Excerpts from a Bible Reading – R. Huebner, D. Ryan 1. The importance of the phrase “for where” at the beginning of the verse, and a distinction made between His omnipresence and His presence “in the midst” of the assembly. “For where” (οὗ γάρ) is the phrase in Matthew 18:20 which links the context of…
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The Ground of Gathering, Part 3
1.) John 4:20-24 – Review and Introduction In review of the OT history, we saw how that Jerusalem was a place characterized by these distinctions: This testimony was maintained despite failure and weakness. In the NT, we see a feeble company that still recognized faithfully Jerusalem as God’s center (Mary, Simeon, Anna, Zacharias, Elizabeth, etc)….