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Resurrectionhaving his name and the name ofhis Father written on their foreheads."Earlier Ones of 144,000 Sleep inDeath Until Day of Christ'sManifestation A . D . 19181 Cor . 15 :22-24, 52 "In theChrist all will be made alive .But each one in his own rank :Christ the firstfruits, afterwardthose who belong to the Christduring his presence . Next, the accomplishedend. . . . For the trumpetwill sound, and the dead willbe raised up incorruptible, andwe shall be changed ."1 Thess. 4 :14, 16 "For if ourfaith is that Jesus died and roseagain, so, too, those who havefallen asleep in death throughJesus God will bring with him .Because the Lord himself willdescend from heaven with a commandingcall, with an archangel'svoice and with God's trumpet,and those who are dead in unionwith Christ will rise first."John 11 :23, 24 "Jesus said toher : 'Your brother will rise .' Marthasaid to him : 'I know he willrise in the resurrection on thelast day .'"2 Tim. 4 :7, 8 "I have foughtthe right fight, I have run thecourse to the finish, I have observedthe faith . From this timeon there is reserved for me thecrown of righteousness, which theLord, the righteous judge, willgive me as a reward in thatday, yet not only to me, but alsoto all those who have loved hismanifestation ."Also : John 6 :33, 38-40, 53-58 .Those of This Class Dying Since1918 Changed Immediately atTheir Death1 Cor . 15 :51, 52 "Look! I tellyou a sacred secret : We shall notall fall asleep in death, but weshall all be changed, in a moment,in the twinkling of an eye,during the last trumpet . For thetrumpet will sound, and the dead316will be raised up incorruptible,and we shall be changed."1 Thess . 4 :15-17 "For this iswhat we tell you by Jehovah'sword, that we the living who surviveto the presence of the Lordshall in no way precede thosewho have fallen asleep in death,. and those who are dead inunion with Christ will rise first .Afterward we the living who aresurviving will together with thembe caught away in clouds tomeet the Lord in the air ; andthus we shall always be with theLord ."144,000 Also Described as Havinga Spiritual AwakeningCol . 2 :12 "For you were buriedwith him in his baptism, and byrelationship with him you werealso raised up together throughyour faith in the operation ofGod, who raised him up from thedead."Col. 3 :1 "If, however, you wereraised up with Christ, go onseeking the things above, wherethe Christ is seated at the righthand of God."Rom . 6 :11-13 "Likewise alsoyou : reckon yourselves to be deadindeed with reference to sin butliving with reference to God byChrist Jesus. Therefore do not letsin continue to rule as king inyour mortal bodies that youshould obey their desires . Neithergo on presenting your membersto sin as weapons of unrighteousness,but present yourselves toGod as those alive from thedead."Eph. 2 :3-6 "Yes, among themwe all at one time conductedourselves in harmony with thedesires of our flesh, doing thethings the flesh and the thoughtswilled, and we were naturallychildren of wrath even as therest . But God, who is rich inmercy, for his great love withwhich he loved us, made us alivetogether with the Christ, evenwhen we were dead in trespasses-by undeserved kindness you