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This final volume begins with ecclesiology, the study of the miracle of Christ’s church (local and universal, visible and invisible). Geisler examines its origin, nature, government, ordinances, ministry, and relation to the state. Last Things contains an in-depth study of the final resurrection, the final status of the saved and the lost, and the theories of purgatory and annihilationism. He...

Of the 115 New Testament references to church or churches,1 nearly one hundred of them refer to the visible church(es). The biblical writers’ efforts were focused in that direction; after all, the invisible church is Christ’s spiritual body, which is His exclusive work,2 while the local visible church(es) are a work of Christ’s disciples on earth. The local churches’ number, nature, and purpose are the subject of this chapter.
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