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CHAPTER XV
WOMAN'S PRIVILEGES
IN THE CONGREGATION
THERE are no sexes in heaven . But there are
now women in the congregation, which is
the "body of Christ", and these rightfully
have hope of heaven . In creating woman on earth
to be man's suitable helper God did not copy any
sex distinctions among the heavenly angels, for
Jesus said in discussing the raising of the dead :
"In the resurrection neither do they marry nor are
they given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven."
Matthew 22 :30, NW All the angels whom
the Bible reports appearing to mankind materialized
as men, not women. When Paul tells his
anointed fellow Christians, "But the Jerusalem
above is free, and she is our mother. Wherefore,
brothers, we are children, not of a servant girl,
but of the free woman," he is not referring to a
literal woman up in heaven . Neither is John doing
so, when he says, "And a great sign was seen
in heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun ." Galatians
4 :26, 31 and Revelation 12 : 1, NW Paul and
John were referring to God's holy universal organization
and were symbolizing it as a woman
who becomes a mother .
2 However, all this is not saying that persons
t . What proves there are no sexes in heaven?
2 . May women become heirs of God's kingdom? How
will they enter it?
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