Exodus 40:8

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side.

The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.

He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.

I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.

Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”

The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until God’s Kingdom comes.”

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

The father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

and having a great priest over God’s house,

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more in heaven.