STUDIES
CITY
(The corporate church (many
cities/denominations) or the [one] Spiritual City of God)
by John Darash
the cities (all corporate church's) of Israel (Christ) Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Mat 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Mat 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Mat 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
THE GREAT CITY (all
corporate church's) FALLS
Rev 14:8 And there followed another
angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that
great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.
DELIVER YOUR SOUL
“FLEE”!
Jer 51:6 Flee
out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver
every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the
time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
~ compare ~ Rev 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it
into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that
great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Holy
Ghost witnesses in every city (church) by the body of Christ
Acts 20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not
knowing the things that shall befall me there: Acts 20:23 Save
that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
The
Body of Christ is persecute from city (church) to city (church)
Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
build the tombs of the prophets, and
garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, Mat 23:30 And say, If we had
been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in
the blood of the prophets. Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Mat 23:33 Ye serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Mat
23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets,
and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify;
and some of them shall ye scourge in
your synagogues,
and persecute them from
city to city:
The
body of Christ are laughed to scorn, and mocked as they pass from city (church)
to city (church).
2 Chr 30:8 Now be ye
not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the
LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve
the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 2
Chr 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall
find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come
again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and
will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 2 Chr 30:10
So the posts (runners) passed from city
to city through the country of Ephraim and
Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
THE BODY OF CHRIST IS TO ordain elders in every city (church)
Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in
order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders
in every city,
as I had appointed thee:
A
city (true
church, the body) whose
builder and maker is God.
Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise: Heb 11:10 For he looked
for a city
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The Body is brought before (councils) the chief captains, and principal men of the city to hear (judge) them Acts 25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. Acts 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
the
people ran together and drew the body out of the temple
Acts 21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day
purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the
accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be
offered for every one of them. Acts 21:27 And when the
seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they
saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Acts
21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the
man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and
the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath
polluted this holy place. (call good evil) Acts 21:29 (For
they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom
they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) Acts 21:30 And
all the city (Rev
6:14 …every mountain and island were moved out of their places)
was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew
him out of the temple:
and forthwith the doors were shut (killed all the day long).
THE LORD HAS PEOPLE IN THE CITIES (church) Acts 18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: Acts 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
the city (church)
given to idolatry Acts
17:16 Now while Paul waited for
them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he
saw the city wholly
given to idolatry.
they (body
of Christ) troubled the people and the
rulers of the CITY (church)
?
Acts 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set
all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and
sought to bring them out to the people. Acts 17:6
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto
the rulers of the city, crying, These
that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. Acts 17:8 And they
troubled the people and the rulers of the city,
when they heard these things.
These men (body of Christ) exceedingly trouble our city (church) Acts 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
the Leaders filled with envy contradicted & BLASPHEMED Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
THE LORD WILL PUT INTO OUR MOUTH (body of Christ) THE WORDS WE ARE TO SPEAK IN THE CITY (church) Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
DO THEY NOT cast US out of the city & STONE US ? Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; Acts 7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Acts 7:47 But Solomon built him an house. Acts 7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Acts 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things? Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, Acts 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Acts 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Acts 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
THERE ARE MANY IN THE CHURCH’S (city) THAT CLAIM THEY ARE THE POWER OF GOD. Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
TWO
CITIES
Gal 4:22 For it is written,
that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a
freewoman. Gal 4:23 But he who
was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was
by promise. Gal 4:24 Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. Gal 4:25
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem
which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Gal 4:26
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
WHAT HAS COME UPON PAUL PHYSICALLY IS FIGURATIVE OF THE ASSAULT ON THE SPIRITUAL BODY OF CHRIST IN THE CITIES 2 Cor 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 2 Cor 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 2 Cor 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 2 Cor 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 2 Cor 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 2 Cor 11:26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 2 Cor 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 2 Cor 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2 Cor 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 2 Cor 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 2 Cor 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
