As we understand the Scriptures, being "saved" does not insure our being a member of the Wife of the Lamb. Perhaps during the Church Era it does. But the Lord Jesus is extremely careful whom He permits into such eternal intimacy with Himself.

We believe the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation are a love letter to the Bride. There are the churches on earth, and then there are the overcomers. The overcomers are at this time a firstfruits of the Bride, according to our viewpoint.

The members of the Bride, being branches growing from the Vine, are part of the Tree of Life. The nations of the saved are invited to come and drink freely from the eternal life flowing from the Bride of the Lamb.

The members of the Body of Christ will see the face of the Father. They will have His name, the name of His city, and the new name of Christ, inscribed on them. They are the Seed whom the Lord has blessed.

The entire city, consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Bride, will be one supreme revelation of God Almighty. It will be the Tabernacle of God. It will be Emmanuel—God with us. The Holy Spirit will be the common Spirit of the one revelation of God.

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (I Corinthians 6:17)

The nations of saved people will be living on the new earth.

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)

They will serve God by bringing their material wealth to the new Jerusalem.

What will the saved people be like? They will be people, just as we understand the term. It is possible, however, that their life will not be in blood but in some form of spiritual life. This is why it will be necessary for them to come periodically to Jerusalem to renew their life, just as we renew our life in God each day.

There will be no more "sea" of people that can be blown here and there by spirits. Each individual will be precious and will have in himself a portion of Christ's Life.

The Lake of Fire will remain on the earth as an eternal warning to the nations.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. (Isaiah 66:22-24)

To be continued.