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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles<\/strong> page.]<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Many anti-Scriptural concepts of the church exist (e.g., denominationalism, that one can serve Jesus apart from His church [i.e., Jesus, yes\u2014the church, no<\/em>], that the church\u2019s principal work is to supply the physical and\/or social needs of mankind, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n Another egregious misconception depicts Jesus\u2019 church as a mere \u201cafterthought\u201d in the mind of God. This error is part of the premillennial theological system. It alleges that Jesus will return before (thus pre<\/em>) He establishes an earthly kingdom that will exist for 1,000 years (thus millennial<\/em>). Premillennialists argue that Jesus intended to establish an earthly kingdom at His first advent, but His fellow Jews prevented Him from doing so by rejecting and crucifying Him.<\/span><\/p>\n Amazingly, they say that God did not expect this rejection, and in scrambling for a back-up plan for this \u201cemergency,\u201d He came up with the church to suffice until Christ could return to earth a second time and establish His kingdom. This doctrine implies that the church was a mere afterthought to God, a substitute for the kingdom of the prophets. This concept denies at least the following doctrines of Holy Writ:<\/span><\/p>\n Those who aver that the church is some secondary, spur-of-the-moment entity err grievously, fundamentally\u2014and fatally.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, TX, December 2, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>From TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, Dub McClish, owner, curator, and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.]\u00a0\u00a0 Many anti-Scriptural concepts of the church exist (e.g., denominationalism, that one can serve Jesus apart from His church [i.e., Jesus, yes\u2014the church, no], that the church\u2019s principal work is to supply…<\/p>\n\n