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Another function of the Headquarters Church in Jerusalem (and Temple) will be to direct the congregations worldwide.  Churches will be made up of born-again individuals, those indwelt by the Holy Spirit, just as Christians and Messianic believers are today.  There will be one Church, one Religion, one Faith in the world, but many congregations.  Ezekiel 36:25-27, “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.”  Ezekiel 36, as we will read later, is all about the regathering and return of the 12 tribes of Israel into the promised land at the time of the 2^nd coming of Jesus (especially when taken in context with Ezekiel 37:15-28).  Micah 4:1-3, “In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.  Many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.  He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’  The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.  He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.  They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.”  Teaching God’s Word and bringing the world to salvation will be directed from Jerusalem.  Most Christian pastors erroneously believe this age--the Church age--is the only day of salvation, based on a mistranslation of 2 Corinthians 6:2.  It should read “a” day of salvation, not “the” day of salvation.  If Jesus, God the Son, had been trying to “save” the world—it would have been saved—period--end of discussion.  Further reading: Ezekiel 40-44:1-4 (NIV is easier reading), the Bible’s description of the Temple during the Millennial Kingdom of God.

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