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Originally Posted by aron
The third thing is the universal Body of Christ. Ephesians 5:25 "Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her". This cannot refer to just one meeting somewhere, but must represent all believers everywhere. At least that is my take.
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My only real quibble with this ever was that the focus on the "Universal" is ALWAYS to the detriment of the "local."
Regardless, I would still contend that the reference here was indeed to just one assembly but simultaneously as to, not "all believers" per se, but all assemblies.
In this sense:
The federal government has authority over the state government.
The idea of "all states" expressed in terms of the singlular but implying, not one giant glom called "The State", but with regard to each individual singular "state" simultaneously.
If you see my point.
It's a relatively small point at the end of the day, I think.
Just makes more of the New Testament make sense to me.