New Jerusalem

The heavenly sphere is that of the “New Jerusalem” “descending out of Heaven from God” (Revelation 3:12; 21:2, 10), and is for all of those who are “of the faith of Abraham” (Romans 4:16) – those who are “Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). These are those who among Israel and the Nations who have their “calling” of hope prior to Acts 28.

 

This election makes them “partakers of a heavenly calling” (Hebrews 3:1). Like their spiritual father, Abraham, they “looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Hebrews 11:10; cf. 12:22-23).

 

The New Jerusalem will be the administrative capital of Israel’s worldwide Kingdom on Earth (Zechariah 14:16-17). This is the sphere of Abraham’s spiritual seed, which included believing Gentiles during the Acts Period (Galatians 3:29). Unlike the “meek” and “good” among Israel and the Nations who will “inherit the Earth” (Matthew 5:5), these have been granted the faith of their father, Abraham, and have become destined to be his “star” seed, contrasted with his “dust” and “sand” seed (cf. Genesis 15:5; 22:17; Hebrews 11:12).

 

These “star” seeds make up “the Bride, the Lamb’s Wife” (Revelation 21:9). They are God’s called-out-ones who had a fixed hope before the current Secret Administration. They were the believers who were represented by “the ecclesia in the wilderness” (Acts 7:38), those built upon the confession of Christ’s Messiahship (“upon this rock will I build My ecclesia,” Matthew 16:18), whose number were added to on a daily basis during the Acts Period (Acts 2:46-47), and which Saul relentlessly persecuted (“persecuted the ecclesia of God,” I Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13). These are those “called” who will be citizens of that heavenly city coming out of Heaven to the Earth (Revelation 3:12; 21:9-10). While Israel rules over the Earth, the Twelve and the rest of the Bride will rule over Israel from the New Jerusalem.

Book Resource:

 “The Three Spheres of Glory” Bible Student’s Press

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