PT March 1955, p. 29 (also in Question Book):"Let us notice also E. Vol. 4, p. 322 in this connection: 'During the Transitional [Epiphany] Period those Levites, the tentatively justified, who will not consecrate lose their tentative justification, i.e., cease to be tentative Levites and are put out of the Court [italics ours; note carefully the implications of this definition of losing one’s tentative justification: it does not mean that such a tentatively-justified one necessarily loses faith in Christ as his Savior, but that because he does not consecrate during the 40-year Transitional (Epiphany) Period, when the call to Youthful Worthiship, the last call for Gospel-Age elective purposes, is open, he loses his standing in the Court as a tentative Levite and drops back into the Camp; thus, as far as Gospel-Age elective purposes are concerned, he receives the grace of God in vain (2 Cor. 6: 1, 2)]; while those who do consecrate, the Youthful Worthies, retain their tentative justification and remain in the Court as Gospel-Age Levites.' Hence we understand, in harmony with E. Vol. 11, p. 473, that the tentative justification of all the unconsecrated faith justified lapsed by Oct. 1954, but only in so far as Gospel-Age elective purposes are concerned. ’55-29"
Those who do consecrate when the call to Youthful Worthiship is open retain their tentitive justification and remain in the Court as Gospel-Age Levites. Notice the 40-year length of time for their call.
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