The Church Prophesied
The church was prophesied about hundreds of years before Jesus came to the Earth. Daniel was interpreting a dream of a king of the Babylonian Empire. The dream involved a statue made of different materials. “This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.” (Daniel 2:32-33)
The prophet Isaiah spoke about the coming church, too. “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:2-3)
In this case, Isaiah calls the church “the Lord’s house.” He also says it will be “established in the top of the mountains,” and the word of the Lord would go “from Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is on top of a mountain and would be the beginning place for the Lord’s house, the church. Also, note that “all nations shall flow unto it.” In the Old Testament times, the Jews were God’s chosen people. But, when this new house is established, any member of any nation will be able to enter. We will see the church called “the Lord’s house” again later when seeing the names of the church.
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