Who will have the right to the tree of life and enter the New Jerusalem?
Those who have been loyal to God will have the right to the tree of life and may enter through the gates into the city. This is the city with gates made of pure pearl. They enter the eternal state, while the unrighteous remain outside in the lake of fire and have no part in its glories.
Les explains that these who have been loyal to God will have the right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city, those pearly gates made of pure pearl. He notes that the verse about dogs, sorcerers, whoremongers, murderers, idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie does not mean such people are in the eternal state; they are already in their place, out in the lake of fire, and will have no part in the glories of the eternal state. He also points out that once eternity is reached, the church again becomes prominent in the overall eternal economy.