Chapter XVI (Part 3) – The Purpose of Christ – His Ecclesia
[Christ] is the Image of the invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him is all created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities, all is created through Him and for Him, and He is before all, and all has its cohesion in Him. And He is the Head of the body, the ecclesia … kai (AND) autos (HE) estin (HE-IS-BEING) he (THE) kephale (HEAD) tou (OF-THE) somatos (BODY) Part Three: The Blessings and Function of the Body Christ Himself has received the grand calling, in accord with the purpose of God, to bring all back to the Father. To accomplish this great task, God has given us, the body, to Him, and resides in us as an affirmation of His success (Rom. 8:11, 2 Cor. 6:16-18, Eph. 1:18.) The terrestrial type for this is faithful Israel, who are called as the terrestrial instrument through which their Messiah will restore mankind to Yahweh. For us, among the celestials, we are to...