...from the "for what its worth" department.....
in the KJV Bible, the word CONGREGATION occurs
364 times [based on a PC Study concordance query]
The word CONGREGATION occurs:
363 times in the OT.
1 time in the NT.
The one NT reference that includes the word is supplied here:
"Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. " [
Acts 13:43].
So on the mouth of
363 witnesses let something be considered; a former thing has been replaced with a NEW thing, a building with a body.
Why is it that something was quintessential PRIOR to a completed work at Calvary, has become completely absent now that ALL have access to the Holy Mountain?