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The Creator's Holy Nation

The Creator God chose the people of ancient Israel and their descendants to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Ex.19:6) through which he would bless the entire world (Gen.18:18; 22:18). Through this one nation God purposed to proclaim his redemptive plan for humanity and the way for all people to have happy, abundant, and productive lives. However, ancient Israel failed to keep their agreement with God and did not become the kingdom of priests, and the holy nation that he wanted them to be.

The Father's Holy Nation

On the Day of Pentecost after Jesus' death and resurrection, God the Father sanctioned and established a new holy nation of kings, ambassadors, and priests that is substantially different from the kingdom of priests that national Israel was to become.

The information contained in the following studies reveal the reasons God the Father established a new holy nation on earth to replace national Israel, the responsibility that each citizen of this holy nation has today as a king, an ambassador, a priests, and a temple within his holy nation, and the future responsibilities and rewards that will be given to his elect children after Christ returns to rule the earth.

Kings, Ambassadors, Priests, and Temples of God

Within the New Testament are many references to the Father's elect children being kings, ambassadors, priests, and temples. But are these references only spiritual analogies or are they expressions of physical and spiritual realities during the gospel age of salvation? If these references are realities, what meaning do they have today? And how do these kings, ambassadors, priests, and temples interact and function to serve God the Father's and Jesus Christ's purpose today?

If in fact the Father's children are literally kings, ambassadors, priests, and temples, the answers to the above questions are extremely important and have enormous implications pertaining to one's spiritual life and responsibilities as a child of God today and one's future as an immortal spirit-being in the Family and Kingdom of God.

This study presents an overview of foundational information which is necessary in order to explain the enormous implications of being a member of the Father's royal household, a king, an ambassador, and a citizen of his holy nation and a priest who serve him and his son in his temples during the gospel age of salvation.

The Holy Nation

Many people think that the Kingdom of God is a spiritual reality that will only be entered into upon one's death and resurrection. Although the Kingdom of God is spiritual and is not yet physically present on earth there are many parables, prophecies, and promises recorded in the New Testament concerning the elect's status as citizens of the Kingdom of God. Moreover, the scriptures clearly show that the Father's elect children who are alive today are citizens of a holy nation who are subject to both the physical and spiritual laws of the Kingdom of God (1.Pet.2:9-10).

This study explains what a kingdom is and the functions and responsibilities that each of God the Father's children have as a citizen, a king, and an ambassador within his holy nation during the gospel age of salvation.

The Father's Temple Worship System Today

The apostles and the early church understood and taught the deep spiritual meanings and relationships between the Levitical priesthood, the temple worship system of national Israel, and the holy nation of kings, ambassadors, and priests who serve the Father and Jesus Christ through temples of flesh during the gospel age of salvation.

Being a temple of God during the gospel age is not some abstract thought or mystical concept, it is a literal reality for those who are the Father's elect children on earth. Therefore, in order to more clearly understand how the Father's temple functions within his elect children today, we need to have some understanding of the temple system of ancient Israel, the temple system after the return of Christ, and the heavenly temple system.

This study explains some of the more important allegorical and literal meaning and relationships between the temple worship system of ancient Israel and the temple worship system during the gospel age of salvation which began on the day of Pentecost in 30 A.D. when the holy spirit was sent to dwell in temples of flesh