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Old 09-13-2009, 09:34 AM   #34
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Default Re: Various by YP0534

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Right. But my point was that the use of the modifier, in this context, strongly implies to me that the smaller groups were ALSO recognized and legitimately described as "the assembly".

... I've seen God's glory in small groups that were less than "the whole assembly" and I'm clear that that was "the assembly", at least to the extent that we need that defined in the first place. If the glory of the Living God is seen in the meeting, that's "the assembly" because "the assembly" is the house of the Living God.
Now I think I catch your logic. Thanks for having the patience to restate it. I think I completely missed your point the first time through -- in fact, I had it reversed!
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