The “election” God said “I have reserved to myself” are the “sons of God” of John 1:9-13 and Romans 8:19-23 the “living“ of Romans 14:9-13 the “just“ of Acts 24:15 who shall “prepare ye the way” of Luke 3:6 who are the “us-ward” of 2 Peter 3:9, the “us” of Ephesians 1:9-10, the “many brethren” of Romans 8:29 who shall perform the action of the verb “shall be delivered” in Romans 8:21 and are the “vessels of mercy” of Romans 9:18-28, those who will bring all “to come unto the knowledge of the truth” of 1 Timothy 2:4 who are the “lords” and “kings” of Revelation 17:14 & 19:16 the “holy priesthood” of 1 Peter 2:5 and “royal priesthood” of 1 Peter 2:9 who “shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” of Revelation 20:6. The “thousand years” of 2 Peter 3:8 and Revelation 20:4,5,6 and 7 is the “one day” of 2 Peter 3:8 and “the day of the Lord” of 2 Peter 3:10 “the day of the Lord Jesus” of 1 Corinthians 5:5 and “a day” “he hath appointed” of Acts 17:31. The “day of the Lord” is the “thousand years” which will occur between the end of this earth age and the eternal earth age that follows. The “thousand years” in which “God our Saviour” “will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”.
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