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Originally Posted by byHismercy
Sorry for going so far off topic, Sonstoglory. May I make a radical suggestion?
There is currently, one church. There is only the body of believers composed of those who have chosen to trust in Christ and receive the Holy Spirit.
There is one city in eternity. The new Jerusalem.
These two things are the one church, one city.
These two are not easily seen by us now, but the spiritual reality of these things is already here. The things we can easily see are just an illusion, in a sense. The denominations are not eternal. Physical cities and deliniations here in earth are temporal. No need to worry about the model set forth by the local church. Just another deception that the Lord needs to shine through.
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Not off topic - right on! Agree with all you said. My question is just as it's stated: Is the one church one city a bad idea or unBiblical?
On this forum we get set to immediately throw out anything the LC has taught as being off the mark. So I was wondering if the OCOC teaching is clearly represented in the Bible - for example, "the church in Ephesus" - or is it a made up teaching? (or is that maybe too simplistic?)