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Questions 167 (COD Page 684)
Will you please explain the “Body of Christ” in First Corinthians 12:27 and the “Bride of Christ” in Revelation 2:9–9. Is the new Jerusalem spiritual here in–spiritual here in Revelation? It–it–is this the spiritual discernment of the Church?
197 No! Now, let’s see if I get this first now, First Corinthians, right quick, First Corinthians the 12th chapter, all right, and the 27th verse. And ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
198 And then, where was the next Scripture? Revelation 2–21:9, Revelation in the 21st chapter and the 9th verse. All right, and here we are.
And there came unto–and there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, and I’ll shew you the–the–I will shew you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
199 Yes, the Body of Christ. See, the body of Christ was broken for our sins and by one Spirit we’re all baptized into that Body and become members. And where did–where did the–the body...Where did my wife, symbolically speaking...Where did Eve come from? The body of Adam. She was taken out of his side. Eve was taken from Adam’s side. The Christ...And she was part of his body. He said, “She’s flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones. And I’ll call her woman.” See?
200 Now, and the Body of Christ was taken out of the body of Jesus, for we are spirit and flesh and bone of Him. See? Because we are borned into His Body. And because this body here belongs to Him, yet it’s born in sin, He has redeemed it. God will raise it up at the last days, and I’ll live in it for eternally. See? That’s it. All right.
201 Now, let’s see, the last question here was: “Is the new Jerusalem spiritual?” No, no, the new Jerusalem John saw coming from God out of Heaven; it isn’t the discernment of the Church now. You see? It’s–it’s a–the...The new Jerusalem John saw descending out of Heaven prepared as a–Revelation 21 (see?)–prepared as a Bride adorned for Her Husband... The last question now; I think that’s all of them.