"Three Churches In Scripture...

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...Much confusion exists today about the Biblical Word church...In Scripture,
the word church means “called-out ones...”" (J Fredericksen)

1) The "church in the wilderness":

Act 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness​

with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with​

our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:"​

"...The context [vs. 35-51] clearly identifies the nation of Israel in
the Old Testament as being this “church in the wilderness...”" (JF)

2) The "kingdom church of Israel":

"“...Upon this rock I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). The immediate and
long-range context of this verse gives us key information that helps us
identify who this church is..." (JF)

3) The "Church Which Is HIS Body" = "The Body Of Christ!":

"And Hath Put all things under His Feet, and Gave Him To Be​

The Head over all things to The Church, Which Is His Body,​

The Fulness Of Him That Filleth all in all."​

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"For By Him Were all things Created, that are in heaven, and​

that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones,​

or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things Were Created​

By Him, and for Him:​

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And He Is Before all things, and By Him all things Consist. And​

He Is The Head Of The Body, The Church: Who Is The Beginning,​

The Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He Might Have​

The Preeminence."​

"...
The Apostle Paul referred to a new group of believers over which The LORD Jesus
Christ is “the Head” and it is called “the church, which Is His Body” (Eph. 1:22-23;
Col. 1:16-18), or The Body of Christ. This is the distinctively different Church that
exists today....
"
(J Fredericksen)

FULL study: Three Churches In Scripture



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