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| A Venn diagram showing the remnant. |
A classic passage on the idea of the remnant.
Matthew 7 KJT
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in thereat.
14 Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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I often say that heaven, according
to the popular reformed understanding, is sparsely populated - because only the
elite super believers like them can make it there. It's a work-based system;
one must be good enough to qualify for a place in heaven. And only a small
remnant of the human race qualifies for heaven.
The Scriptures give quite a
different picture.
Revelation 7:9 KJV — After this I
beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.
This is by grace alone.
God created man (male and female)
in His own image, and it was *very good*. He graciously entered into a covenant
of work with them to permanently confirm them in that *very good* state. Adam
had all the ability to obey but Adam chose death.
If God had left the whole race to
justly perish, He would still be perfectly just and righteous. That He did
choose to save a vast multitude is incredibly astounding... That's grace!
That God chose a vast
multitude in the Covenant of Redemption is both amazing and humbling.
Too many people are completely
muddled about the idea of the remnant spoken of in the Bible. The remnant is a
smaller part of the vast multitude embraced by the Covenant of Grace.
The human race is divided into two groups - the elect and those bypassed.
The remnant is part of a
(singular) bigger group. The larger group of which the remnant is part is God's
elect and redeemed by Christ.
Of the vast multitudes of God's
redeemed, only a remnant of them are believing and faithful; the rest of them
are not... However, ALL OF THEM shall be resurrected to glory and receive their
eternal inheritance in heaven.
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