When did the church start?

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LOL...Me too!
Deuteronomy 23

Persons Excluded from the Assembly

1"(A)No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

2"No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
3"(B)No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,
4(C)because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you (D)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5"Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God (E)turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God (F)loves you.
6"(G)You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
7"You shall not detest an Edomite, for (H)he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, (I)because you were an alien in his land. 8"The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Am shot in the dark does this shed any light?
 
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Deuteronomy 23

Persons Excluded from the Assembly

1"(A)No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

2"No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
3"(B)No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,
4(C)because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you (D)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5"Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God (E)turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God (F)loves you.
6"(G)You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
7"You shall not detest an Edomite, for (H)he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, (I)because you were an alien in his land. 8"The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Am shot in the dark does this shed any light?
well when we are speaking of the exodus this was when Moses led Gods people out of egypt.. This I see in comparison of Jesus and leading His people out of the land of sin.. :) And with both these there are woman and men and Children.. What do you think?
 
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well when we are speaking of the exodus this was when Moses led Gods people out of egypt.. This I see in comparison of Jesus and leading His people out of the land of sin.. :) And with both these there are woman and men and Children.. What do you think?

The power of sin is the law (Moses) accuser, Christ = the END of ~the Law~

Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which ~spiritually is called~ Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord ~was crucified~.

The Vine of Sodom is referenced from where Paul pulls his discourse speaking of their throats being like tombs with the wine of asps under their tongue.

Whats interesting, is we know we overcome the world through Christ, yet at the same time it speaks of overcoming a ~THEM~. The gates of death are referenced as a ~THEM that HATE ME~ and those that HATE instruction (casting his words, they hear daily) behind their back speaks allegorically to where our Lord was crucified (no prophet can die outside Jerusalem) which is where he died. Its "spiritually called such as its always spiritual with spiritual (in the reasons expressed throughout scripture).

I see those things written beforehand written down for the Churches instruction. The making of one nation (a holy nation) out of another.

Am I getting what your asking or looking for IAA?

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Notice also (spiritually speaking) when Isreal was A CHILD it was THEN I loved him? BUT he calls HIS SON ~OUT OF~ Egypt. The Child is under the Law (Moses) but the SONS (led by the Spirit) are NOT under the law (Moses).

Speaks of the rock of AGES, I see that of a Child and that of a Son (even in us) by divine appointment in these things. Sons are the overcomers (by faith) of which the law (the Child is shut up to) is NOT.

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Well I don't see that the CHURCH started in Genesis. I see creation did though.
It's all in how you look at it. Officially it began at Pentecost.

But our salvation began before the foundations even, when Satan rebelled. It was God's good pleasure to make man and make man for himself, to share His life with him. It started then.

It will all end with the new heaven and new earth.

My point is, there is no specific time Christ's Church began. It was always God's plan and everything that has happened, lead to Pentecost.

It began with Adam and Eve biting the apple, it began with Abraham, Moses, the prophets.

It began when Mary said, "Let it be done..."

It began when the baby Jesus was born... it began when he started is ministry... it began in Matthew 16...

It began at the Last Supper, it began at the cross, it began when he rose, when he breathed on the 12 and sent them out when he ascended.

So I don't think there is a time you can pinpoint. IMO, the Church always was, it just wasn't always in time.
 
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IAA, if you are referring to when the mystical body of believers began, when ppl began to belive... I would guess it was when John was baptizing.

He preached repentance for the kingdom was at hand and then Christ comes up and John says, "Behold the Lamb of God..." and then he baptized Him.

The crowd seeing the Spirit ascend on Him and hearing God say, "this is my son... listen to Him."

Jesus went off into the dessert and when he came back, ppl were waiting for him.

But really, if the body began the moment one believed, then really and truly, it began with Mary becuase she was the first to believe and then with Elizabeth and St. john the baptist.

They were the first believes.
 
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Taking this off of another thread I thought this would be a good discussion . When Moses led the Isrealites out of Egypt was this the beginning of the Church? Was those who Moses led out of Egypt mixed or were they Isrealites?


Micah 4:8 (New Living Translation)

8 As for you, Jerusalem,
the citadel of God’s people,[a]
your royal might and power
will come back to you again.
The kingship will be restored
to my precious Jerusalem.
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As we can see, the pattern of the Bible is to identify the church as a kingdom. What is dropped in this is the 'physical' meaning. It is my belief that this is purposefully done by God to separate the spiritual minded from the carnal minded. (1Cor.3:1-3)

The church/kingdom is written as to start in Jerusalem, be called new Jerusalem, spiritual Israel.

This spiritual kingdom was said by Jesus, to come while some of those standing with Him have not yet died. "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come with power ." (Mk.9:1)
 
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As we see, the spiritual kingdom was to come with power. So it did on the day of Pentecost (33 A.D.)




Luke 24:49 (King James Version)

49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.



Acts 1:6-8 (King James Version)

6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.



Acts 2:1-4 (King James Version)

1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
 
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The Eschatological Church (the one painted in Revelation) started before the creation of the World

The Visible Church (the one made one by the Eucharist) started at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit arrived one it

The Personal Church (you are the temple of the Holy Spirit) started at your baptism
 
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The Eschatological Church (the one painted in Revelation) started before the creation of the World

The Visible Church (the one made one by the Eucharist) started at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit arrived one it

The Personal Church (you are the temple of the Holy Spirit) started at your baptism
that's what I was trying to say.
 
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