Chapter Twenty/ A Multitudinous Great Crowd - The Great Crowd Makes Its Appearance - Conclusion

 The harvesting of God's people during the Lord's day has thus been in full harmony with John's vision: first the work of gathering the remaining ones of the 144,000; then the gathering of the great crowd. As Isaiah prophesied, now "in the final part of the days," people of all nations are streaming to share in Jehovah's pure worship. And indeed, we exult in appreciation of Jehovah's creation of "new heavens and a new earth." (Isaiah 22:4; 65:17, 18) God is gathering "all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things in the earth." (Ephesians 1:10) The anointed heirs of the heavenly Kingdom-chosen over the centuries since Jesus' day-are the "things in the heavens." And now, the great crowd of the other sheep appear as initial ones of "the things on the earth." Your serving in harmony with that arrangement can mean eternal happiness for you. 

Next time: Chapter Twenty/A Multitudinous Great Crowd - The Blessings of the Great Crowd

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