Ecclesiology

1) What is the definition of the church?
- Is Israel the Church? Is the Church Israel?
- Does the Church inherit any of the promises given to Israel? i.e. Jeremiah 29:11
- Is the promise of the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 32:15 to the future Nation of Israel one and the same promise for the Church?
2) Why was the church a Mystery?
3) Who is in the church?
- Are OT Saints part of the church? Are Tribulation Saints part of the church? Are Millennial Believers part of the Church?
- Is there such a thing as the Universal Church? Is the Church through time? – i.e. once someone dies, are they still part of the Church?
- Is it a temporary membership?
- Are believers and unbelievers in the church?
- Are Old Testament believers in the church?
- Will believers after the rapture be part of the church?
- Is the church the “Spiritual Israel?”
4) Other names for the church? Are these synonymous?
- Building of Christ
- Body of Christ
- Temple of the Spirit
- Wife or Bride of Christ / Lamb of God
5) What is the purpose of the church?
6) The Unity of the Body of Christ – a look at Ephesians