Numbers
11:29
“Would to God that all of the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put His Spirit[1]
on all of them!”
Prayer
... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Numbers
11:16-17, 24-29 (KJV Paraphrase)
“The Lord said to Moses, “Gather seventy men around
Me from among the elders of Israel: men whom you know to be the elders of the
people, officers over them; bring them to the tent of the congregation, so that
they may stand there with you. I will
come down and talk with you there: I will take the Spirit[2] which is on you, putting
it on them; they shall share the burden of the people with you, so that you do
not need to carry it by yourself.”
“Moses went out, told
the people the words of the Lord,
gathered the seventy men from the elders of the people, and set them around the
tent. Then the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to [Moses], took
the Spirit that was on him, and gave it to the seventy elders: so it came to
pass that, as long as the spirit rested on them, they prophesied without
ceasing. Two men, Eldad and Medad, who were
listed [among the seventy], remained in the camp, yet the Spirit rested
on them as well. Even though they did not
come to the tent; even so, they prophesied in the camp. A young man ran to tell Moses, “Eldad and
Medad prophesy in the camp.” Joshua the
son of Nun, Moses’ servant, a member of his staff responded, “My lord Moses,
forbid them.” Moses replied, “Are you envious
on my account? Would to God that all of the
Lord’s people were prophets, and
that the Lord would put His Spirit
on all of them!” ”
Fulfillment
“Would
to God that all of the Lord’s
people were prophets, and that the Lord
would put His Spirit on all of them!”
The Lord does exactly
that, He puts His Spirit on all of His
people, beginning in 33 AD, with the birth of The Church. This is an extraordinary thing which is often
neglected.
Around 586 BC, Ezekiel writes concerning this event.[6]
Ezekiel
36:23-27 (KJV Paraphrase)
“I
will sanctify My great Name, which was profaned among the heathen, which you
have profaned among them.[7] Then the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified among you
in their presence. I will take you from
among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into
your own land.[8] Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you
shall be cleansed.[9] I will cleanse you from all your filthiness,
and from all your idols. I will also
give you a new heart, I will put a new Spirit within you: I will take the heart
of stone from your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.[10] I will put My Spirit within you, causing you
to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments, and do them.”[11]
And again:
Ezekiel
37:12-14 (KJV Paraphrase)
“Therefore,
‘Prophesy, saying to them, “Thus says the Lord God,
Behold, O My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. You shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My
people, and brought you up from your graves.
I shall put My Spirit in you; you shall live; and I shall place you in
your own land: then you shall know that I the Lord have declared it, and caused
it,” says the Lord.’ ”[12]
Joel also writes:
Joel
2:28-32 (KJV Paraphrase)
“It
shall come to pass later, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions. I will also pour out My Spirit on the male
and female slaves in those days. I will
show miracles in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and pillars of
smoke. The sun shall be turned to
darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. It shall come to pass, that whoever calls on
the name of the Lord shall be saved:
for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be salvation,[13] as the Lord has promised, and among the remnant
whom the Lord shall call.”[14]
Authority
As soon as Peter decrees, “this is
that,”[15] we are no longer free to
speculate or offer other interpretations.
The Apostolic authority is both clear and final. The Book of Acts continues to focus,
elaborate, and apply this, Peter’s first Apostolic decree. In spite of the certainty of this fact, this
is among the most abused, amplified, argued, bungled, burgled, confused,
debated, denied, disavowed, distorted, embellished, exaggerated, hijacked,
ignored, misinterpreted, persecuted, perverted, purloined, refuted, sensationalized,
stolen, and twisted passages of Scripture.
Nevertheless, its meaning is clear and straightforward. Just read it as it stands.
There is no need for a canonical
authoritative New Testament at this time.
The Holy Ghost Himself continues to authenticate new Christians and
churches as they are joined to The Church.[16]
Soliloquies
What Moses makes clear is that:
†
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
was rare before the coming of Pentecost in 33 AD.
†
Only Prophets received the primary
gift of Inspiration, which enabled them to hear and record their conversations
with God.
†
This Word from God needed
incessant arbitration and explanation which placed an overwhelming physical and
spiritual burden on Moses.
†
God endorsed and empowered
the appointment of seventy elders, the first Sanhedrin, a collegiality of
judges, lesser prophets, who were imbued with the gift of interpretation and
understanding (Bath Kol, secondary inspiration) so that they could arbitrate and
explain Scripture to the people. There
is no evidence whatsoever that any one of these elders left a canonical record.
†
These seventy men spoke
with ecstatic utterance as a confirmation of the fact that they alone were
permitted to assist Moses, Aaron, and Joshua with the administration of
Yahweh’s kingdom. We do not know the
exact nature of this ecstatic utterance; however its intent, limit, and purpose
are clear from the context.
Ezekiel makes clear that:
†
The purpose of this
extended gift of the Holy Ghost is a witness to the heathen, people who have
never heard of Yahweh before.
†
Israel-Judea will be
restored as a nation.
†
Israel-Judea will receive a
baptism of sprinkling and their love and lust for idolatry will be broken.
†
Israel-Judea will receive a
tender heart of flesh, to replace their hardened heart of stone.
†
Israel-Judea will receive
the Holy Ghost.
†
Miracles will take place in
which graves will be opened and the dead will be brought to life. Although this is a typology, for the
resurrection of Christ, and the new birth of His Church, which is all of
spiritual Israel, it is literally verified at Christ’s resurrection.
†
The Law will be obeyed in
this new kingdom.
Joel brings to the table that:
†
These spiritual gifts are
bestowed on all flesh, not just Israelites and Jews, but on all who
believe. These are the ones, Paul
assures us, who are the true Israel of God.[17]
†
This great salvation,
including these spiritual gifts, is available for the asking. The only price on the part of believers is
that of calling or praying.[18]
†
Those who respond to this
free offer, paid for by Christ, will be limited in number, a remnant. It is clear that not all ethnic Israelites,
Jews, or heathen will receive the invitation with tender fleshly hearts, and
begin to call on the name of God, stop profaning that name, and in Christ
become obedient to the Law. Only a
remnant will receive this gift of the Holy Ghost.
†
All are invited. They fail to receive, because they refuse to
ask. They do not drink or eat at God’s
table because they reject what is served there.[19] You are invited to come and receive the gift
of life. Please come.
Paul details the outworking of this gift for us:
1
Corinthians 12 (KJV Paraphrase)
“Concerning
spiritual gifts, colleagues, I would not leave you ignorant. You know that, coming from various nations, you
were led astray with unspeaking idols, by your own leaders. So I want you to understand, that no one
speaking by the Spirit of God is able to curse Jesus; no one is able to say
that Jesus is the Lord, except through the Holy Ghost.[20]
“There
are varieties of gifts, but One Spirit.
There are contrasting and different leaderships, but One Lord. There are complex operations, but One God is
at work behind them all.
“The open
display of the Spirit is given to each Christian for the benefit of all people.[21] To one is given the word of wisdom by the
Spirit; to another, the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another, faith
by the same Spirit; to another, gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another,
the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, discerning of
spirits; to another, various human languages; to another, the interpretation of
languages.
“Yet,
all of these function because of that One Selfsame Spirit, Who distributes to each
Christian individually as He wishes. As
the body is a whole, having many organs and systems, all the organs and systems
of that united body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
“By One
Spirit we are all baptized into one body; whether we are Jews or from other
nations; whether we are slaves or free; we have been all made to partake of One
Spirit: for the body is not one member, but many.
“If
the foot shall say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body;” is it
therefore not part of the body? If the
ear shall say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a member of the body;” is it
therefore not a member of the body? If
the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were hearing, where would be
the sense of smell?
“Yet God
has created every one of the organs and systems of the body, according to His
own pleasure. If they were all the same member,
where would the body be? Now all of them
are the multitude of members, forming one body.
“The
eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I have no
need of you.”[22]
“No,
much more those members of the body, which seem to be feeblest, are most
essential. Those members of the body,
which we think to be without honor, upon these we should lavish more abundant
honor; and our ugly features should be renowned for their beauty: for our beautiful
features have no need of praise. God has
designed the body as a whole, giving more abundant honor to the features which seem
to lack honor.[23]
“Thus,
there should be no schism[24] in the body; rather that
the members should have mutual care for each another. When one member suffers, all the members
suffer with it. If one member is
honored, all the members rejoice with it.
“You
are the body of Christ, and members in particular. God has set some in The Church, first Apostles,
second prophets, third teachers, after that miracle workers, then healers, helpers,
administrators, linguists. Are all Apostles?
Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers? Do all have the skills for healing? Are all skilled linguists, or knowledgeable interpreters?
“Covet
earnestly the best gifts: and yet I show you a more excellent way.”[25]
Conclusion
“We
believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.”
This is The Church where the Holy
Ghost, “speaks by the Prophets.”[27] This is The Church, which is built on the
foundation of Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief
Cornerstone.[28]
Vain
Protests
Yet, what are we told? This is a spiritual unity, not a visible
one. Or, this used to apply, but it no
longer applies in this age. Or, you can
only have this by…. Whatever dodge,
excuse, or smokescreen is put up in order to disobey this command to unity, it
is false, an unvarnished lie. We do not
attend invisible buildings, to conduct invisible baptisms, listen to invisible
preachers with invisible Bibles, and receive invisible communion.[29] Paul contrasts our universal disobedience to
idolatry[30] and demonism[31]. Yet, dozens of ways prevail to deny that this
has any application in The Church[32] today.
Call
to Communion
Oh, if all Catholics, Orthodox, and
Protestants would take this to heart, would come together and insist that
corrupted members seek repentance. Would
to God that we would take this call to Unity to heart. Not in a Unity of compromise. Not in a Unity of domination. Rather in a Unity of Life. Instead of behaving like brothers and sisters
in Christ, we behave like 30,000 species of Donatists or Novatianists, each
pulling the One Body of Christ to pieces by our willful behavior.
[1] Ghost,
Matthew 1:18, 20; 3:11; 12:31, 32; 28:19; Mark 1:8; 3:29; 12:36; 13:11;
Luke 1:15, 35, 41, 67; 2:25, 26; 3:16, 22; 4:1; 12:10, 12;
John 1:33; 7:39; 14:26; 20:22; Acts 1:2, 5, 8, 16; 2:4, 33, 38; 4:8, 31; 5:3,
32; 6:3, 5; 7:51, 55; 8:15, 17, 18, 19; 9:17, 31; 10:38, 44, 45, 47; 11:15, 16,
24; 13:2, 4, 9, 52; 15:8, 28; 16:6; 19:2, 2, 6; 20:23, 28; 21:11; 28:25; Romans
5:5; 9:1; 14:17; 15:13, 16; 1 Corinthians 2:13 (?); 6:19; 12:3; 2 Corinthians
6:6 (?); 13:14 (13); 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 6; 2 Timothy 1:14; Titus 3:5; Hebrews
2:4; 3:7; 6:4; 9:8; 10:15; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 5:7 (8); Jude
1:20
Spirit, Psalm 51:11; Isaiah 63:10, 11; Daniel 4:8, 9, 18;
5:11; Luke 4:1; 11:13; John 1:33; 7:39; Acts 2:4; 1
Corinthians 2:13, 13; 12:3; Ephesians 1:13; 3:5; 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 1
Peter 2:5 (?);
Revelation 21:10 (?)
Πνεύματος, Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:14; John 3:5, 6, 8; Acts 4:25;
8:39; 11:28; 21:4 (possibly the human spirit); Romans 7:6 (?); 8:2, 5, 5, 6,
23; 8:27; 15:19, 30; 1 Corinthians 2:4, 10, 10, 14, 14; 5:4 (?); 12:7, 8; 2
Corinthians 1:22 (?);
3:6, 6 (?), 8 (?), 18; 5:5; 7:1 (?); 13:13;
Galatians 3:14; 5:17, 17 (?);
6:8, 8 (?),
18 (?);
Ephesians 2:2 (Satan); 3:16; 4:3; 6:17; Philippians 1:19 (?); 2:1; 4:23 (?); 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (demon),
13; Philemon 1:25 (?);
Hebrews 4:12 (?);
9:14; James 2:26 (?);
1 Peter 1:2; 3:4 (?);
1 John 3:24; 4:13; Revelation 18:2 (demon)
A question mark indicates that the verse may be discussing
something other than the person of the Holy Ghost, the human spirit,
spirituality, and the like. That being
said, all human beings possess a human spirit, or invisible part of the whole
person. All human beings have not
received the gift of the Holy Ghost. So wherever
a new gift is discussed it must necessarily involve the Holy Ghost in one way
or another.
Word searches were conducted with the following tools:
Wigram, George V., The Englishman’s Greek Concordance of
the New Testament, Ninth Edition (Zondervan, Grand
Rapids, 1840, 1844, 1860, 1885 previous editions and notes, 1903, 1974 reprint)
with earlier credits to the foundational work of G. K. Gillespie.
Bible Gateway, https://www.biblegateway.com/
[2]
The Holy Ghost is not being distributed in pieces or portions; He is not doled
out. Since the Holy Ghost is God, He is also
ubiquitous, so that all of the Holy Ghost is given to each of the seventy: He
comes to each, in all His fullness. This
is one of the major differences between biblical religion and pantheism. Rather the Holy Ghost employs His sovereign
power to direct and limit the abilities of humans through a variety of
spiritual gifts. Partial fullness is
simply impossible. One has either
received the gift of the Holy Ghost from the Father, through the baptism of
Christ, or one has not received that gift at all. It is very clear from this passage that a
distinction is still being made between the spiritual gift of Moses and the
spiritual gifts of the seventy. The
seventy are gifted to administrate, explain, interpret, and judge. Only Moses talks to God, face-to-face, as a
friend: as also other prophets speak to God.
Aaron only comes to God through Moses or through Urim and Thummim. Miriam only leads other women.
[3]
Why 33 AD? There will always be the
unusual person who claims a Wednesday or Thursday Crucifixion. Such ideas are based on the misunderstanding
of Jewish and/or Greek idiom. Primitive
peoples tend to use counting numbers: 1, 2, 3….
It is an error to force modern concepts of more abstract mathematics on
such an idiom. The Church has always
believed that Christ was crucified on Friday.
Modern astronomy has verified that only two possibilities exist for a
Friday Passover, in that general era: 30 AD and 33 AD. While either date may be possible, the later
date provides more time for Jesus to develop His ministry; and less time for
the work of apostleship to develop prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70
AD. Thus we have a preference for 33 AD,
while you may prefer 30 AD, but other dates are not really possible.
[4]
Moses writes in the general period between 1446 (the year of his ordination
before Pharaoh and Israel, at age 80) and 1406 (the year of his disappearance,
at age 120). It is likely that Moses
died around 1406. However, the record
accurately reports that he simply went up the mountain, nobody ever saw him
again, and his body was never found: else Joshua and the Israelites would have
brought his body into the Promised Land and given Moses the dignified burial
that he deserved, humanly speaking.
[5] We
ought not think that this gift of prophecy is like that of Moses. We must make a distinction between the gift
of Prophecy and the gift of prophecy.
What Moses does before 1406 and Peter does 1450 years later is
absolutely unlike what others are doing at the same time. There is a wide gulf fixed between the voice
of Authority which speaks, and understanding that Authority. Acts 2:16-21
[6]
Ezekiel writes after Yahweh’s Shəkinah has deserted Israel-Judah in
chapters 10 and 11; see especially verses 11:17-21, 24.
[7]
The Israelites and Jews, who were commanded to keep, and had the privilege of
keeping God’s name sacred before the watching world, had become the most
notorious abusers of it. This is among
God’s principal complaints against them, and a major reason for the destruction
of their divided nation. After their
return, the restoration of their nation will never again be free: even after
Babylon it remains in a state of slavery to Persia, Greece, and Rome, until
Rome destroys it in 70 AD.
[8]
When the Israelites and Jews returned to Jerusalem around 516 BC, God had
removed the love and lust for idolatry from those who returned: only a remnant
returned. Nevertheless, the majority of
these returning refugees may be characterized as still having hearts of
stone. This is evidenced by the Pharisees,
for whom religion was only a matter of ritual performance and sets of rules or
traditions; as well as the Sadducees for whom religion was only a matter of the
exercise of physical earthly power, without any eternal meaning. The hearts of stone would not be broken for a
remnant of the remnant, until Pentecost, 33 AD.
[9]
This is clearly a baptism by sprinkling.
[10]
The receiving of the new and tender heart is associated with the giving of the
Holy Ghost, as well as with baptism.
Even the disciples are locked in unbelief prior to Pentecost. Only Mary of Bethany, who washed His feet
with her tears, and a handful of others, have realized and believed the full
impact of Jesus’ words. The rest are
held captive, spellbound in stunned disbelief.
What Jesus was saying was not really true, was it? The mental process of the disciples does not
differ from ours: how frequently have we retained lessons learned by rote, only
to have much fuller understanding flash into view, years later. This kind of understanding requires the
additional gift of baptism with the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 16:22; Mark 8:32
[11] Please
note that the outcome of receiving this new heart is genuine obedience to the
Law, not ritual obedience, and not ceremonial unbelief.
[12] The
occupation of the Holy Land by the Jews, around 516 BC, appears to be a dead or
dying precursor. Similarly, the
occupation of the Holy Land by the Jews today shows little indication of
spiritual life: it’s just another secular nation, having no eternal
consequence. Matthew records the
fulfillment of the first fruits of this prophecy for us. In Matthew a portion of the dead are
raised. This is a typology for the
resurrection of all the dead, beginning with Adam and Eve. Among other things, this typology also
signifies the spiritual deadness of us all: for before the Holy Ghost comes to
us, we are as good as dead: we have no eternal land, no place of rest. It is the remnant from among the Israelites
and Jews who receive the gift of the Promised Land. In the fullness of this prophecy the
boundaries of this Promised Land are extended until they embrace the whole
earth. Paul’s promise in Roman’s
11:11-36 is either still in the future, or hidden from our eyes by God. Matthew 27:50-54; Acts 1:5-8; Ephesians 6:1-3
[13]
The emphasis and focus has now turned away from earthly Jerusalem and Zion to
heavenly Jerusalem and Zion, the eternal city of God (Revelation 21). This transition is not news, it is a clear
emphasis and focus of the Psalms (for example: Psalm 51, NB that David is among
the few who have the gift of the Holy Ghost for prophetic utterance, primary Inspiration). Even in Moses, we understand that the earthly
duties and performances of the Israelites and Jews were nothing more than an
earthly model of a greater heavenly reality (Exodus 25:9, 40; Hebrews 8:5).
[14]
Acts 2:16-21; also Obadiah 1:15-21; Romans 10:13
[15]
Acts 2:16
[16]
NB that in Acts 8, the Holy Ghost is received separately, which is always
possible; yet, in almost all other cases the Holy Ghost is given integrally
with baptism. It is the Holy Ghost Who
authenticates the Apostolic presence, and not the other way around. A church might very well form and function
without the presence of Apostles, although without validated officers. It is impossible that a church form and
function without the presence of the Holy Ghost. This puts to silence all those who claim that
the Holy Ghost is less than the necessary and sufficient condition for the
fullness of churches: that somehow or other an oral tradition must be added to
make churches complete. What we see
here, as well as elsewhere in Acts, is that oral tradition would grow from the
lives of such churches. Churches did not
spring authentically or equally from the pre-existence of an oral tradition. What churches had received and believed
previously was the Word of God: that is the Old Testament (verses 14,
30-35). It is not critical to this
process that the New Testament is neither complete, nor universally available. Acts 8:15, 17, 18, 19, 39
[17] I
am a true Jew. I am both baptized and
circumcised in the heart. It is neither
the cutting of the flesh nor the washing of the skin with water that matters. It is only the work of Christ in baptizing
with the Holy Ghost and fire that matters.
Romans 2:28-29
[18]
Such calling has been the faithful practice of a few since the evening after Cain
and Abel. Genesis 4:26; 12:8
[19] All
may have come aboard Noah’s ark or arks (as many arks as necessary could have
been built). The demand was such, that
only one ark was necessary. All were
invited to prepare for the flood: they were warned 120 years in advance
(Genesis 6:3). They willfully chose
death, rather than life. The same thing
is true today; people simply have a preference for death. Psalms 116:9-19; Isaiah 55:1-3
[20]
This is not about mere speech. Anybody
can mouth words. This is about the
sincerity of the heart in declaration.
When Cesar’s soldier is about to remove your head, it takes spiritual
power not to cave, in terror; in the face of cruel beatings and death to
continue to insist that “Jesus is Lord.”
Call to mind Daniel in the lion’s den, and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
before the fiery furnace. It takes more
than human strength and will power to man or woman up in situations like
this. Consider also John the Baptist, Saints
Felicitas & Perpetua, or the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. This is why confession under the duress of
martyrdom has always been considered a proof of sainthood. This is not a nice passage about the ease of
spiritual life. This is a hard passage
about the bloody cost and suffering of spiritual life. Christ’s exclusive baptism of the Spirit is
always accompanied with the baptism of fire.
[21]
Not just all of The Church or all Christians.
One of the major purposes of spiritual gifts, is the lifting up of the
whole world to God in Christ. Nowhere is
this more evident than in the life of Tabitha, whose evangelistic gift of
sewing brings many to faith. Acts
9:36-42
[22]
Christ, the head cannot deny His own body and bride: it is simply an
impossibility.
[23]
The quintessential ancient organ of honor is the liver, because it is the
weightiest organ in the body. Even
though it is visually ugly, the ancients held it in high esteem because they
understood something of its indispensability for life, and it was weighty. Similarly, the brain, heart, and lungs are
not pleasant to look at: yet who can live without them. Moreover, whoever considers appearance more
important than chest, head, or stomach pains? Everything else is subordinate when these
ache. Psalm 139:13-16
[24]
There is simply no credible excuse that can stand before God; there is no
excuse for the 30,000 or so schisms that rend The Church in tatters today. This is disgusting. Judges 19, especially verse 29.
[25]
Paul continues his discussion of spiritual gifts for two more chapters;
pointing out that these spiritual gifts are most effective when they are
applied by engaging other people, and by exercising them with control.
Engaging another person with one’s spiritual gifts is a very
loving thing to do and requires all the efforts of Christ centered love. Far from being the nice, warm, and fuzzy
pathway that everybody loves to poeticize out of context; this is the painful process
of pouring out one’s life for another, of taking up one’s cross: it is arduous,
crushing, difficult, and draining. It
saps the life blood from the person striving to love in such a way. 1 Corinthians 13
Exercising one’s spiritual gifts has the goal of building up
The Whole Church in love. Anything less
than that goal is out of focus and misdirected.
Gifts that are exercised without considering such a goal might as well
be a diseased appendix. No one is gifted
for self-pleasure or self-service. It is
the healthy functioning of the whole unified body that matters. 1 Corinthians 14
[26]
for example, Ephesians 4
[27]
Nicene Creed, third paragraph, last sentence.
The Holy Ghost speaks by the prophets.
[28]
There is only one temple: not a physical earthy one; rather this heavenly
spiritual one of Ephesians 2 and Revelation 21.
Yet this spiritual temple is quite real and visible: led by real and
visible officers, practicing real and visible rites. Ephesians 2:20
[29]
Romans 12:1-10; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
[30] 1
Corinthians 10:14-15
[31] 1
Corinthians 10:18-22
[32]
Hebrews 12:18-29
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