You Will Become "a Kingdom of Priests" - A COVENANT THAT ALLOWS OTHERS TO RULE WITH CHRIST

After instituting the Lord's Evening Meal, Jesus made a covenant with his faithful disciples, often referred to as the Kingdom  covenant.  (Read Luke 22:28-30)  Unlike other covenants, in which Jehovah is one of the parties of the covenant between Jesus and his anointed followers. When saying,  "Just as my  Father had made a covenant with me," Jesus was apparently alluding to the covenant that Jehovah had made with him to be "a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek." - HEBREWS 5:5, 6. 

The 11 faithful apostles had 'stuck with Jesus in his trials.' The Kingdom covenant assured them that they would be with him in heaven and sit on thrones to rule as kings and serve as priests.  However, those 11 would not be the only ones to have that privilege.  The glorified Jesus appeared to the apostle John in a vision and said: "To the one who conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, just as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne." (Revelation 3:21) Thus , the Kingdom covenant is made with 144,000 anointed Christians. (Revelation 5:9, 10; 7:4) This is the covenant that forms a legal basis for them to rule with Jesus in heaven.  This is similar to a bride from a noble family who might marry a ruling king and come into position to share in his ruling power.  In fact, the Scriptures refer to anointed Christians as "the bride" of Christ, "a chaste virgin" promised in marriage to the Christ. - REVELATIONS 19:7; 21:9; 2 CORINTHIANS 11:2. 

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