God’s Kingdom Rules!, “The Kingdom Is Born in Heaven”
“We will see in Chapter 5 that prior to 1935, it was thought that the “great multitude,” as described at Revelation 7:9, 10 in the King James Version, would include countless members of the churches of Christendom and that they would be made a secondary heavenly class as a reward for siding with Christ at the very end.”
A recent statement of the pre-1935 position, adding the detail that the class was expected to be drawn from the churches of Christendom.
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Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch2-great-crowd