Is the church heavenly, or earthly?

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What’s Your Question? for Oct. 21, 2009

Jesus said, My kingdom is not of this world (Jn. 18:36). Pilate asked, are You a king then? and Jesus replied, for this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world. Pilate realized that Jesus was not in competition with him and said, I find no fault in Him (Jn. 18:37). He understood what many of the Jews did not understand – that the kingdom of Christ is spiritual. Those who are born of water and the Spirit are in the kingdom (Jn. 3:3-5), or the church (Acts 2:47). Jesus is a King, but not the kind that forbids to pay taxes to Caesar (Lk. 23:2). John was in the kingdom with those who had been washed from their sins in the blood of Christ (Rev. 1:5-9). It is a spiritual cleansing and kingdom.