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> Matthew Johnson wrote:
>
>
> Part of the problem lies in not acknowledging Christ's
distinction (and
> Matthew's record) between "kingdom of heaven" and the
"kingdom
> of God" in Mt 21:43. The declaration of Christ in this
passage
> resolves itself into a declaration that the unbelieving
scribes and
> Pharisees would never be saved because of their rejection
of the
> "son" of the "householder," and that others would take
their
> place. Gaebelein suggests that the "nation" which will
take their
> place will be other Israelites: "The nation to whom the
Lord promises
> the Kingdom is not the Church. The Church is called the
Body of Christ,
> the Bride of Christ, the Habitation of God by the Spirit,
the Lamb's
> Wife,

> but never a nation.

Loren, have you forgotten,
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye
should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out
of darkness into his marvellous light:

Is the above not addressed to the Church?

I believe so. So here we have God telling us through the
Apostle Peter that
the church is "an holy nation."

Gary



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Matthew Johnson wrote:
> In article <104.57.16.05.134199000@srcbs.org>, lsenders@hotmail.com
says...
> >
>
> [snip]
> >The local churches are evidenced by the diverse churches found in
Acts,
> >the epistles and those addressed in Rev 2 & 3. There was no
> >ecclesiastical superior.
>
> That is not true. The Book of Revelation itself is unclear about
whether or not
> there was a single "ecclesiastical superior", but it is clear from
Acts 20:28
> that the "episopi" has some sort of priority over the congregation in
general.
>
Give me a break. There is no NT principlization pointing to a singular
ecclessiastical entity with a board of "govenors" or bishops. Christ
is our Vicar. Power was given to elders within their local assemblies,
not over others. Even Paul does not assert himself and his apostolic
superiority over the Corithian church when writing from Ephesus.

As for the Greek "episcopus", it is used in Lk 1:68 where it is
translated "visited". "Epi" is generally understood as "over."
"scopus" speaks of "intense oberservation." "Episcopus" was a military
term given to the "o