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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Then what is the point of the term "the proper ground"?
If Jesus purchased the ground, then it belongs to Him and Jezebel has no standing on it. Hence his word that He has this against them that they tolerate the woman Jezebel, since she has no standing to be there they shouldn't have tolerated her.
Obviously if your "proper ground" is the boundary of a city you will have Jezebel's inside the boundary, you have a worldly ground.
But if the proper ground is the ground purchased by Jesus redemption, then there is absolutely no reason why Jezebel would have any right to stand on that ground.
The only sign given of a "true church" is the sign of Jonah.
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I think you are confusing the difference between the foundation of the building which is Christ, and the ground which the building rests upon which is the locality.
Jesus spoke to the church in Thyatira about Jezebel. Suppose that the church had two denominations - Lutheran and Baptist. Suppose that Jezebel was tolerated in the Baptist church but not the Lutheran church. To whom does Jesus's words apply? It must be to both churches, because his letter was addressed to Thyatira, not to the baptists or the Lutherans alone.