“The message of Laodicea is not primarily a message to individuals, but to a church, to a corporate body. Therefore, while it is true that individuals make up the body, the church, it is the body as a whole that needs to recognize its need and change its emphasis. This is what the church failed to do after the 1888 General Conference. …”
More: https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1993/02/laodicea-and-corporate-repentance
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