Question: I have heard recently, and I don’t recall from where, that the Bride of Christ is the 144,000, but I’ve read in the Great Controversy, pages 426 & 427 that the Bride is the City of God. Please clarify if possible. Thanks.

Answer: I believe both of these thoughts are correct and harmonize. Truth often does that (faith and works; mercy and justice). The bride of Christ is the New Jerusalem and the 144,000. They are connected. The New Jerusalem includes the redeemed/ 144,000 (Rev 21:9-17). That appears to be the reason why the city has twelve gates with the names of the twelve tribes over each gate. Ephesians 2:19-22 also indicates as does 1 Peter 2:5 that the redeemed are spiritual stones making up a building of whom Christ is the chief cornerstone. Hebrews 3:6 calls the redeemed God’s house.