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Walls
Added to this we must never lose sight of the fact that Israel rejected their Messiah till they see Him descend. Thus, they can never be born again and even those of them who are resurrected will still have a “Terrestrial” body (1st Cor.15:35-45 etc.) as opposed to the Celestial bodies of those born from above, the Church.
To summarize: - Christ and Christians enjoy the same body in resurrection, not in glory, but in essence. Both Israel and the nations, although some Jews are in resurrection, only enjoy an earthly body. To meet with Jesus Christ in the flesh, these people have to go through the elements of the Tabernacle. However, our Lord Jesus has fulfilled all the elements of the Tabernacle for them - except their bodies. For this, the priesthood of Aaron via Zadok is needed together with animal sacrifices. This lasts for the duration of the Millennial Kingdom. After God has purged the heavens and the earth anew after Satan’s final rebellion at the end of the Millennial Kingdom, and all men are resurrected, things are only slightly different. Christ and God dwell in the New Jerusalem. The nations who are not defiled (in the Lake of Fire) can go up to and enter God’s Dwelling. Israel are then all priests as per God’s desire from the beginning (Ex.19:5-6). Thus they are (all twelve tribes) the Gates of the city once again making sure that nothing defiling can enter or come near a Holy God in His dwelling.
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