Devotional for Adults December 12, 2016 The generation of Jesus: 144,000 - 1 "We know, brothers beloved of God, that he has chosen you." 1 Thessalonians 1: 4. There has been a simple question, which is answered affirmatively or negatively, with which I have been fighting. Maybe you will too. Does God have a criterion for the last generation of His elect on earth different from the one He had for all previous generations? Is there a criterion of "translation" (for the elect who will go to heaven without experiencing death) that is different from a criterion of "resurrection" (for the elect who will be resurrected when Jesus returns)? You will say: "What gives? How does that change things? " Well, if God, in fact, has two different criteria for his friends, depending on when they lived in the history of salvation, would not you want to know what God's judgment is for this potentially last generation of elect? Well of course! So let's lo...