Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
For our citizenship or politeuma is in Heaven, Part 5.
Thursday, February 15, 2001
The church is the citizen assembly of the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven; REV 3:12; 21:2,14.
This temple of God will be the historical textbook of the true heroes of history.
The church is the citizen assembly of the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven; REV 3:12; 21:2,14.
Hebrews – speaks of an assembly and church of the first-born enrolled in heaven, HEB 12:22-23.
HEB 12:22-23 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,”
EPH 3:14-15 “For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,”
What the church in conformity with Gods Word ordains on earth will be ratified in the heavenly Jerusalem where God sits as king among His citizen-subjects.
Whenever a Roman went to the market, Roman citizens got everything for half price.
Teaches the Royal Family of God the privileges of the PPOG for the Church-age, and the importance of becoming an invisible hero.
Hegel – “We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.”
Prosperity has a tendency to result in great arrogance, and arrogance always puts Bible doctrine way back in a dark closet, DEU 6:10-12; DEU 8:7-18.
Prosperity, since the times of the Gentiles began, with Rome as the first client nation, is based upon invisible facts, invisible heroship.
He could live in a distance province, but he could enjoy rights, and privileges, and benefits that the wealthiest people around him did not enjoy.