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Originally Posted by Ohio
Then consider some of the LC's. They boasted that they alone were lampstands simply because they possessed the right name.
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I'm not sure they even win the "name game". Consider Corinth. The city is still there, and the Christian faith remains among its citizens. What happened to the lampstand?
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The city of Corinth still exists today, although it is not located at the same site as the city in the days of the apostle Paul. It's downhill and closer to the isthmus and the Gulf of Corinth. It's a great experience
to walk the same streets as Paul in AD 51–to see the market where he preached. The Corinth of today is a medium sized city of 36,000. Its economic importance is less than it was. There is now a canal dug through the isthmus.
This is a marvel of modern engineering. It is up to 150 feet deep, through solid rock. The canal is fairly narrow, making it not particularly important to international shipping, which partially explains why Corinth is only a medium sized city.
John Oakes, PhD
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And I'm not detracting from the "church in Jounieh Lebanon" because the question is, On what basis does one say a city does or doesn't have "a lampstand" there? And, what spirit gives the right to say that?