
The people will understand that we are the priests of God and will respond in obedience.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. (Isaiah 61:5,6)
The people will come to us, bringing their families with them.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles [nations] shall come unto thee. (Isaiah 60:3-5)
As soon as the evil princes have been removed from the thrones of the air and the saints have taken their place, the spiritual environment of the earth will change dramatically. The peoples of the saved nations will desire to learn the righteous ways of the Lord.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:2-4)
No doubt the kings and lords over the saved nations will be saints. This is why the Lord Jesus is termed King of kings and Lord of lords.
The nations will learn righteousness and glorify God only when they see righteous behavior on the part of the saints. This is another reason why Satan strives so mightily to prevent the Christians from understanding the need for righteous behavior.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isaiah 61:11)
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. (Isaiah 62:1)
So great is the deadly bias against righteous works on the part of Christians that a popular translation adds the word "imputed" to the above verse. The perverted reading is, "until the imputed righteousness thereof go forth as brightness."
There is no lexical or logical basis for the addition. There is no manner in which an imputed righteousness can go forth as brightness. This illogical addition shows the violence of the bias operating in an otherwise devout scholar.
Because people can always sin if they so choose, the saints will govern and judge the creation of God forever. The saints will perform the work of righteous government, which is to enforce the laws of God.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 22:5)
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