Paul never said that God chose only some of you in Him.
To be the Bride is to be like Adam's bride. Eve was bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh.
Likewise, the Church will receive and identical glorious body like that of the Lord's.
What you were pointing towards was that not all in the church will live as to receive rewards.
They will still have a glorious resurrection body just the same!
But, the Church, all the church, is the Bride!
Not just some. All will receive a body just like his own, just like Eve received a body just like Adam's.
That is why we are the Bride of Christ. Same glorious body.
grace and peace ................
To be the Bride is to be like Adam's bride. Eve was bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh.
Likewise, the Church will receive and identical glorious body like that of the Lord's.
What you were pointing towards was that not all in the church will live as to receive rewards.
They will still have a glorious resurrection body just the same!
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be
revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.
If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder
will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
Not everyone in the Church will reign with Christ for that reason. They produced too much wood, hay, and straw. But, the Church, all the church, is the Bride!
1 Corinthians 15:50-52
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep,
but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet
will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Not just some. All will receive a body just like his own, just like Eve received a body just like Adam's.
That is why we are the Bride of Christ. Same glorious body.
grace and peace ................
Are you saying that ALL Believers are saved?
Are you saying that ALL Believers are the Church?
Are you saying that ALL Believers are the Body of Christ?
Are you saying that ALL Believers are the Bride of Christ?