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By
Tom L. Ballinger
Plainer Words since 1968
July 2, 2015
Issue # 397
PLAINER WORDS…WHO INHABITS THE EARTH IN THE DAY OF CHRIST?
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind” (Isaiah 65:17).
The “new heavens and a new earth” is a reference to the Pre-Millennial Kingdom of God—The Day of Christ. This doesn’t refer to Revelation 21:1.
The great theme of the Day of Christ will be the Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Sovereign of the Universe. On the New Earth, a new world order will be in existence. Also, the New Heavens will have new hierarchy. This new hierarchy in the heavens will be new, inasmuch as the Church, over which Christ Jesus is the Head will be superior to all of heavens’ rulers.
His Day will unveil on earth a new-world-condition in which everything is in its place and will be working properly. It will be an age that will last approximately 700 years. It will be a time in which the whole world will be divinely enlightened and Governed by Christ and His Grace Age Ecclesia [Church].
Everyone who is granted admittance to live during this Pre-Millennial Kingdom of God will be free from all corruption. The Day of Christ will have no forms of corruption—meaning, the world will be free from dishonesty, bribery, fraud, immorality, sleaze, depravity, theft, gossip, and all sinful acts.
The official Inauguration of the Day of Christ begins when the Lord Jesus Christ begins to adjudicate who will be deemed worthy to live during His benevolent Reign as King of kings (2 Timothy 4:1 and Titus 2:13). In His Government, we who have Christ as our Head will be “Highly Placed Leaders.” Our authority will be universal. However, this study focuses mainly on the New Earth as the title suggests. This bears repeating; these “Highly Placed Leaders” will be the Church over which Christ Jesus is the Head (Ephesians 1:22). This called-out body of believers from the Age of Grace will form an elite Cadre [*] to establish and train others to replicate their function all over the world. We will be a Cadre of “no-bodies.” We were selected and chosen to make-up His Cadre in the Day of Christ. Think about it! We were individuals who were “no-bodies” in the Grace Age. The Ecclesia of “no-bodies” will rank “far above all” the spiritual authorities as we were told in Ephesians 1:21. “Far above all” [huperano – greatly higher in place or rank] in rank fits the Cadre. The Scope of Ephesians Chapter 1 and 2 makes it clear that our rank is (or will be) greatly higher than the Principalities, and Powers, and the other authorities.
[*] The use of the word, “Cadre,” is used in the non-military sense meaning, “a nucleus around which an expanded organization can be built.”
This nucleus was called and chosen by Christ Jesus before the foundation of the new world was laid (Ephesians 1:4). Those during the Age of Grace who have had the “eyes of our understanding enlightened” make up this Cadre. I will refer to this Cadre as “we.”
We will establish and train an elite group to be leaders in Godly Governments throughout the world during the Day of Christ.
Members of the Church over which Christ is the Head are unknown in, or by, this world. We are outsiders in the Christian world. We are persona non grata. We have no function, now, except to walk worthy of our High Calling (Ephesians 4:1-7). Many of us were encouraged to leave the organized “church world” because of our stance for rightly dividing the Word of Truth. The Scriptural fact is, we ARE HID WITH CHRIST. Today’s world doesn’t even know we exist. This is, indeed, a hard saying. But, we can receive it, and we accept it as a fact!
“For ye [the Cadre] are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).
Before the overall Theme of the Bible becomes a reality—THE DAY OF CHRIST—the Lord Jesus will call His far-above-all Church [His Ecclesia] into Session around the Heavenly Throne of the Lord Jesus. The High Calling of God in Christ Jesus is denominated as “the Church, which is His Body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all” (Ephesians 1:23).
BEFORE THE DAY OF CHRIST BEGINS
The Church over which Christ Jesus is the Head – will be called to assemble before Christ begins to “judge the quick and the dead.” Members of the Ecclesia over which Christ is the Head, who died during the Dispensation of the Grace of God, will be raised (exanastasis) from the dead prior to all others (Philippians 3:11). We, the living members of this Ecclesia, will be divinely transformed into immortal beings in the likeness of the glorious body of Christ Jesus Himself (Philippians 3:21).
The two types of who will make-up the Ecclesia, which is His Body will be: (1). Those who will be raised (exanastasis) out from among the dead, and certainly, the Apostle Paul will be in this number. (2). Those who are alive will be “changed” from being a natural man to become a new man, “fashioned like unto” the Glorified Jesus Christ.
We have been chosen to be the Highest Members of the Government of Jesus Christ. We will rank far above all of the ageless Principalities, and Powers, and Mights, and Dominions, and every name that is invoked in this age but, also, in the one to come (Ephesians 1:21). As the highest ranking members of His Universe-Wide Government, we will be assembled around His Throne in Heaven before His Glorious Appearing (Titus 2:13) and before He performs the actions of 2 Timothy 4:1. In this Pre-Government of God’s Cadre, we will be trained to assume our finely tuned positions when His Government becomes manifest.
Therefore, we will be completely prepared to assume our stations of service, whether in the New Heavens, or on the New Earth. It is believed our Headquarters during the Day of Christ will be in Heaven. During the Millennium, our Headquarters will be on Earth in the principal City of the Universe—Jerusalem .
The Day of Christ will be the Dispensation in which a new mankind will populate the New Earth.
WHO WILL REPOPULATE THE NEW EARTH
The order in which the resurrections will take place is to be determined by the Lord Jesus Christ who famously declared—I Am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25). A wealth of Truth can be uncovered if one digs a little in 1 Corinthians 15:23:
“But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.”
(I show you what, and how, I uncovered the Truth of this verse in the study; “Plainer Words On…Every Man In His Own Order,” on our web site; www.plainerwords.com. It is not Christ being the firstfruits, but it is “Christ’s firstfruits”).
1 Corinthians 15:23 informs the Bible student that the resurrections will involve multiple millions of the dead. The incalculable number of resurrections are staggering to the mind. However, the Lord Jesus assured Paul that the resurrections have already been planned, and it has been arranged in order; it is used metaphorically speaking. The word, “order” [tagma], is used in a military manner. To wit, the dead will be raised ranks, such as by a battalion, a company, a platoon, or as a squad. “Military manner” means no confusion but very precise.
THREE NOTABLE RESURRECTIONS
Elijah- He will be raised from the dead at the beginning of the Day of Christ and be assigned the work of restoring man’s lost understanding of the divine idioms, signs, and figures of speech used throughout the Book of Revelation. The world will know what every word in Revelation means before anyone is called upon to face the things revealed in it (Malachi 4:5-6, Matthew 11:14 & 17:10-11).
Another one of Elijah’s first assignments is to set the boundaries for each Tribe in the Holy Land . The Biblical borders of the Tribes were not very precise. A look at most any Bible Atlas, and you will notice that the borders are not drawn as exact as they would be drawn today. Cartography was not a science in OT Times, or in Biblical NT Times.
Elijah will re-settle those who are bona fide Jews according to their Tribes. Therefore, the Twelve Tribes must have distinct borders. I would consider that the boundaries of the tribal nations should be as exact as possible. In Elijah’s time, boundaries were not exact. During the Pre-Millennial Dispensation, Cartography will be a fine art. He should have no problem finding quality map-makers. The Lord Jesus will give Elijah the direct boundary-lines for each Tribe. These will be given to the Cartographers. Elijah would not have been chosen by the Lord to do all of this restoration work had he not had the innate talent to direct all kinds of operations.
Every Israelite who shows up in the Promised Land will be directed to the staging ground in “the wilderness of the people.” Elijah will be there and will be responsible for uniting the children to their fathers and restoring the families and the Tribes. It will be there that every child of Israel will find out who their fathers were, and what Tribe they belong to because the majority will have no idea what Tribe they belong to.
The Twelve Apostles – Will be resurrected and will plant their Tribe’s Flag within the Boundaries for each Tribe set by Elijah. They will be the Judge of their Tribe. They will be on site to receive the thousands of their tribesmen.
David the King of Israel Zion from their gathering point at Mount Sinai after their resurrection, or change. David will reign over Israel as their King, but his rule is subservient to Jesus Christ. Perhaps it can be said that during the Day of Christ, David is the Vice-Regent of the Lord Jesus Christ. David reigns for hundreds of years in resurrection.
THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES FOUND IN HEBREWS 11
This group perfectly fits as examples of those who heard God’s Word and believed God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the Word of God.
Hebrews 11 explains how faith worked in 17 or 18 individual lives “and others.” I believe the best book ever written on the subject of “Faith” was E. W. Bullinger’s incomparable book—“THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES.” It should be read by every Christian.
In this study, I am not attempting to settle the question as who or what group is resurrected in what order, but rather, who will be living on the New Earth during the Day of Christ. Here is a listing of the names of “heroes” Dr. Bullinger examines in this work, “THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES:” Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Joseph, Moses’ parents, Moses, Gideon, Rahab, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, Samuel, the prophets, “and others.”
RESURRECTION will be the manner by which most of the New Earth’s inhabitants will appear. The Day of Christ can be characterized as the time when most all Resurrections will occur. This endeavor centers upon who, or what company gains entrance into the Pre-Millennial Kingdom of God.
THE “DONE GOOD” PEOPLE
The next group to consider is what I call, “The Done Good People.” Among the living when the Day of Christ commences, there will be several different categories of mankind who will gain admittance to the Dispensation of the Pre-Millennial Kingdom of God. There will be people among the living who dwelled in the far-flung, out-of-the-way places of the world and had never heard of the Name of Jesus Christ. But, among these, there will be those who knew not Jesus Christ but have “done good in His sight.” They will inherit Kingdom life. Immortality will not be available to them until the 2nd Coming [the Parousia] of Christ. They will have natural bodies but no sin will be working in them. The curse of Adam’s sin has been removed. They are capable of having a life-span as that of a tree (Isaiah 65:22).
“Who [Christ] will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life; …. But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:” (Romans 2:6-7, 10).
In Acts 10, Peter had been divinely enlightened to deliver the Gospel to a Gentile, the Roman Centurion, Cornelius, and Peter extrapolated further by saying:
“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him” (Acts 10:34-35).
The living who do not qualify to enter the Pre-Millennial Kingdom of God, when it comes, will be cast into Hell Fire [Gehenna]; “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life [Pre-Millennial Kingdom] with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire” (Matthew 18:9). There, very well, may be Gehenna fires around the world when the new Earth is created as there will be the one S. E. of Jerusalem which has been there since antiquity.
The dead, who do not qualify, remain in the state of death. The Lord ‘judges” everyone from Adam to the beginning of the Day of Christ—which is to say, Christ will “render to every man” (Romans 6:2), that is, EVERYONE beginning with Adam, the first man.
THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS
This is a company of Old Testament Jewish believers who were headed-up by the great Law Giver and Government Leader, the Prophet Moses. The Wilderness Government of the Israelites was called the “Kahall” in Hebrew. Moses chose the Kahall (see Exodus 18:21-22). Later, the LORD had Moses select seventy elders, and the LORD took the Spirit which was upon Moses and parceled-out the Spirit to the seventy elders. The elders evidently replaced the others who had been the Kahall.
The Wilderness Church Egypt
THE CHURCH OF GOD
This company is made up of the Church [Ecclesia] who ruled over the believers during “The Acts of the Apostles.” The rulers would have been the Twelve Apostles. The Ecclesia of God and the Jewish believers, as well as, the saved Gentiles will find there place in the Kingdom also.
FAMILIES WILL BE REUNITED AND CHILDREN WILL BE BORN
Husbands and wives will produce offspring during the Day of Christ. There will be no birth defects, still births, abortions, or unwanted children. The Adamic curse will be removed. I wonder will “Eve’s curse” on women also be removed? That is to say, will childbearing be painless?
The Day of Christ will be a glorious age because the Lord Jesus Christ will have all Preeminence in all things.
~~THE END~~
Copyright© 2015 by Thomas L. Ballinger
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