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[[File:Jesusfeeds.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The [[Church]] as the [[Body of Christ]] by the way of the service of the [[Ministers]], in but not of the [[World]], and the [[Charity]] of the people through [[Freewill offerings]] provided a [[Daily ministration]] of love. [[Pure Religion]] is where the entire social [[Welfare]] of the [[Christian]] society is made manifest through the [[Perfect law of liberty]]. [[Christians]] would not have you pray to the [[Fathers]] of the earth nor eat of the [[Altars]] of their [[Temples]]. See Chapter 15. of the book ''[[COg|The Covenants of the gods]]''
[[File:Jesusfeeds.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The [[Church]] as the [[Body of Christ]] or "Corpus of Christ" established by Him. It functions by those following [[The Way]] of service of the people and [[Ministers]], in but not of the [[World]].<Br>what [[world]]?<Br> The means and method of the body of Christ was through the [[Charity]] of the people by way of [[Freewill offerings]] given in [[love]] to provide a [[Daily ministration]].<Br>[[Pure Religion]] is where the entire social [[Welfare]] of the [[Christian]] society is made manifest through the [[Perfect law of liberty]]. [[Christians]] would not have you pray to the '''[[Fathers]] of the earth''' nor eat the [[dainties]] of rulers from the [[tables]] of their [[Temples]].<Br> See Chapter 15. of the book ''[[COg|The Covenants of the gods]]''
'''[http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php Body of Christ vs the Body of the State]'''.]]
'''[http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php Body of Christ vs the Body of the State]'''.]]
== The Body of Christ ==
== The Body of Christ ==


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: [[Ephesians 4]]:12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:</Ref> in the Bible:
: [[Ephesians 4]]:12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:</Ref> in the Bible:


We need to understand the phrase "body of Christ" and why it would not be a part of the [http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php body of the State].
We need to understand the phrase "body of Christ" and why it would not be a part of the [[world]] or even a part of the [http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php body of the State].
 
 
 
{{Politeuma}}


== What makes a body a body? ==
== What makes a body a body? ==


The Greek term used to produce the word we see as ''body'' in the translation is 4983 σῶμα ''soma'' from the Greek verb σώζω~ sozo meaning "to save, keep safe and sound", and which is from the contraction for the obsolete saos, "safe"
The Greek term used to produce the word we see as ''body'' in the translation is σῶμα ''soma'' <Ref>{{4983}} </Ref>from the Greek verb σώζω~ sozo meaning "to save, keep safe and sound", and which is from the contraction for the obsolete saos, "safe"
   
   
It is consistently translated ''body'' 144 times, but appears as ''slaves'' in Revelation 18:13 "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves<σῶμα ''soma''>, and souls of men."
It is consistently translated ''body'' 144 times, but appears as ''slaves'' in [[Revelation 18]]:13 "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves<σῶμα ''soma''>, and souls of men."


The book is listing off items owned by the ''merchants of the earth''<Ref>[[Revelation 18]]:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
The book is listing off items owned by the ''merchants of the earth''<Ref>[[Revelation 18]]:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
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While the Greek term ''soma'' σῶμα is defined as "the body both of men or animals" or even "the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)" as a collective of independent bodies united in some invisible binding power or union such as gravity.
While the Greek term ''soma'' σῶμα is defined as "the body both of men or animals" or even "the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)" as a collective of independent bodies united in some invisible binding power or union such as gravity.


It is also used as a general term for a "number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body". It may be ''large or small'', corporate or incorporate and evidently may even be ''mystical''.  
It is also used as a general term for a "number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body". It may be ''large or small'', corporate or incorporate and evidently may even be ''mystical''.  
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The word “Corporation (Latin corpus, a body)" is defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” <Ref>Bouvier’s Law Dictionary</Ref>
The word “Corporation (Latin corpus, a body)" is defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” <Ref>Bouvier’s Law Dictionary</Ref>


In the case of the Church as the ''corpus of Christ'' the state was the King of the citizens of Judea, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Highest son of David.  
In the case of the Church as ''[[the corpus]] of Christ,'' the state was the King of the citizens of Judea, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Highest son of David.  
 
He alone established the Church. Jesus did that when he said "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;".<Ref>Luke 22:29</Ref> Jesus did not appoint all the people but only His '''[[little flock]]''' as he told them he would.<Ref>Luke 12:32 Fear not, [[little flock]]; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</Ref>
 
So where do the people fit into this whole body of Christians?


He alone established the Church.
The term '''''[[elder]]''''' is not an office of the Church but an office of the family. The head of every household was the elder of a family. The apostles did not appoint men to be [[elder]]s of the Church but appointed men who were [[elder]]s to help with the work of the Church. Until people understand that they were the elders they may have difficulty in comprehending the role of the [[eldership]] in a community of Christians.


Is the Church already created by Jesus Christ, according to the [[Church legally defined|legal definition of a church]]?   
Is the Church already created by Jesus Christ, according to the [[Church legally defined|legal definition of a church]]?   


If to “Incorporate" is "To create a corporation; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons.” Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 946.
If to “Incorporate" is "To create a corporation; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons.” Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 946.


And  
And  
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The question is where is His Church which is already incorporated as His corporate franchise upon the earth?
The question is where is His Church which is already incorporated as His corporate franchise upon the earth?


 
The Church established by Christ and appointed by Him to His [[little flock]],<Ref>Lu 12:32 Fear not, [[little flock]]; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</Ref>  was an actual corporate body, much like the Levites before them appointed by Moses.   
The Church established by Christ and appointed by Him to His little flock,<Ref>Lu 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</Ref>  was an actual corporate body, much like the Levites before them appointed by Moses.   


They served the tents of the congregations of the people as a government that did not ''exercise authority one over the other'' but by [[Freewill offerings]].  
They served the tents of the congregations of the people as a government that did not ''exercise authority one over the other'' but by [[Freewill offerings]].  
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What was given to the Levites by the people, like the offerings of the people to the ministers of Christ, was both freely given and completely given.
What was given to the Levites by the people, like the offerings of the people to the ministers of Christ, was both freely given and completely given.


The body of ministers amongst the Levites and the body of ministers amongst the early Church, both of whom became the [[Benefactors]] who did not exercise authority but rightly divided the bread of those [[Freewill offerings]] from house to house.<Ref>Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref>
=== Bureaucracy of liberty ===
 
If a ''bureaucracy'' is "a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives" then in one sense the [[elder]]s in [[free assemblies]] form the ''bureaucracy'' of the [[kingdom of God]] because in a [[network]] of individual home [[congregations]] gathered in tens as [[commanded]] by Christ which form "a system of government in which most of the important decisions"'' are made by the people in a state of liberty rather than by elected representatives''.
 
The body of ministers [[called out]] by [[Moses]] in [[Israel]] consisted of the [[Church in the wilderness]] who were the [[Levites]] and the body of ministers [[called out]] by Christ was the [[early Church]].  


Both of whom became the [[Benefactors]] who ''did not [[exercise authority]]'' but ''rightly divided the bread'' of those [[Freewill offerings]] from house to house.<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref>
If a minister fails to do a good job the people have the power to shift support to those who are doing things better. The free-market principles applied to government [[the way]] to liberty.
Today, many people calling themselves Christian pray to "the [[Fathers]] of the earth" and the men who call themselves [[Benefactors]] but [[exercise authority]] one over the other.
They must love their neighbor as themselves with "[[fervent charity]]" and not desire the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] ''that make the word of God to none effect'' and the [[wages of unrighteousness]].
That [[welfare]] provided by [[legal charity]] is a [[snare]] and makes them [[merchandise]] and curse children through [[covetous practices]].
Once you understand the role of [[minister]] and [[elder]] you can take a look at what [[Pure Religion]] means and how it was the [[daily ministration]].


== The body of the Family ==
== The body of the Family ==
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A corporation can be defined as two or more people gathered together under a preexisting authority for a particular purpose as if they were one person.
A corporation can be defined as two or more people gathered together under a preexisting authority for a particular purpose as if they were one person.


By that definition a family is a corporation.  But we do not generally use that term to describe a family, not because a "Corporation" is also defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” but because a “Corporation" is also defined as "An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state.  An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity.”<Ref>Black’s Law Dictionary 6th ed. A corporation is a legal entity created by a state.</Ref>
By that definition, a family is a corporation.  But we do not generally use that term to describe a family, not because a "Corporation" is also defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” but because a “Corporation" is also defined as "An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state.  An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity.”<Ref>Black’s Law Dictionary 6th ed. A corporation is a legal entity created by a state.</Ref>




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: “For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” (Ro 12:4, 5)
: “For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” (Ro 12:4, 5)


The kingdom of God and the Church are not a democracy where fifty one percent of the people can rule over the rest.
The [[kingdom of God]] and the Church are not a democracy where fifty-one percent of the people can rule over the rest.


The Kingdom of God like ''the Church in general'' is a community bound by a ''communion'' of love rather than a social contract between each other where one has authority over the other.
The Kingdom of God like ''the Church in general'' is a community bound by a ''communion'' of love rather than a social contract between each other where one has authority over the other.
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16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.</Ref> and cannot belong to another master.<Ref>Luke 16:13  No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</Ref> If they did then the second master would have authority over the Church.<Ref>Numbers 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.</Ref>
16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.</Ref> and cannot belong to another master.<Ref>Luke 16:13  No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</Ref> If they did then the second master would have authority over the Church.<Ref>Numbers 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.</Ref>


The congregation remains free to choose. Some may have bound themselves to the world boy [[CCC|covenants and contracts or constitutions]]. The ministers of the Church acting as His Church are under a legal ''infirmity''<Ref>Infirmity. Flaw, defect, or weakness.
The congregation remains free to choose. Some may have bound themselves to the world by [[CCC|covenants and contracts or constitutions]]. The ministers of the Church acting as His Church are under a legal ''infirmity''<Ref>Infirmity. Flaw, defect, or weakness.
In a legal sense, the term infirmity is used to mean any imperfection that renders a particular transaction void or incomplete. For example, if a deed drawn up to transfer ownership of land contains an erroneous description of it, an infirmity exists in the transaction.West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.</Ref> because they have no inheritance in the land, no personal estate much like the Levites before them.<Ref>Numbers 18:20  And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
In a legal sense, the term infirmity is used to mean any imperfection that renders a particular transaction void or incomplete. For example, if a deed drawn up to transfer ownership of land contains an erroneous description of it, an infirmity exists in the transaction. West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.</Ref> because they have no inheritance in the land, no personal estate much like the Levites before them.<Ref>Numbers 18:20  And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Numbers 18:23  But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:23  But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
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The Levites owned land<Ref>Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.</Ref> but like the ministers of the Church they owned all things in common.<Ref>Acts 2:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
God has always advocated a private ownership of the means of production by the individual and their families<Ref>[[Leviticus 25]]:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.</Ref>The [[Levites]], who were a part of this system of self-[[government]] called the [[Kingdom of God]], owned land in common<Ref>Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.</Ref> which was like the ministers of the [[early Church]] who owned ''all things in common'' <Ref>[[Acts 2]]:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;</Ref> which allowed for the [[charitable practices]] of that christian society through the [[perfect law of liberty]] of the people, by the people, and for the people.<Ref>[[Acts 4]]:32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.</Ref>
Acts 4:32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.</Ref>
 
It was the [[Nimrod]]s and [[Cain]]s of the [[world]] who were the '''[[benefactors]]''' of force rather than [[charity]] and ''[[fathers]] of the earth'' who sought the [[One purse]] concept of [[socialism]]. '''[[Was Jesus a socialist|Jesus was not a socialist]]'''. The [[Church legally defined]] is ''"one form of government"'' that does not rule over the people. It is to provide a charitable [[Corban]] that makes the word of God to effect and sets the captive free.


While the ministers are one body the congregants of the congregation are [[Free Assemblies|free assemblies]]. They are not bound like an unincorporated association, neither congregant to congregant nor congregant to minister. But minister and congregation while separate legally they are spiritually bound in the free will choices of His Spirit. They are one body because they have or seek one righteous [[Father]] who are in Heaven. The Church is to be His servant and serve the people by His command as [[Benefactors]] who do not exercise authority over the people.
While the ministers are [[One Body]] the congregants of the congregation are [[Free Assemblies|free assemblies]]. They are not bound like an unincorporated association, neither congregant to congregant nor congregant to minister. But minister and congregation while separate legally they are spiritually bound in the free will choices of His Spirit. They are one body because they have or seek one righteous [[Father]] who are in Heaven. The Church is to be His servant and serve the people by His command as [[Benefactors]] who do not exercise authority over the people.


“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.. But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.” (1 Co 2:12, 20)
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.. But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.” (1 Co 2:12, 20)
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The congregants are members of families for the kingdom of God is from ''generation to generation''.<Ref>Da 4:3  How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
The congregants are members of families for the kingdom of God is from ''generation to generation''.<Ref>Da 4:3  How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
Da 4:34  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Da 4:34  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
La 5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Isa 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.Lu 1:50 And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation to generation.</Ref>
La 5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Isa 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Lu 1:50 And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation to generation.</Ref>
 


== The Corporation of Christ ==
== The Corporation of Christ ==
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: “Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:7)
: “Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:7)


“Corporation. All corporation, of whatever kind, are molded and controlled, both as to what they may do and the manner in which they may do it, by their charters or acts of incorporation, which to them are the laws of their being, which they can neither dispense with nor alter.”<Ref>Bovier’s Law Dictionary.</Ref>  
“Corporation. All corporations, of whatever kind, are molded and controlled, both as to what they may do and the manner in which they may do it, by their charters or acts of incorporation, which to them are the laws of their being, which they can neither dispense with nor alter.”<Ref>Bovier’s Law Dictionary.</Ref>  


: “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus?” (Romans 9:20)
: “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus?” (Romans 9:20)
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==State Churches==
==State Churches==


Today, ''legal churches'' are not incorporated in the Body of Christ, but in the [http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php Body of the State]... of the [[World]] and other man made governments as corporations of the State.  The sacerdotal duties that the [[Modern Christians|modern churches]] still perform are done so by the authority vested in them by the State. And the ministers are not separate but are of the [[World]].
Today, ''legal churches'' are not incorporated in the Body of Christ, but in the [http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog15bvb.php Body of the State]... of the [[World]] and other man-made governments as corporations of the State.  The sacerdotal duties that the [[Modern Christians|modern churches]] still perform are done so by the authority vested in them by the State. And the ministers are not separate but are of the [[World]].


We need to take a deeper look at how and why the Church functioned as it did and how it differed from what is posing as the [[Church]] today.
We need to take a deeper look at how and why the Church functioned as it did and how it differed from what is posing as the [[Church]] today.
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They still claim their right to tithes, but have relinquished the obligation of the [[Daily ministration]] to the State which [[Exercises authority|exercises authority]], having squandered the tithing of the people on themselves.
They still claim their right to tithes, but have relinquished the obligation of the [[Daily ministration]] to the State which [[Exercises authority|exercises authority]], having squandered the tithing of the people on themselves.


Also because the [[Modern Christians|modern churches]] are not actually serving the people the people themselves have often incorporated themselves to the State by applying for its [[Welfare|welfare]] which was a snare and a trap.
Also because the [[Modern Christians|modern churches]] are not actually serving the people themselves have often incorporated themselves to the State by applying for its [[Welfare|welfare]] which was a snare and a trap.


If we will [[Repent]] and began to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness by gathering in His name to care for one another in faith, hope and charity according to the perfect law of liberty then God will bless us with His Grace.
If we will [[Repent]] and began to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness by gathering in His name to care for one another in faith, hope and charity according to the perfect law of liberty then God will bless us with His Grace.
== Body in Christ ==
The word body and the word Christ show up in the same verse in the Bible 17 times<Ref>Romans 7:4  Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
: Romans 8:10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
: Romans 12:5  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
: 1 Corinthians 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
: 1 Corinthians 12:12  For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
: 1 Corinthians 12:27  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
: 2 Corinthians 5:10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
: 2 Corinthians 12:2  I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
: Ephesians 3:6  That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
: Ephesians 4:12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
: Ephesians 5:23  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
: Philippians 1:20  According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Colossians 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
: Colossians 2:11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
: Colossians 2:17  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
: 1 Thessalonians 5:23  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
: Hebrews 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.</Ref>
Four times it appears as '''Body of Christ'''.<Ref>Romans 7:4  Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
1 Corinthians 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:27  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Ephesians 4:12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:</Ref>
In [[Romans 12]]:5 we see '''body in Christ''', "So we, [being] many, are one '''body in Christ''', and every one members one of another."


Chapter 15. of the book [[COg|The Covenants of the gods]]<Br>
Chapter 15. of the book [[COg|The Covenants of the gods]]<Br>
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The Church as the Body of Christ or "Corpus of Christ" established by Him. It functions by those following The Way of service of the people and Ministers, in but not of the World.
what world?
The means and method of the body of Christ was through the Charity of the people by way of Freewill offerings given in love to provide a Daily ministration.
Pure Religion is where the entire social Welfare of the Christian society is made manifest through the Perfect law of liberty. Christians would not have you pray to the Fathers of the earth nor eat the dainties of rulers from the tables of their Temples.
See Chapter 15. of the book The Covenants of the gods Body of Christ vs the Body of the State.


The Body of Christ

There are a great deal of doctrines created by men based on little more than a few places that we see the phrase "body of Christ"[1] in the Bible:

We need to understand the phrase "body of Christ" and why it would not be a part of the world or even a part of the body of the State.


Politeuma

With the use of the Greek noun politeuma[2] in Philippians Paul is literally saying that our "administration of civil affairs", our citizenship is not of the "world" of Rome but is in the kingdom of heaven[3] which was appointed[4] by Jesus the Christ who was another king[5] of those who would repent, seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness of God.

You should not be led to think that Paul is suggesting we are supposed to merely "talk to heaven" by this misleading translation of politeuma[2] when it is clearly defined as "the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth" and is from the term politeuomai[6] defined "to be a citizen" and "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" which we see Paul doing his ministry providing emergency relief and a daily bread for Christians through out the world.

Paul is not merely having a conversation nor was he just being charitable but was conducting the administration of the civil affairs and managing the estate of the Kingdom of God. Early Christians had a daily ministration that was unspotted by the exercising authority of the world of Rome because it was not like the governments of the the gentiles.[7] They ate of the tables of the early Church and not of the tables of covetousness which was idolatry.[8]

Early Christians would not apply for the daily bread of Rome through its public religion of legal charity which was dependent upon covetous practices. The early Church had a system of emergency assistance for Christians when there were dearths in the land.

We see the early Church operating a vast system of welfare through fervent charity all over the Roman Empire even though that was often getting persecuted because they would not sign up for the legal charity and the free bread and dainties offered by the Roman State and its Imperial Cult of Rome. This was the Christian conflict with Rome and many of the city-states.

Understanding the unique use of politeuma[2] and the term politeuomai[6] it may also help to know that they are from the Greek word polites[9] consistently meaning citizen and polis meaning city.[10]

The Modern Church is no longer "A city(polis)[10] that is set on an hill" nor the "light of the world"[11] because they have become of the world because the desire its dainties and are willing to bite one another through the men who call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other.[7]

If all this true the Modern Church and the Modern Christians who follow its pernicious ways[12] can no longer claim to be the Body of Christ.

What makes a body a body?

The Greek term used to produce the word we see as body in the translation is σῶμα soma [13]from the Greek verb σώζω~ sozo meaning "to save, keep safe and sound", and which is from the contraction for the obsolete saos, "safe"

It is consistently translated body 144 times, but appears as slaves in Revelation 18:13 "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves<σῶμα soma>, and souls of men."

The book is listing off items owned by the merchants of the earth[14]

While the Greek term soma σῶμα is defined as "the body both of men or animals" or even "the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)" as a collective of independent bodies united in some invisible binding power or union such as gravity.

It is also used as a general term for a "number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body". It may be large or small, corporate or incorporate and evidently may even be mystical.

The term mystical can be defined as concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things.

When Paul loosely uses the term "body of Christ" is he talking about a specific "Body" with a legal nature or a general body of Christians with a mystical nature.

Is he talking about something with a corporate or spiritual body?


Corpus of God

When we talk about something like the "church" are we talking about a corporate body in the specific sense or in its most general sense?

The word “Corporation (Latin corpus, a body)" is defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” [15]

In the case of the Church as the corpus of Christ, the state was the King of the citizens of Judea, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Highest son of David.

He alone established the Church. Jesus did that when he said "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;".[16] Jesus did not appoint all the people but only His little flock as he told them he would.[17]

So where do the people fit into this whole body of Christians?

The term elder is not an office of the Church but an office of the family. The head of every household was the elder of a family. The apostles did not appoint men to be elders of the Church but appointed men who were elders to help with the work of the Church. Until people understand that they were the elders they may have difficulty in comprehending the role of the eldership in a community of Christians.

Is the Church already created by Jesus Christ, according to the legal definition of a church?

If to “Incorporate" is "To create a corporation; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons.” Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 946.

And

If Jesus was King then He established His Church under that one form of government preached by Him and John and the apostles according to His doctrines and ordinances.

The question is where is His Church which is already incorporated as His corporate franchise upon the earth?

The Church established by Christ and appointed by Him to His little flock,[18] was an actual corporate body, much like the Levites before them appointed by Moses.

They served the tents of the congregations of the people as a government that did not exercise authority one over the other but by Freewill offerings.

What was given to the Levites by the people, like the offerings of the people to the ministers of Christ, was both freely given and completely given.

Bureaucracy of liberty

If a bureaucracy is "a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives" then in one sense the elders in free assemblies form the bureaucracy of the kingdom of God because in a network of individual home congregations gathered in tens as commanded by Christ which form "a system of government in which most of the important decisions" are made by the people in a state of liberty rather than by elected representatives.

The body of ministers called out by Moses in Israel consisted of the Church in the wilderness who were the Levites and the body of ministers called out by Christ was the early Church.

Both of whom became the Benefactors who did not exercise authority but rightly divided the bread of those Freewill offerings from house to house.[19]

If a minister fails to do a good job the people have the power to shift support to those who are doing things better. The free-market principles applied to government the way to liberty.

Today, many people calling themselves Christian pray to "the Fathers of the earth" and the men who call themselves Benefactors but exercise authority one over the other.

They must love their neighbor as themselves with "fervent charity" and not desire the Corban of the Pharisees that make the word of God to none effect and the wages of unrighteousness.

That welfare provided by legal charity is a snare and makes them merchandise and curse children through covetous practices.

Once you understand the role of minister and elder you can take a look at what Pure Religion means and how it was the daily ministration.

The body of the Family

A corporation can be defined as two or more people gathered together under a preexisting authority for a particular purpose as if they were one person.

By that definition, a family is a corporation. But we do not generally use that term to describe a family, not because a "Corporation" is also defined as, "An artificial being created by law and composed of individuals who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination,” but because a “Corporation" is also defined as "An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity.”[20]


The family united under God is a corporation of God.

A family united under Holy Matrimony is united under God while a family united under the state may have a much different status. Under Holy Matrimony and the Canon of the Church the minister is not a party to the union, only the couple and God are parties to the union. In a marriage under the State, the State is clearly a party to the union. Rights under the natural union of Husband and Wife are merged with the power of the State.

The family created by the bonds of that union would be subject to the authority of the State. Since the Church under Christ and by the authority of Christ is not a party to the union in Holy Matrimony the family remains free under God. To maintain that liberty the congregants of the Church and the Ministers must seek to guard the rights and autonomy of every family as much as their own.

“Incorporate. To create a corporation; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons.” [21]

Isn’t the Church already created by Jesus Christ, according to the legal definition of a church?

“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me;” Luke 22:29

Is God not the sovereign power of His Church?

“Establish …To found, to create, to regulate.”[22]

If Jesus was a king and He established His Church under that one form of government with His doctrines and ordinances, then His Church is incorporated as His corporate franchise upon the earth.


But what of the congregation?

If the kingdom was appointed to His "little flock" as His corporate franchise and that little flock was His ministers then what is the whole flock of the people?

And would they be under the authority of the Church ministers?

God forbid![23]

If the ministers of the Church specific was not to exercise authority as Christ said then what is the relationship of the ministers to the congregation of the people and vice versa?

“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” (Ro 12:4, 5)

The kingdom of God and the Church are not a democracy where fifty-one percent of the people can rule over the rest.

The Kingdom of God like the Church in general is a community bound by a communion of love rather than a social contract between each other where one has authority over the other.

That is not to say that they are not bound under legal restraints but those legal restraints are imposed by the one who established the Church.

“Legal… Created by law.”[24]

The Church specific as appointed by Christ who was the highest Son of David and another King[25] is legally separate from the State and the congregation like the Levites were separate from the people of Israel and other nations.[26]

The ministers of the Church belong to God through Christ[27] and cannot belong to another master.[28] If they did then the second master would have authority over the Church.[29]

The congregation remains free to choose. Some may have bound themselves to the world by covenants and contracts or constitutions. The ministers of the Church acting as His Church are under a legal infirmity[30] because they have no inheritance in the land, no personal estate much like the Levites before them.[31]

God has always advocated a private ownership of the means of production by the individual and their families[32]The Levites, who were a part of this system of self-government called the Kingdom of God, owned land in common[33] which was like the ministers of the early Church who owned all things in common [34] which allowed for the charitable practices of that christian society through the perfect law of liberty of the people, by the people, and for the people.[35]

It was the Nimrods and Cains of the world who were the benefactors of force rather than charity and fathers of the earth who sought the One purse concept of socialism. Jesus was not a socialist. The Church legally defined is "one form of government" that does not rule over the people. It is to provide a charitable Corban that makes the word of God to effect and sets the captive free.

While the ministers are One Body the congregants of the congregation are free assemblies. They are not bound like an unincorporated association, neither congregant to congregant nor congregant to minister. But minister and congregation while separate legally they are spiritually bound in the free will choices of His Spirit. They are one body because they have or seek one righteous Father who are in Heaven. The Church is to be His servant and serve the people by His command as Benefactors who do not exercise authority over the people.

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.. But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.” (1 Co 2:12, 20)


Congregations are not corporate.

Nor are Congregants‎ members of an unincorporated association.

The congregants are members of families for the kingdom of God is from generation to generation.[36]

The Corporation of Christ

A corporation is an entity of the state and its statutes as the Church is an entity of Christ or Corporation of Christ and subject to His statutes and ordinances but the congregation should remain free because the congregant remains free.[37]

“Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:7)

“Corporation. All corporations, of whatever kind, are molded and controlled, both as to what they may do and the manner in which they may do it, by their charters or acts of incorporation, which to them are the laws of their being, which they can neither dispense with nor alter.”[38]

“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus?” (Romans 9:20)

When Christ appointed a kingdom or one form of government upon His disciples making them His ambassadors He was giving them a Charter as the king of a kingdom.

“Charter. An instrument emanating from the sovereign power, in the nature of a grant, either to the whole nation, or to a class or portion of the people, to a corporation, or to a colony or a dependency, assuring them of certain rights, liberties, or powers… is granted by the sovereign…” [39] “All scripture [is] given by inspiration[40] of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine (2 Tim 3:16). Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?” (Romans 9:20, 21).

While it should be clear that Christ appointed a kingdom, government, to His disciples we may ask:

From where did he get the authority to incorporate the Church:
Jesus, as Soter and Sovereign, incorporated the Church.
What is the sealing act of incorporation for the Church established by Jesus Christ?
Was the sealing act His sacrifice upon the cross and the shedding of His blood?
What are the legal infirmities imposed by Christ on His ministers?

Come out, own nothing as a personal estate, become His separate servant in the world but not of it...

How close must the ministers of Christ conform to those sanctions imposed by Moses?
Mark 3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.


“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me;” Luke 22:29
“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matt 18:20)

Gathering in His name is gathering in His character.

State Churches

Today, legal churches are not incorporated in the Body of Christ, but in the Body of the State... of the World and other man-made governments as corporations of the State. The sacerdotal duties that the modern churches still perform are done so by the authority vested in them by the State. And the ministers are not separate but are of the World.

We need to take a deeper look at how and why the Church functioned as it did and how it differed from what is posing as the Church today.

They are actually serving Caesar as his minister in the case of Marriage vs Holy Matrimony.

They serve the State by making the people feel good about their servitude.

They still claim their right to tithes, but have relinquished the obligation of the Daily ministration to the State which exercises authority, having squandered the tithing of the people on themselves.

Also because the modern churches are not actually serving the people themselves have often incorporated themselves to the State by applying for its welfare which was a snare and a trap.

If we will Repent and began to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness by gathering in His name to care for one another in faith, hope and charity according to the perfect law of liberty then God will bless us with His Grace.

Body in Christ

The word body and the word Christ show up in the same verse in the Bible 17 times[41]

Four times it appears as Body of Christ.[42]

In Romans 12:5 we see body in Christ, "So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another."

Chapter 15. of the book The Covenants of the gods
Body of Christ vs the Body of the State
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
    1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
    1 Corinthians 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
    Ephesians 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 4175 ~πολίτευμα~ politeuma \@pol-it’-yoo-mah\@ from 4176; n n AV-conversation 1; 1
    1) the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth
    2) the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered
    3) a state, commonwealth 3a) the commonwealth of citizens
  3. ↑ Philippians 3:20 For our conversation <4175> is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  4. ↑ Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
  5. ↑ Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus."
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 4176 ~πολιτεύομαι~ politeuomai \@pol-it-yoo’-om-ahee\@ middle voice of a derivative of 4177 polites "the inhabitant of any city or country" from the word polis; v AV-live 1, let (one’s) conversation be 1; 2
    1) to be a citizen
    2) to administer civil affairs, manage the state
    3) to make or create a citizen 3a) to be a citizen 3b) to behave as a citizen 3b1) to avail one’s self of or recognise the laws 3b2) to conduct one’s self as pledged to some law of life"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  8. ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  9. ↑ 4177 ~πολίτης~ polites \@pol-ee’-tace\@ from 4172; n m AV-citizen 3; 3
    1) a citizen
    1a) the inhabitant of any city or country
    1b) the association of another in citizenship
    1b1) a fellow citizen, fellow countryman
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 4172 ~πόλις~ polis \@pol’-is\@ probably from the same as polemos 4171 meaning war, or perhaps from polus 4183 meaning many, much, large; n f AV-city 164; 164
    1) a city
    1a) one’s native city, the city in which one lives
    1b) the heavenly Jerusalem
    1b1) the abode of the blessed in heaven
    1b2) of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire
    1c) the inhabitants of a city
  11. ↑ Matthew 5:14 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
  12. ↑ Pernicious ways
    2 Peter 2:2 "And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."
    2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
    Matthew 24:10 "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
    Matthew 24:24 "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
    Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect."
    1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
    Romans 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
    Matthew 7:14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  13. ↑ 4983 ~σῶμα~ soma \@so’-mah\@ from 4982; TDNT-7:1024,1140; {See TDNT 780} n n AV-body 144, bodily 1, slave 1; 146
    1) the body both of men or animals
    1a) a dead body or corpse
    1b) the living body
    1b1) of animals
    2) the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)
    3) is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body
    3a) so in the NT of the church
    4) that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself
  14. ↑ Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
  15. ↑ Bouvier’s Law Dictionary
  16. ↑ Luke 22:29
  17. ↑ Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  18. ↑ Lu 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  19. ↑ Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
  20. ↑ Black’s Law Dictionary 6th ed. A corporation is a legal entity created by a state.
  21. ↑ Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 946.
  22. ↑ Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 681
  23. ↑ Mt 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:... Mr 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But ye shall not be so:... Lu 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: But ye shall not be so:...
  24. ↑ Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 1085.
  25. ↑ Ac 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.
  26. ↑ Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. Numbers 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
  27. ↑ John 17:11 ¶ And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are]. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  28. ↑ Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
  29. ↑ Numbers 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
  30. ↑ Infirmity. Flaw, defect, or weakness. In a legal sense, the term infirmity is used to mean any imperfection that renders a particular transaction void or incomplete. For example, if a deed drawn up to transfer ownership of land contains an erroneous description of it, an infirmity exists in the transaction. West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
  31. ↑ Numbers 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
  32. ↑ Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
  33. ↑ Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
  34. ↑ Acts 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
  35. ↑ Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
  36. ↑ Da 4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. Da 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: La 5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Isa 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Lu 1:50 And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation to generation.
  37. ↑ Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
  38. ↑ Bovier’s Law Dictionary.
  39. ↑ Black’s Law Dictionary 6th ed.
  40. ↑ Strong’s No. 2315 theopneustos {theh-op’-nyoo-stos} from 2316 and a presumed derivative of 4154 [=pneo {pneh’-o} a primary word 1) to breathe, to blow..]; adj AV - given by inspiration of God …
  41. ↑ Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
    Romans 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
    Romans 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
    1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
    1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
    1 Corinthians 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
    2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
    2 Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
    Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
    Ephesians 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
    Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
    Philippians 1:20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
    Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
    Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
    Colossians 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
    1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  42. ↑ Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. Ephesians 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:


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