76    The Bible and the Future of the World 

desolation will be held up to the lips of the Church, just as the wine mixed 

with gall was held up to the lips of Christ. The Church will  overcome all 

obstacles and all afflictions by the Grace, Providence, and Power of God. 

The Church will experience the first Resurrection and, much later, the 

general Resurrection. The Church will be assumed into Heaven to be with 

God forever. For the path that Christ took is the path that the Church must 

take. Christ is the head and the Church is the body. Where the head goes, 

the body must follow.