Nope. I think I'll stay right here and stand for the Bible versus its misinterpreters.
I humbly submit that you are standing for your ego on the bible, rather than actually tracing through God’s blessings and seeing the marvelous parallels between the two peoples of God.
Look, I don’t really want to be a hard-ass about this.
However, the tone of the bible is to give a reason for the hope that dwells within us, with meekness (don’t go out of control) and respect (don’t be bull in china closet busting stuff).
We can get SO lost in formalities of wording and definitions that we forget what the witness is there for in the first place. It isn’t so theologians can tickle their prides about what they know.
There are certain broad principles of divine life that can be traced through the entire scripture and that are never violated. “There is no law against God’s love.”
True enough, we don’t have a literal promise to a church here. Ain’t going to say otherwise, either. However we DO have a beautiful illustration of a grace principle that when applied to the church, plays out exactly like I have said. And then when it does, we can follow the consequences to the place in which it lives. By way of applying the analogy, we can and do have the right to use that verse. Not as direct promise, but as illustration of principle. I am surprised you aren’t getting that. I would have expected to see a caution against a literal application then an exhortation to see, appreciate, and use the principle.