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Congregation of GodThe Christian Congregation-Some Scriptural NamesApplied to ItAnointed ones (2 Cor. 1 :21) ;body of Christ (Eph . 1 :22, 23) ;congregation of God (Gal . 1 :13) ;heirs (Rom . 8 :17) ; holy nation(1 Pet. 2 :9) ; holy ones (1 Cor .1 :2 ; Eph. 1 :1) ; holy priesthood(1 Pet . 2 :5) ; Israel of God (Gal .6 :16) ; new creation (2 Cor . 5 :17) ;royal palace of David (Acts15 :16) ; sons of the Kingdom(Matt. 13 :38) ; spiritual Israel(Rev. 7 :4 ; 21 :12) ; temple (1 Cor .6 :19 ; 1 Pet. 2 :5) .Its PurposeActs 15 :14 "Symeon has relatedthoroughly how God for the firsttime turned his attention to thenations to take out of them apeople for his name."1 Pet . 2 :9 "On the other hand,you are 'a chosen race, a royalpriesthood, a holy nation, a peoplefor special possession, thatyou should declare abroad theexcellencies' of the one thatcalled you out of darkness intohis wonderful light."Called Out from This World(Egypt) Beginning A .D . 29John 15 :19 ; 17 :6 "If you werepart of the world, the worldwould be fond of what is its own .Now because you are no part ofthe world, but I have chosen youout of the world, on this accountthe world hates you ." "Ihave made your name manifestto the men you gave me out ofthe world ."Established on New CovenantJer. 31 :31, 32 "Behold, the dayscome, saith Jehovah, that I willmake a new covenant with thehouse of Israel, and with thehouse of Judah : not according tothe covenant that I made withtheir fathers in the day that Itook them by the hand to bringthem out of the land of Egypt ;which my covenant they brake,although I was a husband untothem, saith Jehovah."72Heb . 8 :10-13 "' "For this is thecovenant which I shall covenantwith the house of Israel afterthose days," says Jehovah : "Ishall put my laws in their mind,and upon their hearts I shallwrite them, and I shall be a Godto them and they will be a peopleto me . And they will by no meansteach every man his fellow citizenand every man his brother,saying : `Know Jehovah,' becausethey will all know me, from theleast to the greatest of them .For I shall be merciful to theirunrighteous deeds and I will byno means call their sins to mindany more."' In his saying 'a newcovenant' he has made the formerone obsolete . Now that whichis made obsolete and growing oldis near to vanishing away ."Heb . 12 :24 "Jesus the mediatorof a new covenant ."Blood of Christ validatednew covenant1 Cor . 5 :7 "For, indeed, Christour passover has been sacrificed ."Luke 22 :20 "Also the cup inthe same way after they had theevening meal, he saying : 'Thiscup means the new covenant byvirtue of my blood, which is tobe poured out in your behalf .'"1 Cor . 11 :25 "He did likewiserespecting the cup also, after hehad the evening meal, saying :'This cup means the new covenantby virtue of my blood. Keepdoing this, as often as you drinkit, in remembrance of me .'"Heb. 9 :13-17 (mar.) "For ifthe blood of goats and of bullsand the ashes of a heifer sprinkledon those who have been pollutedsanctifies to the extent ofcleanness of the flesh, how muchmore will the blood of the Christ,who through an everlasting spiritoffered himself without blemishto God, cleanse our consciencesfrom dead works that we mayrender sacred service to the livingGod? . . . For where there is a covenant,the death of the humanmediating sacrifice (or, victim)needs to be furnished . For a cov-