End of the Church Age? From corporate to individualism

[Elijah674]

Church age? The Start of it is of equal importance to understand its Ending. If one Truely Believes the word of God in Matt. 4:4 & 2 Tim. 3:16? they surely can be straightened out about where God IS LOCATED. Psalms 77:13

And in Acts 7:55 we see that Stephen was 'FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST', so surely his previous testimony in ibid. 38 let's all know exactly where Christ's Church was [IN THE O.T.] 'This IS HE, that WAS IN THE CHURCH in the wilderness..'

And really, what does it matter what this 'house of worship' (Isa. 5:7) is called?? In this verse it is called the Lord's Vineyard as well. Other places this church is called Sanctuary, and Temple, and Tabernacle + !

The bottom/line Truth is, is that if Christ is not there, the 'church' IS CHRISTLESS. And this was the scene in manny places through the 66 Books. Compare Rev. 2:5 with Matt. 23:38's DESOLATE OF CHRIST HOUSE.

And even though Abram.. and before this time that was fairly sketchy about a church, we still see that he was a soul winner in Gen. 12:5. And he even paid tithes to Melchisedec. We even see why God called Abram in Gen. 26:5 'Because he obeyed my [[VOICE]] and ... MY COMMANDMENTS.' (which were later recorded by God in stone, one even started out with remember.. remember from where?)

And then even again we see Rev. 14:6 having the Eternal Gospel!! And we are told that the Holy Spirit was striving along beside Noah's preaching, who was the 'Preacher of Rightousness' (as Peter called him) for 120 years! Gen. 6:3
--Elijah

 

[follower of Christ]

Fair enough. I'm on Sabbatical from the divided 'Protestant denominations'.

You and me both :D
It really gets to some folks when we visit a church and wont tell them what denomination we are (I dont believe in separation, thus Im against denominational divides entirely).
I went to one charismatic church about 12 years ago and the pastor walks up to greet as as we came in the door and the FIRST thing out of his mouth was 'what denomination are you? "
Not a very good start.
He then began to preach a hellfire and brimstone message about the evils of the NIV (oddly enough I was the only one in the church with an NIV bible....imagine that ;) )

I came to Christ in 1985 and the very first study I started on own was 1 Corinthians and their divisions over who baptised whom. Luckily that was so early because it caused me to never get into the whole denominational thing at all. Ive never called myself anything other than 'christian', 'follower', 'believer', etc because of that.

 

[follower of Christ]

So says Jehovah: Heaven is My throne, and earth the footstool of My feet. Where then is the house that you build for Me? And where then is the place of My rest?
And My hand has made all these things, even all these things exist, declares Jehovah.
But I will look toward this one, to the afflicted, and to the contrite of spirit, even trembling at My Word.
(Isa 66:1-2 LITV)

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