[Zuriel]

**Besides, Jesus will not tolerate it. He didn’t in Revelation when He chastised the seven churches there and how many of them are in existence today?**

All seven. The same seven Spirits of God are still in the world today. God told Moses to make the tabernacle according to the pattern he was shown on the mountain. He didn’t tell Moses to put out one candle after an hour or so, then another after another hour or so, etc. He was told to light all seven of them, and keep them burning continually (or at least continually from evening until morning. Lev. 24:2-4). You can find examples of each of those churches in countless places around the globe. Each still has the same requirement: “he that overcometh...”.

[metmom]

But the local congregations themselves do not exist. And Jesus did threaten to take away their place, meaning that it was possible. I am aware that any one particular church will be found in a one of the seven situations as described in Rev 2&3; IOW that they represent the body of Christ, (If that makes any sense), but the warning was not that Jesus would take away the Spirit of each church. I agree that that is stillin the world today, but the local assembly which abandons it, Jesus said He would remove.