Yes, I am very aware of that "false" teaching. It is just as false as is "replacement" theology. IMHO neither one of those teachings are from the truth of God's Word.
The reason I said what I said was based on the responses that were posted as they all seemed to generate confrontational responses which the record shows lead to the ending of the conversation.
Marilyn, we can debate all you want too but there is absolutely nothing in the Scriptures that indicate that the Church, the body of Christ will be on the earth. The Scriptures indicate that we, the church will have "access" to the earth as we choose but not to inhabit.
The great thing about “rightly dividing the word of truth” is the clarity it gives on all the scripture. If we choose to accept the false teaching that the Body of Christ which IS the church will live on the earth, then there is about 100 Scriptures which then have to be removed from the Bible. I for one find that to be an impossibility!
God’s purpose in and through the Nation of Israel is the earth and placing His Kingdom on the earth. That is clear even from the prayer the Lord Jesus taught in Matthew 6:10.........
"“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
On the other hand, God’s purpose for the Body of Christ (who we are) involves reconciling the heavens back to his authority.
The purpose of the Body of Christ according Paul’s epistles is for the heavens. II Corinthians 5:1 says our house and new home is........
“eternal in the heavens.”
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 says when the rapture occurs and we meet the Lord in the air.....
“so shall be ever be with the Lord.”
We are with Him in the heavens. This is why I Corinthians 15:40, 49, 50-53 teaches we must be changed to......
“bear the image of the heavenly.”
Ephesians 2:5-7 says:.........
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”In the “ages to come” (plural) meaning the tribulation, the 1000 year reign and the eternal ages that follow we will be seated in heavenly places as a testimony of God’s grace.
It is God’s intent for the Body of Christ to fulfill His purpose in Christ to make Him preeminent in all things (heaven and earth) and to reconcile all things in heaven and earth to himself according to Colossians 1:15-20. The heavens will be reconciled by the Body of Christ. That is why we are raptured out of the earth and into heaven which is what we see in Ephesians 1:22, 23.
Revelations 12:7, 8 says........
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.”
The reason their place is no more found is because the Body of Christ has filled them.
As always, it is good to discuss the Scriptures with you.
