The church is the assembly of the saints. That most assuredly continues to exist after the second coming. Who do you think populates the new Jerusalem?
By the way, the church today, right now is "a kingdom with a King," and the King's name is not Francis or Jorge, but Jesus. The Pope is merely the King's representative deputy, like the Governor General of Canada is to Elizabeth II.
AMEN.
We have been telling you guys that for ages...And you correct us and insist that the church is an organization of clerics...And, comprised of the wheat AND tares...
The real church is invisible because what is holy in a Christian is inside of the Christian...Can't be seen...
That most assuredly continues to exist after the second coming.
There will be no need for THAT church...The church is the body and bride (to be) on Earth but there is no church as we know it in heaven...No need for faith...No need for hope...No going into the world to preach the gospel...No confessions...The church on earth will have no functioning purpose in heaven...
Who do you think populates the new Jerusalem?
Christians...
By the way, the church today, right now is "a kingdom with a King," and the King's name is not Francis or Jorge, but Jesus. The Pope is merely the King's representative deputy, like the Governor General of Canada is to Elizabeth II.
The only kingdom we have right now is the spiritual kingdom...It has no buildings...It has only temples and those temples are the bodies belonging to believers in Jesus Christ...And Jesus has no representative on Earth other than the Holy Spirit...No self appointed pope...
Jesus is the King but he is not exercising that authority in the physical realm at this time...He is currently our spiritual King...Over a spiritual church...