What is the future domain of the church-age believer?
The church-age believer’s future domain is outer space, the heavenlies. The Body of Christ will rule in the heavenlies, while Israel will have the earth. This heavenly rule is the believer’s future realm and area of reward, not salvation, which is God’s gift.
Les explains that the whole area of outer space is going to be the domain of the church-age believer, because we are told that we are going to rule the heavenlies. Israel is going to have the earth, and the Body of Christ will rule in the heavenlies. He also indicates there will be a certain amount of interfacing between those in resurrected bodies and the millennial citizens who will be in flesh and blood. There will be areas of reward every believer should work for, but salvation is not something earned; it is a gift. Romans 6:23 contrasts the wages of sin, which is death, with the gift of God, eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.