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1 Kings 18:31

Here appears "the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob" again. We never seem to stray very far from God's identification with Israel. In Galatians 6:16, the church itself is called "the Israel of God." God identifies Himself, not just with physical Israel, but with spiritual Israel. The stones used to prepare the altar are, in this case, representative of physical Israel. And in the time of the book of Revelation, the time of the end, those stones will be made up of spiritual Israel (see Revelation 7:4-8; 12:1; 21:12).

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
The Two Witnesses (Part Six)

Related Topics: Israel of God | Israel of God as a Perennial Plant | Living Stones in God's House | Physical Israel | Spiritual Israel | Spiritual Israelite | Stones of the Altar

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Kings 18:31:

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