tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147681.post7772659070967011010..comments2024-03-22T08:15:52.097-04:00Comments on BaptistGadfly: Hardshell OriginsStephen Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866698322854892197noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147681.post-8626931598844905952011-05-25T16:52:18.567-04:002011-05-25T16:52:18.567-04:00Dear Follower:
A "city" involves both t...Dear Follower:<br /><br />A "city" involves both the people and the habitation (which includes streets and buildings). The New Jerusalem, properly speaking, is the eternal habitation of the saints, a literal city that is described in the Apocalypse. God has prepared for his people a city. (Heb. 11: 16)<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />StephenStephen Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10866698322854892197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147681.post-90831572926708137202011-05-24T19:42:54.352-04:002011-05-24T19:42:54.352-04:00If I understand the scriptures correctly, then the...If I understand the scriptures correctly, then there is much more to the new Jerusalem than simply "the church." The "church" is not a cause, but an effect, a proof, a visible representation of the (for now) invisible LORD God and His Christ.FolloweroftheLambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179469886300691710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147681.post-71393162909764545012011-05-06T22:25:10.805-04:002011-05-06T22:25:10.805-04:00Dear Follower:
See John Gill's commentary whi...Dear Follower:<br /><br />See John Gill's commentary which states that the heavenly Jerusalem is the church.<br /><br />http://www.freegrace.net/gill/<br /><br />In this chapter Paul contrasts the old and the new covenants and the old Jerusalem with the new, the former being connected with the old covenant and the new with the new covenant. <br /><br /><i>"But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect..."</i> (Heb. 12: 22, 23)<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />StephenStephen Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10866698322854892197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147681.post-47214982133623219862011-05-06T20:38:38.927-04:002011-05-06T20:38:38.927-04:00"But Jerusalem which is above is free, which ..."But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all" Would you please enlarge your statement regarding the church being our spiritual mother in light of Paul's teaching here in Galatians 4.FolloweroftheLambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179469886300691710noreply@blogger.com