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296 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
knowledge since their death long
ago, and they will have to accept
such knowledge and instruction and
take their stand for God's estab
lished kingdom and its require
ments . But, promptly obeying, they
will advance to human perfection
with the rest of
the "other sheep" .
14 As the kingdom of God's
dear Son is now in operation, a
number of those faithful ancients
will be made "princes" through
out the earth. Their office of
prince denotes that they are chil dren of a king, not children of
any king of ancient time, but
children of the reigning King Je
sus Christ, who
gave his per
fect human life for them and
who raises them from the dead .
As he becomes the royal chan
nel through whom God bestows
everlasting life, the King is di
rectly their regal father. He will
be an "Everlasting Father" .
Isaiah 9:6, ASV A number
of them, like Enoch,
Noah, Shem, Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, and David,
were the earthly fathers of
"the man Christ Jesus" .
14. Whose children will they become? What official
servants will a number of them be made in all the
earth?