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What do you Mean “Church”?
By
James Scott Trimm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere has been a great deal of confusion over the years over what the \n\u201cchurch\u201d is. Some have taught that the Church is a new entity which \nreplaces Israel. Others have taught that the Church is a new body which \nis totally independent of Israel. Still others have taught that the \nChurch and Israel are two different but overlapping entities. With all \nof the misconceptions about the identity of the \u201cChurch\u201d the time has \ncome to set the story straight and reveal what the \u201cChurch\u201d really is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English word \u201cChurch\u201d comes originally from the Old English word \nKIRKE. The Old English word KIRKE was the word the Anglo-Saxons used to \nrefer to their pagan places of worship. When they became Christianized \nthe Anglo-Saxons continued to call their places of worship KIRKES and as\n the language evolved \u201cChurches\u201d. You may have
\nheard that the word \u201cChurch\u201d originally referred to the people and later\n came to refer to the building. This is not true. The word \u201cChurch\u201d \noriginally referred to the building and later came to refer to the \npeople. Moreover the word \u201cchurch\u201d is of pagan origin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now if you look up the English word \u201cChurch\u201d in Webster\u2019s dictionary you will find the following meanings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. a building set apart or consecrated for public worship, esp. one
\nfor Christian worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. All Christians as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. A denomination of Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short a \u201cchurch\u201d is either a building or a group of Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now wherever we see the English word \u201cchurch\u201d in an English Bible we \nwould expect the underlying Greek word would be a Greek word that also \nmeans \u201ca group of Christians\u201d. Since the English uses such a technical \ntheological term one would expect that the Greek has also used a \ntechnical theological term. But the reality is that the Greek word that \nappears wherever the English has \u201cchurch\u201d is not a technical theological\n term and DOES NOT mean \u201ca group of Christians\u201d at all. That\u2019s right, a \ntechnical theological term of pagan origin meaning \u201ca group of \nChristians\u201d has been inserted in your English Bible despite the fact \nthat the corresponding Greek word is not a technical theological term \nand does not mean the same thing as the word \u201cChurch\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greek word that appears where our English Bible\u2019s have \u201cchurch\u201d \nis EKKLESIA. EKKLESIA is just the Greek word for \u201cassembly\u201d. Although it\n comes from a root meaning \u201cto call out\u201d there is no special theological\n significance to this word. In fact this is the same Greek word which \nwas used for \u201cassembly\u201d by the classical Pagan Greek writers. \nInscriptions in ancient Greek auditoriums where pagan ritual dramas were\n performed by the Bachus cult have the audience section inscribed with \nthe sign \u201cEKKLESIA\u201d. This same Greek word EKKLESIA is used throughout \nthe Greek Septuagint translation of the Tanak as the word for \n\u201cassembly\u201d. There are also many places where the Greek word EKKLESIA \nappears in the NT but which the KJV and other translators did NOT \ntranslate the word as \u201cchurch\u201d. This same Greek word is even used in \nActs 19:32-41 to describe an unruly mob, yet here the translators \nsuddenly translate
\nthe word as \u201cassembly\u201d rather than \u201cchurch\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is therefore no such thing as the \u201cchurch\u201d because the Greek \nword translated \u201cchurch\u201d does not mean \u201cchurch\u201d at all but \u201cassembly\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there are some who claim that the \u201cChurch\u201d was a new entity born \nin Acts 2 at Pentecost of 32 C.E. . However if we examine the events of \nActs 2 we find that at that event persons were \u201cadded to\u201d the \u201cchurch\u201d \n(Acts 2:47) which means that the \u201cchurch\u201d had to have already existed at\n that time. If we turn to Acts 7:38 we see that it speaks of Moses as \n\u201che that was in the church in the wilderness\u201d. Certainly this \u201cchurch\u201d \ncould not have been a new \u201cNew Testament\u201d entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now while the term \u201cchurch\u201d is a mistranslation for a word simply \nmeaning \u201cassembly\u201d, there is an entity which is commonly referred to as \n\u201cThe Assembly\u201d in the New Testament. Let us examine the Scriptures and \ndetermine what the true identity of this \u201cAssembly\u201d is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin with we must understand that this Assembly is also known as the \u201cBody of Messiah\u201d as we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,<\/em>
\nthe firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the<\/em>
\npreeminence.\u201d<\/em>
\n(Col. 1:18 \u2013 KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head<\/em>
\nover all things to the church,<\/em>
\nWhich is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.\u201d<\/em>
\n(Eph. 1:22-23 \u2013 KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now one may ask what \u201cAssembly\u201d is the allegorical Messiah? To find the answer to that question lets look at Matthew 2:14-15:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and<\/em>
\ndeparted into Egypt:<\/em>
\nAnd was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled<\/em>
\nwhich was spoken of the Lord<\/em>
\nby the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. \u201c<\/em>
\n(Matthew 2:14-15 \u2013 KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now here Matthew is citing a prophecy in Hosea 11:1 and applying it \nto Messiah. Now let us go back and look at this prophecy in Hosea 11:1 \nin context:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Israel was a child, then I loved him,<\/em>
\nand called my son out of Egypt.\u201d<\/em>
\n(Hosea 11:1 \u2013 KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here Hosea is referring to Israel as the son who is called out of Egypt. This points us back to a passage in the Torah:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:<\/em>
\nAnd I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go,<\/em>
\nbehold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.\u201d<\/em>
\n(Ex. 4:22-23 \u2013 KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From these two passages we learn that Israel is the firstborn son of \nElohim who is called out of Egypt. However in Matthew it is Yeshua the \nMessiah who is called up out of Egypt and in Col. 1:18 Messiah is the \n\u201cfirstborn\u201d. Moreover Hebrews speaks of the \u201cchurch of the firstborn\u201d \n(Heb. 12:23 \u2013 KJV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus Israel is allegorically equivalent to the Messiah. There are some very important reasons for this allegorical relationship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both are the \u201cfirstborn Son of Elohim\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both made a major impact on the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both were born through a biological miracle on their mother\u2019s womb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both were taken into Egypt to save their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both were called up out of Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both were despised and rejected by men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Rome attempted to destroy them both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Both are resurrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus Israel is the allegorical \u201cBody of Messiah\u201d. Moreover in the \nTanak, Israel is commonly called \u201cThe Assembly of Israel\u201d and wherever \nthe phrase \u201cThe Assembly of Israel\u201d appears in the Tanak the Greek LXX \nhas \u201cEKKLESIA of Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The so-called \u201cchurch\u201d which is the \u201cBody of Messiah\u201d is in reality \u201cthe Assembly of Israel\u201d. Yeshua did not come to create a new religion, but to be Messiah of the old one. Wherever your English New Testament refers to a \u201cchurch\u201d (i.e. a group of Christians) the Greek has \u201cEKKLESIA a term which commonly refers to the \u201cAssembly of Israel\u201d. The \u201cChurch\u201d as most Christians have understood it never existed. All of the passage people have thought were talking about the \u201cChurch\u201d were actually talking about the Assembly of Israel, not Christianity, but the Nazarene sect of Judaism.<\/p>\n\n\n

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