I was always taught that the church was God's elect. I just did a really interesting word study on "Elect".
Isaiah 42:1 For context sake, I went back to Isaiah 41:14 "Do not be afraid, O....Israel"....41:25 "I have stirred up one from the north (northern kingdom)? 42:1 "Behold my servant whom I uphold; mine ELECT in whom my soul delighteth.."
Isaiah 45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and ISRAEL MINE ELECT, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Isaiah 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine ELECT shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isaiah 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine ELECT shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Mat_24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the ELECT's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very ELECT.
Mat_24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his ELECT from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
*Why would God be gathering them from the four winds? Because Israel had been scattered to the four corners of the earth!!
^^^ These verses are repeated in Mark's Gospel account.
Luk_18:7 And shall not God avenge his ownELECT, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Rom_8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's ELECT? It is God that justifieth.
Col_3:12 Put on therefore, as the ELECT OF GOD, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
2Ti_2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the ELECT's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Tit_1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to THE FAITH OF GOD'S ELECT, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
1 Peter 1:1-2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers SCATTERED throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ELECT according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Interesting....I don't see the CHURCH!! Who do YOU see?
Isaiah 42:1 For context sake, I went back to Isaiah 41:14 "Do not be afraid, O....Israel"....41:25 "I have stirred up one from the north (northern kingdom)? 42:1 "Behold my servant whom I uphold; mine ELECT in whom my soul delighteth.."
Isaiah 45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and ISRAEL MINE ELECT, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Isaiah 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine ELECT shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isaiah 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine ELECT shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Mat_24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the ELECT's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very ELECT.
Mat_24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his ELECT from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
*Why would God be gathering them from the four winds? Because Israel had been scattered to the four corners of the earth!!
^^^ These verses are repeated in Mark's Gospel account.
Luk_18:7 And shall not God avenge his ownELECT, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Rom_8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's ELECT? It is God that justifieth.
Col_3:12 Put on therefore, as the ELECT OF GOD, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
2Ti_2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the ELECT's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Tit_1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to THE FAITH OF GOD'S ELECT, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
1 Peter 1:1-2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers SCATTERED throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ELECT according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Interesting....I don't see the CHURCH!! Who do YOU see?