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This next question is concerning the book of Revelation from a listener in Kansas.
Tyson writes, I enjoyed our phone conversation yesterday about the bride versus the body.
I was wondering if you could shed some light on where the church is in the book of Revelation
after Revelation chapter 4 verse 1.
Tyson, there is no reference of the church to the body of Christ there or anywhere in the book of Revelation, not after chapter 4 or before chapter 4.
Start at the book of Hebrews and read all the way through to Revelation, and you'll find no doctrine for the church to the body of Christ.
The doctrine in those books are for corporate Israel relative to their New Covenant.
We are the Gentiles Paul speaks of in Romans that receive salvation during Israel's present day fall, Romans 11:11.
Their fall was prophesied by the prophet Hosea in verse 9 of chapter 1.
There is where Hosea said that they will become Lo Ami.
Lo Ami is Hebrew and means not God's people.
But don't count Israel out.
They're not God's people during this season but they will be again.
They will come back to rise.
Israel has been blinded and set aside for a season while God fills up the body of Christ's church.
In Romans 11:25, Paul puts it this way, For I would not that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness
of the Gentiles be come in.
Many denominational institutes are still ignorant to this mystery.
And this is why some teach Israel's doctrine as being the doctrine for today.
And that's simply error.
They lack an understanding concerning the dispensational change that took place with the salvation of Saul of Tarsus in the ninth chapter of the book of Acts.
You see, the body of Christ's church is not the same church you read of in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts chapter 2, or in the books of Hebrews through Revelation.
A recent poll showed that churchgoers spent very little time studying their Bible.
So, if I can shake your foundation and get you in this book, I feel confident that many will come into the knowledge of the truth.
Now, we know from Hebrews chapter 9 verses 16 and 17 that the church of Matthew through John followed Old Testament doctrine.
And we are just as certain that after the catching away of the church, the body of Christ, the churches spoken of in Hebrews through Revelation will follow their new covenant doctrine, Hebrews chapter 8 verses 6 through 8.
If you want instructions for the church of what's happening now, the body of Christ church, go to the 13 letters of the dispensational grace apostle, the apostle Paul.
If we'll only let logic, reason, and scriptures carry the day, we clearly see that the new covenant will be for the same people the old covenant was for.
Here's what you need to do.
Don't believe me.
Let the scriptures be your truth confirmer.
First chance you get, grab your Bible and compare these verses.
Write these down and do it the first chance you get.
Jeremiah 31:33, compare that with Hebrews chapter 8 verses 6 through 8.
In doing so, you'll find that the new covenant is for the same people the old covenant was for.
Hebrews 8:8, and I quote, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Now let's just park right there for a moment.
How is it?
Just how is it that you and I allowed a man with a Bible to convince us that the house of Israel or the house of Judah is us?
Hey, we're not either or, we're neither nor.
So you can get a magnifying glass and a good Home Depot flashlight, but I promise you the words on the page won't change.
It'll read the house of Israel and the house of Judah every time.
No need for guesswork, no need for conjecture.
Let's just believe the Bible.
Truth is, you're nowhere in the picture.
The church, the body of Christ, will be removed prior to the events that take place in the books of Hebrews through Revelation.
And we know this from 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
Galatians 4:16, Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
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