Will all the saints enter into the same glory and blessedness?
By the grace and mercy of God, there are those who shall be saved “only as through fire” (1Co 3:15). Divine Revelation clearly teaches degrees of glory and diverse rewards of the righteous, as the Lord says: “Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward… and whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple: amen, I tell you, he shall by no means lose his reward” (Mat 10:41–42).
Regarding the highest places of glory and honor in the Kingdom: “to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared” (Mrk 10:40).
There will indeed be different degrees of blessedness and reward, in proportion as each one has here endured the fight of faith, love, and good works: “there is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for one star differs from another star in glory. So also, is the resurrection of the dead” (1Co 15:41–42; cf. Dan 12:3; see Q187, Q224).
Certainly, all glory is ascribed to the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit not only for our salvation, but for whatever good any one of us may have accomplished, “so that no one may boast in the presence of God “ (1Co 1:29).
