Church with the capital C refers to every person from every nation race, language

and tribe who acknowledges Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah

has accepted him as Lord and serves him as King.

If you haven't gotten into all three of those categories you stand outside

the kingdom of God. You can join a church and not be a Christ follower. You can believe

Jesus was the Messiah and not be a Christ follower. You may even have acknowledged

him as Lord in your life at some point, but if you're not

serving him as king, I'm concerned for your status in the kingdom.

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Pastor Allen. be blessed.

We're doing a little short series on Israel, the Church, and the Nations.

Israel, the Church, and the Nations, three distinct ways of understanding the population of planet Earth and understanding the purposes of God. When we talk about Israel we're talking

about first of all a piece of ground it's a nation at this point in

history hasn't always been a nation but today it is fulfilling many biblical

prophecies at the end of the Mediterranean, that eastern end of the

Mediterranean there's a little strip of land that's the nation of Israel. There's

about six million Jewish people that live there. There's another million people that

are citizens of Israel that are Arabic. It's a tiny little

place. It draws disproportionate attention in the world, but it's a fulfillment that God

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