The Incredible Human Potential - Chapter 9: - Herbert W Armstrong - 1978

Herbert W Armstrong

Why The Church? One cannot comprehend the real purpose and function of the Church without an understanding of Old Testament ISRAEL. Ancient Israel was both Church and State. It was one of the world's nations, called the kingdom of Israel. But it also was a Church, called the Congregation of Israel. Or, as in Acts 7:38, the "church in the wilderness." One cannot understand either Old Testament Israel, or the New Testament Church of God, unless he bears in mind God's PURPOSE in placing mankind on the earth. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library