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APPENDIX B

The Bible Basis for Corporate Repentance

IV. CORPORATE IDENTITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  1. Abraham is the corporate "father" of all believers, Jews and Gentiles, of all eras of time (Romans 4:1-13).

  2. Hosea sees Israel as one girl betrothed "in the days of her youth, ... when she came up from the land of Egypt," one corporate personality during all the centuries of her existence (11:1; 2:15).

  3. Ezekiel sees Israel as a corporate, individual personality growing from an abandoned baby into a prostitute (16:3-13).

  4. David’s psalms reflect corporate identity with Christ (Psalm 22, 69, etc.).

  5. Song of Solomon unintelligible except in light of Israel’s corporate identity as Bride-to-be. The Bride of Christ therefore = the corporate body of His church. (As individuals, all are "guests at the wedding," but as a body, the church is the Bride, GC 427).

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