The New Testament believers did not invite unbelievers to assemble with them when they met together each Sabbath. They assembled in their homes each Sabbath for spiritual instruction and support. Unbelievers were not a part of that assembly—the ekklesia. There was no such thing as a “church” then, as “church” is an invention of christianity … Read more
Why? The Lord’s house WAS the physical temple in Jerusalem, which was a foreshadow of Messiah’s bride (1 Corinthians 6:19). With the giving of the new covenant (Acts 2), the physical foreshadow of the temple was no longer necessary, as the covenant now indwells Messiah’s bride, not a building. As we’re told in Acts 7:48, … Read more
The more my understanding is illuminated by the Holy Spirit, the greater my comprehension is of the physical foreshadows in scripture that represent future-revealed spiritual real substances. In scripture, the physical is used often as a foreshadow of the spiritual, but the physical typically provides greater levels of detail, allowing much better understanding of the … Read more