First Lord’s table meeting in Leeds, UK on 10/30/16
More than 400 saints from across the UK gathered together in Leeds. Hallelujah for the church in Leeds!
In the book of Revelation the divine revelation in the Bible reaches its consummation. The universal church as the Body of Christ is expressed through the local churches. The local churches, as the expressions of the one Body of Christ (Rev. 1:12, 20), are locally one. Revelation 1:4 says, “John to the seven churches which are in Asia.” Asia was a province of the ancient Roman Empire in which were the seven cities mentioned in 1:11. The seven churches were in those seven cities respectively, not all in one city. Revelation does not deal with the universal church, but with the local churches in various cities. Without the local churches, there is no practicality and actuality of the universal church. The universal church is realized in the local churches. Knowing the church universally must be consummated in knowing the church locally. It is a great advance for us to know and practice the local churches.
(The Genuine Ground of Oneness, Chapter 10, by Witness Lee)
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photo credit: Filip S. Syrek, and Sarah.
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