![]() ![]() The common understanding of the Kingdom of God is that there will be two primary groups of people throughout the ages to come: the saved, and the lost. The perfected and unified Church is destined to serve forever as the holy dwelling place of the God of Heaven, and also as the eternal ruler of the nations of the saved peoples of the earth (Revelation 21:24 22:5). Let us review this concept before we move on to the program by which God will perfect the entire Church. We have spoken in a previous article ( The Church and the World) of the relationship of the Church of Christ, which is the Wife of the Lamb, to the nations of saved peoples of the earth. We have been chosen by the Lord so God may have a living temple in which He can live among men, ruling them, teaching them, and blessing them with His Glory (Revelation 21:3). We have not been called, justified, and glorified so we may sit up in Heaven and enjoy the scenery. Each true saint has been called out from among the peoples of the earth in order that he or she may become, through the Lord Jesus Christ, the priest of God, representing God to the nations of the saved. There also are many who were born of Gentile parents. There are many people in the Church who were born of the race of physical Israel. It consists of people who were chosen in Christ before the creation of the world. The Christian Church is the elect of God. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:13)Īnd they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. PERFECTING THE CHURCH That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish. It is possible that Christ will employ a “firstfruits” of the Church to bring about the completeness and perfection He requires of His whole Body. The Christian Church is destined to become perfect and perfectly united in Christ in God. The term church means “called out from.” Each true saint has been called out from among the peoples of the earth in order that he or she may become, through the Lord Jesus, a priest of God, representing God to the nations of saved people. Copyright © 2006 Trumpet Ministries, Inc.
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