Verses:
1-4:
Those who were descended from Jacob were instructed in the things of the church, from the very beginning, but in vain.
[2]
5, 6:
Therefore what happened to them was according to the Word.
[2]
7-10:
The successive states of the church even to the end are represented, and the nature of their understanding of the Word is described.
[2]
11:
It is found that there is no church.
[2]
12, 13:
A new church which will be from the Lord.
[11]
14-16:
The Lord will institute a new church when the former church has been completely perverted.
[11, 3]
17:
He will institute it in place of the former.
[11, 3]
18-21:
A new church from the Lord. Falsities of evil which have destroyed everything of the church.
[11, 3]