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Originally Posted by RambleOn
It has never been quite clear who the rest of the kingdom will comprise, however. I find it odd that there would be a kingdom with apparently billions of kings, and also millions upon millions of priests, but no mention of any citizens of the kingdom. Some clarification on that would be helpful. CS Lewis apparently thought, if you take his Narnia books to be any indication of his eschatology, that Muslims and people of other faiths would be accepted into the kingdom as well, though perhaps not as actual kings. Maybe the Ishmaelites get to partake of Abraham's blessing after all. It is all very confusing to me, but like I said, I have trouble speaking intelligently about most of these controversies.
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They teach that the nations which were the "sheep" will be on Earth. So Christians rule and reign with Christ, Jews are priests to God, and the nations walk in the light. The part that isn't clear is how long each of these lives. Obviously Christians are clearly said to rule and reign with Christ for eternity. But how long the Jews and Gentiles live is hard to figure out.