The Church: God's golden secret

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The Church: God’s golden secret.
The parable of the lonely grain speaks volumes about the mystery of the church. It is just a single lonely grain until it falls into the dark misty soil, dies and is buried. Two to three days later it regains a more brilliant and reproductive life. Then it produces several husks with many grains. (John 12:24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.
God is beyond all human concepts. His church is beyond human comprehension as well. The church seems to share the dual nature of Christ - the human and the divine. While we could say a lot about the human nature of the church and of Christ, we could only gesticulate and babble about the divine. We see the physical aspect of the church when two or three people gathered, sing, quarrel and settle their differences. Then they begin to increase and multiply. Then the world begins to notice great power, authority and wealth. This is God’s own secret and according to Jesus the Christ, the church is under construction: ‘I will build my church …’ Or has he finished building it yet?