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worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image
and who had not received the mark upon their
forehead and upon their hand . And they came to
life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand
years . The rest of the dead did not come to
life until the thousand years were ended . This
is the first resurrection . Happy and holy is anyone
having part in the first resurrection ; over these
the second death has no authority, but they will
be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule
as kings with him for the thousand years ."-Revelation
20 :4-6, NW.
10 The one with whom they reign is the glorified
Son of David, the Permanent Heir of the covenant
for the everlasting Kingdom. In ancient time King
David ruled on the literal Mount ion, one of the
hills of Jerusalem ; but the great Son of David,
whom David called "my Lord", reigns on the far
loftier royal height, the heavenly Mount ion .
Those who reign with him are the 144,000 called,
chosen and faithful followers, his spiritual brothers
and joint heirs. At Revelation 14 :1-3 they are
pictured as standing with him on the heavenly
Mount ion and singing as if a new song . They
refuse to be identified in hand or forehead, that is,
in action or mind, with any part of the Devil's
beastly organization . They have been willing to
go to the death, even at the headsman's ax, for
bearing witness to Jesus the King and for speaking
the truth about Jehovah God . Baptized into
Christ's death, they submit to his kind of death
and are buried with him in the likeness of his
death. After he comes into his kingdom and casts
10. a Who are those that reign then with Christ?
b Their kind of resurrection enables them to reign
with him how long?