DAILY TEXT for Thursday, June 30. 2016

[Queen Esther]

A  little  group  of  anointed  Brothers  &  Sisters  in  the  past....

And  a  very  big  group  of  anointed  ones  to  belong  one  day  to  the  heavenly  class....

Thursday, June 30.  2016

You were once not a people, but now you are God’s people.—1 Pet. 2:10.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2016/6/30

Pentecost 33 C.E. was a milestone in the history of Jehovah’s people on earth. A radical change took place. On that day, by means of his spirit, Jehovah brought forth a new nation—spiritual Israel, “the Israel of God.” (Gal. 6:16) For the first time since the days of Abraham, God’s people would no longer be identified by fleshly circumcision. Instead, regarding each member of that new nation, Paul wrote: “His circumcision is that of the heart by spirit.” (Rom. 2:29) The first members of God’s new nation were the apostles and over a hundred other disciples of Christ who had met together in an upper room in Jerusalem. (Acts 1:12-15) These received the outpouring of the holy spirit, which made them spirit-begotten sons of God.—Rom. 8:15, 16; 2 Cor. 1:21. w14 11/15 5:1, 2