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Originally Posted by KL.
One day he gave an answer to a question regarding what is a type or shadow? He said "A shadow is not the reality of a thing … a shadow is in a sense darkness (the absence of light). Consider this if the physical ground of locality (the city - like Jerusalem) is just a type or shadow the local church members are taking a stand in darkness. 1 John 1:5 states … God is light and in him is no darkness at all. How can you Abide in the Vine if you are taking a stand on/in darkness. James 1:17 when talking about God the Father says … with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. For a Christian to take a stand on a shadow (i.e. the physical city) while simultaneously criticizing another Christian for taking a stand on a shadow (i.e. Sabbath day) is the HIGH PEAK OF HYPOCRISY. I took the picture posted here to a meeting one day and some of the local church members understood my point … some of the others saw it and had fire and brimstone coming out of their ears and nostrils. It appears that a picture is truly worth a thousand words …
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Great points
KL, and btw, Welcome to the LCD Forum.
Please consider registering. Your inputs are valuable to the discussion. We have no great teachers here, rather the truth is made known, "
here a little, there a little," (Isa 28.10) as we expose all the leaven of the Recovery.
You have just connected these verses for me Col 2.16-17 and John 4.21-23. Jesus and Paul both faced the same battle which could be summarized as the
great transition from SHADOWS to REALITY. Jesus told the Samaritan woman that the hour is coming when the true worshipers will not worship in a physical place, neither the "right" mountain, nor the right city, nor the right temple/building. Jesus basically defined all true worship --
if you can see it, touch it, or go to it, then it's not real worship -- because real worship and real oneness is in the Spirit.
Apostle Paul went further in Colossians saying that all these things, including feasts and celebrations, are just shadows of things to come. They are not the real thing. Only Christ is the reality, or body, of these shadows.
For the LC's to use city boundaries or fellowship with the LSM Blendeds as their ground of oneness is the same in principle as using the Sabbath to unify us. Instead of uniting us in oneness, both simply divide the body of Christ further.