666 and all that!

MF Blume (mfblume@ns.sympatico.ca)
Sat, 25 Jan 1997 20:43:19 -0800


Gia Moran wrote:
> 
> > Timothy Litteral wrote:
> >
> > The mention of no "church"
> > after chapter 4, for example, has been meant to say that
> > there is no church during the tribulation period.  But the whole
> > book of 2 Timothy does not mention "Church".  Is that nor about the
> > church, though?  Titus does not mention it.  Neither 2 Peter,
> > 1 John or 2 John.  Mark, Luke and John do not mention the word.
> 
> Mark, Luke and John record events occurring *before* the church was even
> formed, which took place on the day of Pentecost. That's why there is no
> mention of the church in these books.

I agree.  Most do.  But what about 2 Peter, 2 Timothy, Titus, 1 John and 
2 John?

The mention of a word "church" does not determine if the book
is for the church or not.

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