Theology of the Church, Mentor's Guide, MG03

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T H E O L O G Y O F T H E C H U R C H

1. Was not revealed to past generations but is now revealed to Christ’s holy Apostles and prophets by the Spirit

2. Is that Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body and partakers of the promise in Jesus Christ through faith in the Gospel

3. Through the apostolic ministry, God’s mystery is brought to light: that through the Church, God would make known to the rulers and authorities in heavenly places this manifold wisdom of God.

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III. The Church Is Foreshadowed in the Nation of Israel, through Which God Has Given Us a Picture of His Own Peculiar People, the Laos of God, 2 Cor. 6.16 and 2 Thess. 2.13-14.

A. Israel is the vehicle through whom Messiah would come.

1. Israel as the name given to Jacob after the great prayer-struggle with the angel, Gen. 32.28

2. This is the common name given to Jacob’s descendants.

a. The twelve tribes are called the “Israelites.”

b. The “children of Israel,” Josh. 3.17; 7.25; Judg. 8.27; Jer. 3.21

c. The “house of Israel,” Exod. 16.31; 40.38