When Jesus appears, the royal priesthood will appear with Him, not just those who are in Heaven or those who are on the earth, but all the priesthood. The royal priesthood throughout the ages, as is the case today, have been a godly remnant. Israel may be as the sand of the sea but the true witnesses of God have been small in number.

Every member of the Body of Christ must receive the Divine revelation, and the authority, power, and virtue, as they proceed from God through Christ. The whole Body is coming to maturity as one Wife of the Lamb.

As additional members of the elect are born on the earth they are brought forward to maturity so the Body may be ready for the appearing of Christ to the nations of the earth.

Christ is entering the members of His Body in the present hour, preparing each of us for the full indwelling of God. He is casting out what does not belong in the eternal Temple of God, in the Wife of the Lamb.

The entering of God into us will continue to increase until the fullness is revealed at the time of the appearing of Christ in the clouds of glory. We are growing together until the fullness has been attained and received.

Salvation from bodily corruption to bodily incorruption will occur when the seventh trumpet sounds. The dead in Christ, the saints who are living before God in the spirit realm, will be raised from bodily corruption and put on bodily incorruption.

Then those who are alive in Christ, the saints on the earth at that time, will be changed from bodily corruption to bodily incorruption.

But only the victorious saints will put on bodily incorruption when the Lord Jesus returns. The remainder of dead mankind will not have an opportunity to put on bodily incorruption until the end of the thousand-year Kingdom Age (Revelation 20:4-6).

The rewards of rulership go to the victorious saints. The Scripture is clear on this point.

Several times in the New Testament the concept of rewards is presented. One of the principal rewards we shall receive is the kind of heavenly body that clothes our resurrected mortal frame. There can be little doubt that each heavenly body will reflect the spiritual maturity of the person who receives it (I Corinthians 15:41,42).

The body of the individual on the earth can be a deceiving picture of his true personality. It will not be so after the resurrection from the dead. Then, every person will receive the body that suits his personality. His true nature will be revealed.

Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars. What we truly are will be brought into the open and seen by men and angels for the eternity of eternities.

Each person will be judged according to the gifts given to him or her. Those who use their talents well will be given more Divine virtue and enablement. Those who do not use their talents well will lose what they have been given and will face Divine wrath.

To be continued.