Categories of Eternal Life (Review) - Pt.4
REVELATION 6:9-11a
9 ¶ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: (these were not martyred Christians as it was thought before the opening of this seal, these were the Jews that were slain under Hitler and Eichmann during the holocaust of 1940 - 1945)
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? (they wanted revenge – this is a Jewish characteristic and not a Christian spirit)
11a And white robes were given unto every one of them;
A white robe is symbolic for an immortal body.
These were people (Jews in this case) who would be saved and receive eternal life and yet had not receive Christ as their saviour, in other words they were not even Christians, and they were certainly not the bride of Christ, yet they would go on to receive eternal life.
*So by the opening of this 5th seal, it revealed to us the mystery that there are other categories of saved people who will receive eternal life at the great white throne judgement, people that were not even believers in Christ – yet they are given white robes and will enjoy eternal life in the great kingdom of God that is to come.
*This revelation unlocks a whole realm of truth that lies in the scriptures concerning the kingdom of heaven of the different categories of people that will receive eternal life.
Categories of Eternal Life (Review) - Pt.4
This is part 4 of which we want to use this service to refresh our thinking on this subject and review some of the things from what we have studied over the last 3 parts of this series.
**We have recently been studying on the 5th seal – and it has been a great study, and the truth of it has brought us into a higher level of understanding concerning those who are to be saved under the many different categories of life that God has provided for in the scriptures.
*When the 5th was opened in March 1963, it showed us that there are actually different categories of people who will receive eternal life of which many are even outside of the realm of the Christian faith. And the bible deals with and reveals each of these groups, because each category has a different set of qualifying factors.
*And so these are some of the things that had been sealed up until this end time hour of the sounding of the seventh angel’s message when all these truths would be made clear to an end time elected group of people called the bride of Christ.
**We know that Mathew 24 is the seven seals in word form of which is spoken of in the book of Revelation in symbol form.
So Mathew 24 is directed to the bride exclusively because what the seals are to the bride the trumpets are to Israel, but then directly after the opening of the seals in Matthew 24 comes the revealing of other categories of saved people in Mathew 25. So Mathew 25 is the continuation of truth being opened since this the opening of the seven seals in Mathew 24.
***So then in Mathew 25, it shows us that there are other categories of people that are outside of the bride group but yet will also receive eternal life under their specific category because these are the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven of the different types of people who will inhabit that great and eternal kingdom that is to come - it is revealing the different categories of people of whom will passed on from this temporal world and into that new world and eternal kingdom – each one will have a place and a position in that kingdom that only they can fulfill that role. It is important for us to know that there are many different categories of people who will be saved outside of the bride of Christ.
**We know how that Rahab was saved by receiving the message of the hour at the time of pending judgement on a gentile kingdom, and she became the bride of Salmon who is a type of Christ, but her family members who were also saved were not in that same bride category relationship as she was, but yet they were still saved. So God was writing the mystery of these things all through the bible.
***So this is what the 5th seal opened to us, that it is not just the bride of Christ that will have eternal life, but that there are many other categories of peoples who are saved outside of the bride, because the kingdom of heaven requires many different categories of subjects to be able to function, just as an earthly kingdom requires many different types of people with different roles and gifting’s and skills to be able to function as a complete kingdom.
MATTHEW 13:10-11
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
The kingdom of heaven is a phrase used in the scriptures to describe our future home of where we will live in a civilization that is far more advanced than this one.
And the ways and secrets of this great future kingdom of God are kept mysterious to those of this world who live in the realms of man governed earthly kingdoms – but yet the mysteries of this future kingdom and of those who will inhabit this kingdom is now being revealed in this hour because all the mysteries are to be made known at the sounding of the seventh angel’s message. Abraham looked for this great kingdom because he had met the King of that kingdom. And that is why the end time bride of the King is now also being informed, because she has met the same one that Abraham and Sarah met at the time just before they were changed back young again.
*So these mysteries that we are speaking of are only made known to a specific group of elected people of whom God will choose to reveal them too – it is not for all to know these things.
**That is why in this age, it has only been by the opening of the 7 seals that the Son of Man ministry has revealed these mystery truths to the elect of this hour, and so this is the only reason why we are now able to read the bible like a new book – the bible has become a new book to us since the opening of the seven seals.
****Because we now realize that the bible is the complete book of redemption that holds the mystery of every name of the redeemed that are under all these different categories of eternal life of every person that will make up the citizens of that great kingdom that is to come.
*So this is why Mathew 25 is showing us different types of people that will receive eternal life based on different categories of qualifications – they will not be a part of the bride of Christ category, but yet they are still ordained to receive eternal life and will all be given white robes of immortal bodies that will never get sick or get old.
MATTHEW 25:1-2
1 ¶ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
*Notice straight off that we are being introduced to a bride category and a non-bride category. Both the bride and the foolish virgins have eternal life, but they will have different positions and roles in the kingdom of heaven.
MATTHEW 25:14-15
14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
*These are categories based upon service - of the utilizing of your God given talent for the Master’s purpose. **All that fulfill God’s purpose in this life will have a resurrection unto eternal life, just as the sun is resurrected in the morning because it fulfilled the purpose of God the previous day.
Elvis Presley used his God given talent for the purpose of serving the devil, and we all know where he ended up. Remember that your talent is for the purpose of serving the Lord, whether you are a mother that raises a child, or a mechanic that fixes a car that can carry a family to church to hear the word of God, to a builder who builds a house for a family to live in and serve the Lord from – it’s all serving a purpose of reflecting something of a greater kingdom that is to come.
MATTHEW 25:31-34
31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
This group here receives eternal life based on their act of showing kindness in some small way to the least of Christ’s brethren – and we know that this applies to every church age.
Just one simple act of kindness reflected something from that future realm that unlocked their entrance into the eternal kingdom of heaven.
God already knew who these people would be, so he had already prepared an inheritance for each one of them within the kingdom heaven from the foundation of the world.
*So each one of these examples in Mathew 25 – The wise virgins and foolish virgins, the Stewards with the talents, and then these ones who did good to the least member of the bride down though seven church ages, and then even towards His brethren the Jews, like Schindler and many others who have helped the Jews in their times of persecution.
*All these are different categories of eternal life groups that will be given white robes on the other side – the opening of the 5th seal showed us all these things, and so this is all revealing to us how much greater the grace of God is in that He is able to save to the uttermost.
His grace has extended beyond what we could have ever have imagined.
**This is not a made up fantasy story, this is what the opening of the seven seals has made known to us.
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And if there are those who will enter into life eternal after the White Throne judgment solely on the grounds of being good and kind and just to the elect of God who are His brethren, then we cannot but accept that. (Thus saith the seventh angel prophet sent by God to this generation)
**The scriptures also reveal that there is the thief on the cross category of people who will receive eternal life by having a respectful attitude towards the word when they encounter it.
*Then there is the death bed repentance category group – we have spoken about that.
*Then here is the baby category group.
MATTHEW 19:14
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Just like we saw with little Sharon Rose Branham of what God placed that event in the life story of the prophet in order to show us the truth of this. Remember that she died as a little baby on this side, but received an adult body on the other side – this is what the message of the hour opened up to us, it is showing us where all little baby’s go when they die. Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
**The bible is telling us that there will be billions of people that will live eternally in the kingdom of heaven that died prematurely on earth as babies and infants and young children.
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22 … He took the Book, for He was worthy, and He loosed the Seals thereof. And we're looking to Him this morning to reveal these contexts that's written in the Book, because it is the Book of Redemption. All that is redeemed is written therein. May we find our position, this morning, in the time that we're living.
*As believers of this end time message, we have in our full possession the evidence that we are the people of the prophecy of the bride of Christ category of this end time age because we have received the revealed word for this hour – God has sealed us in our foreheads by the revelation of the word of this day. We are, and have already lived out the portion of the word that relates to the end time bride of Christ of this hour, so we already know what category we are in and what position that we have in the future kingdom of God.
***But while we are living out our portion of the word, there are millions of others on earth right now who are living out all these other portions of the word that will determine their eternal position in the kingdom of heaven.
***This is why that Jesus keeps referring to that “the kingdom of heaven is like this”, and then “like this”, and then it is like this other thing, because it takes all of these different categories of people to make up this great future kingdom.
MATTHEW 5:3
3 ¶ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
MATTHEW 5:10
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
MATTHEW 5:19
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
**Notice here – that there are different levels and positions of greatness and rankings within the eternal life kingdom.
When Brother Branham went beyond the curtain of time, he was placed on a higher level because he was a leader, and remember that there can be no jealousy there, because each position is necessary for the successful functioning of that eternal life kingdom for the benefit of every other subject that lives in the kingdom.
MATTHEW 13:44-48
44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
All these are different categories of people that will live out these certain portions of the word will all be found in the kingdom of heaven.
MATTHEW 18:4-5
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
These words of Jesus cannot fail, they are eternal – so these words of Christ are showing us all the different categories of access qualifications for the kingdom of heaven that are for the different categories of people who will inherit eternal life and receive white robes.
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…45 See, all in the Lutheran age, He pulled them out. All in the Wesley age, He pulled them out. All in the different ages, and the Pentecostal age, He pulls them out. They're over here, won't be judged with them. They're rapturing. And then when the last name comes out, that was put on the Lamb's Book of Life, that was slain before the foundation of the world; when that last name has been redeemed, His work is finished, He comes forth to claim what He has redeemed.
**So like the bride category and the 144,000 category, each category has a precise elected number of people within that group of election for each age, and nothing will stop them from being in their elected categories.
*If you happen to be a Jew who is ordained to be a part of the 144,000 category group, then no amount of missiles being rocketed over from the Gaza strip can take away your life prematurely because you will remain invincible until the prophecy concerning your life has been fulfilled.
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55 You know, the Jews were blinded for the very purpose that we could have sight. They were torn apart, and scattered, as a nation, and rejected their Messiah; that we might receive the Messiah, that there might be a people called out of the Gentiles for His Name's sake.
56 Now, the man comes forth, and the woman takes his name. These blinded Gentiles who can't see that Name, "the Lord Jesus Christ," in baptism! It's just too bad, but it has to be that way. The Jews, they had to--they had to not see that. There is only one can see it; that's the one who is predestinated to see it. Otherwise, you'll never see it.
The Jews could not see that being their Messiah. And, yet, they were scholars and theologians, man of great renown scholarship, read the same Bible that you read. Now, after it's been made known to us, we can see it plain, that was Messiah. But, they couldn't see it, neither can they see it today. They are prophesied to be blinded, too.
57 The church, this day, is prophesied to be blinded, to reject the evening-time Message. Revelations 3 said so, "Thou art wretched, miserable," notice the bride's condition the other night, or the church, "naked, blind, and don't know it." Lord Jesus, be merciful to us! The Bible said she was "naked." I never saw it till just now. Laodicea church was naked. And when she appeared the other night, she was "naked," never noticed it, "and didn't know it."
58 Oh, how thankful! How, no wonder we are so grateful! I feel that we're not grateful enough for the things that God is making known to us.
59 "Naked." And the visions said, showed me she was naked and didn't know it, and "blinded." As Israel was blinded so that the Gentiles could come in, now the Gentiles are blinded so the Bride can be taken out and Israel can receive the feast of Trumpets. Just perfectly!
***When we look at this thought that the prophet of this generation has expressed here, we realize that we are being shown something very important in that when someone is blinded to higher level of truth or to a certain aspect of truth, then they can only be judged by God to the level of the truth of the word that knew and that they held to.
***This is how God protects each category from people crossing over into a wrong category that they are not ordained by God to be a part of.