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Originally Posted by OBW
They are more interested in thinking that God finally has a lampstand in a large city of millions when they "take the ground" no matter how many Christians have been meeting there for years, even centuries. A recent example was when they claimed to have had the first Lord's table in Rome in centuries.
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I may be wrong, but it seemed to me from the greetings in chapter 16, that Paul was acknowledging the simultaneous existence of multiple ekklesia/churches in one urban area. There was the church in Rome, to which the letter was addressed and also the church that met in so-and-so's house. No indication that they were the same thing; on the contrary, the wording indicates distinction. Not a different geographical location, just the church meeting in someone's house.
I don't recall Nee or Lee covering this point? Funny how carefully they looked for anything to support their formulations, then with conflicting points they either waved them away or studiously avoided them. Seems to me like they avoided the idea multiple ekklesia in Rome.
At least Paul didn't call them "District 2" and "Meeting Hall #3". He just called it what it was. The church that met in so-and-so's house.