Church Of The Firstborn Is God’s Church

Romans 16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

English “churches” and “church” emboldened in Romans 16:1, 4, 5, 16, 23 and 27 were translated from Greek feminine noun 1577 ekklesia which was 115 times translated into singular and plural church[s] and 3 times into assembly. Greek feminine noun 1577 ekklesia is from a compound of Greek preposition 1537 ek denoting origin in the sense of the point from which a process pursuant to an objective began and Greek verb 2564 kaleo meaning to call. It is important to understand that God performs the action of Greek verb 2564 kaleo in concert with the seed sower process described in the latter part of God’s analysis of Romans 16:3. The churches described in the 16^th chapter of Romans are small groups meeting in private homes. God’s church is the church of the firstborn “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels” “To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect”. The “innumerable company of angels” in Hebrews 12:22 is in fact God’s “seven thousand” “election” as proved in prior posts and as God best defined in Romans 11:4-7, 26-32.