According to the scriptures there is a very small group of people that are called the elect saints. These saints are not a part of the organized churches that are seen in this world. The organized churches do not know these saints. Most of the organized churches believe they are the true church that they think began on the day of Pentecost.
The scriptures also tell us that there is a great deception that has taken root and grown much worse overtime since Pentecost. Revelation 12:9 This is one reason why there are so many different church organizations today. These organizations are all led by human preachers and the members of them follow their preacher. Most members of these many churches do not even understand the teachings of their church. The doctrines of these churches are not the same and this is why they are separated. According to Wikipedia there are approximately 45,000 different denominations. Which one is the true church ? The answer is none of them but the deception they all are infected by will not allow them to accept that. All these churches think they have the Holy Spirit but none of them do. They have no idea they are deceived. Their “faith” is either inherited from their parents or a matter of choosing a church they like. Their meetings are repetitive and they love being entertained with a live band while they wave their hands and sing.
The condition described above is what the elect saints endure because they are living in a world that is deceived, a world they were called out of spiritually but are yet in it physically. These elect saints are taught by the FATHER through Jesus Christ by divine revelation and understand the truth of GOD. John 6:45 The elect have no human leader or teacher therefore they are immune to the deception of Satans ministers. They have no part of the things the world highly esteems. The vast majority of carnal churches do not believe in the existence of the elect . This is the way things have been throughout history.
The first recorded elect saint was righteous Able who was followed by Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Later Moses, Aaron and Joshua. Then all the prophets . All these were Christian elect saints before Christ. These saints are part of the 144000 in Revelation 7 . Hebrews 11 gives the names of many but not all of these ancient Christian elect saints.
Pentecost was not the beginning of the church but a continuation to include the calling of the gentiles.
The carnal nation of Israel were the elect under the law, the old covenant, but the church is the election according to grace, the new covenant. Romans 11:5 Grace is older than the law because Abraham was 400 years before Moses. Romans 3:20 by the law is the knowledge of sin because it defines good and evil, the knowledge of the forbidden tree. When Jesus came he magnified the law to include the thoughts and intents of the heart (mind). Isaiah 42:21 Matthew 5:27 This magnification makes your thoughts the source of your sin and your body only the vehicle you use to carry out your thoughts. Mark 7:20,21,22,23 GOD did not create Adam and Eve with an evil heart but by disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit they both gained the knowledge to sin and acquired the nature of Satan, all humanity is now the children of Satan. The elect saints have been called out of all of this, given repentance, forgiveness and the Holy Spirit to empower them to grow spiritually. The only reason I know these things is because GOD through Christ taught me. John 6:45
Most of GODS elect saints are dead and their spirits asleep unconscious awaiting the resurrection when Jesus returns. Today there is only a remnant of the elect yet alive and there is to be a remnant alive when Jesus returns. Now the total umber of the elect both dead or alive will be 144,000. They will all be sealed in their foreheads just before the great tribulation becomes very violent. The living elect during the great tribulation help the innumerable multitude repent and prepare them for martyrdom.
This information will not be believed by the carnal world and indeed cannot be because having the Holy Spirit is required to believe. After Jesus returns the elect will rule the world with Jesus for a thousand years. They will take the place of demons who currently rule the world under Satan. Then after all things have been subdued and subjected to Christ, then Christ turns the kingdom over to his GOD and FATHER and the kingdom will continue on forever without end.
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