Bride of Christ

      The promise of "the fullness of God" was made to the church or covenant people ONLY. If God had blessed ALL saved people with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Eph 1:3), then ALL saved people would be in the bride of Christ. Because, in that case, there would be nothing left for the bride that all saved people would not already have guaranteed to them. Conversely, though the unfaithful saved and non-covenant saved are saved eternally they will receive NO REWARDS and NO INHERITANCE WHATEVER, I Cor 3:14-15; Gal 4:21-31; II Jn 8; Rev 3:11; Ezek 3:20; 18:24; 33:13; Mt 13:12; 25:28-29; Mk 4:25; Lk 8:18; 19:26.
      Observe also that receiving "the fullness of God" is stated as conditional -- not something already possessed, but something to be gained by faithful service in the church which is the body of Christ, Eph 1:1,22-23; 3:19; Col 2:9-23; II Pet 1:3-4-10; et al. Receiving the fullness of God concerns our bodies and the firstborn sonship of Christ, Eph 1:22-23; 3:19; Col 1:19; 2:9--3:11; Eph 4:22-24. The covenant people stand within the firstborn sonship of Christ and are called God's firstborn ones, Ex 4:22-23; Heb 12:23; Rom 8:29. This is currently a training arena where the covenant people must qualify by grace through faith in order to obtain and share in the firstborn sonship of Christ after the resurrection.
      Furthermore, since the fullness of God is promised only to the faithful in the body of Christ, it requires baptism into the body of Christ as the circumcision of Christ. This is a covenant requirement (Col 2:9-17) which further requires the daily putting off of the old man and the putting on of the new man, Col 2:9--3:11; Rom 6:2-13; I Cor 12:12-13; Gal 3:27; Eph 4:22-24. The "old man" is the mere flesh body of the first Adam, while the "new man" is the new glorified (spirit) body of Christ as the second Adam, I Cor 15:44-50. The unfaithful and non-covenant saved will receive a sinless and perfect body after the Millennium, but will never receive the new glorified, spirit body, which possesses the fullness of God.
      The "new man" was created "IN Christ Jesus" (Eph 2:10-15; II Cor 5:16-17; Rom 6:2-13; Gal 3:27; Col 2:11-21), and can be found only "IN Christ," II Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15; I Cor 15:44-50. Scriptural baptism is by grace through faith (Col 2:12) and is the circumcision of Christ which puts us into the church which metaphorically is the body of Christ, Col 2:11-21; Gal 3:27; Rom 6:3-4.