Biblical Images of the Church

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Biblical Images of the Church

Lesson 2 Lecture 1

December 15, 2009 • Dr. Douglas Kelly

To demonstrate how the Bible uses many images to describe the people of God

To be able to explain the various images in Scripture used to describe Christ’s relationship to His church

To be able to describe the anticipation of the church growing into full maturity

To explore the biblical metaphor of the Church as Christ’s body

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To be able to identify various words for “church” in both the OT and NT To be able to define the term “church” according to the NT To understand the biblical and historical background of the “visible church”

The Church as the Fulfillment of the Old Testament Part 1

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