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THE KINGDOM OF A NEW WORLD 275
flee to the believers of mankind during the thousand
years of the Kingdom rule .
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Thus their rule as kings with Christ makes
sure for mankind not only a perfect, superhuman
government of righteousness but also the lifegiving
blessings resulting from the human sacrifice
of the Son of God . It is from heaven that
Christ and his 144,000 associate kings rule, for
Christ Jesus sits at God's right hand and God
says : "The heaven is my throne, and the earth is
my footstool." Isaiah 66 :1 ; Acts 7 :49 ; Matthew
5 :34 The throne, heaven, is the place for kings
to rule from, and not the footstool, the earth .
Moreover, it is the Most Holy of all, the heaven
itself of God's presence, where the High Priest
of God applies the merit of his sacrifice for the
sake of humankind . And so it is there in God's
heavenly presence that the royal priests must
officiate for the everlasting good of mankind, even
to bringing back all the dead who are in the
graves. All the "other sheep" of mankind are
their subjects, and these inhabit God's footstool,
the earth which he preserves all through the battle
of Armageddon .
12. So what does their rule as kings with Christ make
sure for mankind? Where is it that they rule, and why
there?