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Originally Posted by Shawn
The universal church takes nothing away from the local aspect; it is just two views of the same thing; one view from our communities, the other from the third heavens, outside of time and from His throne!
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I just continue to disagree. (gruesome deadhorse smiley goes here)
The doctrine of "universal church" is illogical, impractical and unscriptural and the superimposition of the concept on all the verses concerning the assembly becomes a distraction and even an annulling of the reality of the assembly.
If you think that verse is the "universal church" you never consider what it means that it really just speaks concerning those gathered around you.
And what God sees from His throne is the New Jerusalem which surrounds Him.
There is no "universal church" in eternity...