Names, Titles, Descriptions and Symbols of the Church in the Bible

(Ver 2.2) This is my list of the Names, Titles, Descriptions, Types and Symbols for the Church of Jesus Christ.  If you are a Christian, this document helps to describe who you are and your place in the Kingdom of God.  This is a living document of references to God.  It will change and be updated as I find additional scriptures.   A Name is a direct reference to the Church.  A Title is a given direct identifying appellation signifying status or function.  A Description is something that represents something in words.  A Type is a real named person, place or thing that can be viewed to apply to a spiritual individual not named.  A Symbol is a natural object that describes characteristics or features of a spiritual being you cannot see.

If you have found others that I may have not included yet, please share them in a comment.  Thank you and God bless you in advance.

words. A Type is a real named person, place or thing that can be viewed to apply to a pattern of the spiritual individual not directly named. A Symbol is a natural object that describes the characteristics or features of a spiritual being that you cannot see or understand without first understanding the symbol.   If you know of other references not named, please share them with me in a comment.  Thank you.

Name, Title, Symbol, Type for the Church

Description

Scripture Reference

12 Tribes

New Covenant People in Jesus originating in His 12 Apostles, the fulfilment of Jacob’s 12 sons.

James 1:1;

Abraham’s Seed

Those with Abraham’s type of Faith

Gal 3:29;

Babes

Newborn (born again) Children of God

Mat 11:25; Luke 10:21;

Beloved

The Bride of Christ

Rom 9:25; 2 Ths 2:13;

Blessed of My Father

The Sheep of God’s Pasture

Mat 25:34;

Body, His

Those married in Covenant to Christ

Eph 1:23; Col 1:24;

Body, the

Those who are in Christ

Eph 5:23;

Body of Christ

She Who is Joined and one with Christ

Rom 7:4; 1 Cor 10:16, 12:27; Eph 4:12; Col 2:17

Born Again

Those who are new Children of the Spirit

John 3:3-6; 1 Pet 1:23;

Born of God

Children of the Spirit

1 John 3:9, 4:7, 5:1, 4, 18;

Born of Him

Born Again of the Spirit

1 John 2:29;

Bride

Married to Jesus

John 3:29; Rev 21:2, 9;

Bridechamber, Children of the

Those married in covenant to the bridegroom (Jesus)

Mat 9:15;

Brother

Sibling of eldest brother Jesus Christ

Mat 10:50; Rom 8:29; Heb 2:11, 17;

Called, the

Those chosen by God

Rom 1:6, 8:30, 9:24; 1 Cor 1:24;

Candlestick

Lights in the dark World

Rev 1:20;

Chosen

Those people that have embraced the Calling of God to follow Jesus

Jam 2:5;

Chosen Generation

Highly Favored People

1 Pet 2:9;

Children

Sons and daughters of God

Rom 8:17;

Children, Dear

Those dearly Loved by God

Eph 5:1;

Children of Abraham

A Spiritual family type of Israel

Gal 3:7;

Children of God

Born of the Spirit

Mat 5:9; Rom 8:16, 21; Gal 3:26; 1 Jn 3:10;

Children of Israel

Spiritual Nation of God’s people

Exo 19:6; Hos 2:23;

Children of Light

God is Light, those who are His children

Luk 16:8; John 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5;

Children of the Day

Those walking in the Light of God

1 Th 5:5;

Children of the Free Woman

A type of the promised child born to Sarah, those who are reborn from the spiritual woman Jerusalem Above

Gal 4:31;

Children of the Living God

Those Born of the Spirit

Rom 9:26;

Children of the Kingdom

Those Who Belong to God’s Kingdom

Mat 13:38;

Children of the Promise

Children of God’s Spoken Word

Rom 9:8, Gal 4:28;

Chosen

Those Favored by God

Eph 1:4; 2 Ths 2:13;

Christ

Those with God’s Anointing and Jesus in their Hearts

2 Cor 6:15;

Christian

A Believer in Christ

Acts 26:28; 1 Pet 4:16;

Christians

Followers of Christ

Act 11:26;

Church, Glorious

Noble and Honorable

Eph 5:27;

Church, My

Those Who Belong to God

Mat 16:18;

Church of Christ

Those who Belong to Jesus

Rom 16:16;

Church of God

Called Out by God

Act 20:28; 1 Cor 1:2, 10:32; 2 Cor 1:1;

Church of the Firstborn

Those gathered in and with Christ Jesus the Firstborn from the dead

Heb 12:23;

Circumcised Heart

God’s children that have been circumcised by the hand of the Spirit

Rom 2:29; Php 3:3; Col 2:11;

City

The home of God within His people

Mat 5:14; Rev 21:23;

City, Faithful

She who will be a faithful wife to God’s Covenant

Isa 1:26;

City of My God

Where God Resides;

Rev 3:12;

City of Righteousness

Those abiding with God who is their righteousness

Isa 1:26;

City of the Lord

Those of the New Jerusalem

Isa 60:14

City Not Forsaken, A

Those pursued by God

Isa 62:12;

Daughter of Jerusalem

The Church who is reborn by the Spirit of God, His Word and the woman Heavenly Jerusalem

Mic 4:8; Zep 3:14; Zec 9:9; Gal 4:26; Heb 12:22;

Daughter of Zion

She who is Born of God

Isa 52:2, 62:11; Mat 21:5; Heb 12:22;

Disciple

The Student of God

Mat 10:24-25;

Ekklesia (Church)

A Calling Out

Mat 18:17; Act 2:47; Rev 22:16;

Elect, The

Those Chosen of God

Mat 24:31;

Faithful Brethren in Christ

Those married to Christ

Col 1:2;

Fellow Citizens

Residents of the City of God

Eph 2:10;

Fellow Heirs

Joint heirs together of God’s Kingdom

Eph 3:6;

Fellow Servant

Working Together in Unison

Rev 22:9;

Field, His

God’s Garden

Mat 13:24;

Flock of God

Those in God’s Pasture

1 Pet 5:2;

Followers

Those that that imitate the Godly examples of others

1 Cor 11:1;

Followers of God

Led By the Spirit

Eph 5:1;

Friends

Jesus Laid Down His Life for Us

Jn 15:13-14;

General Assembly

Universal Congregation

Heb12:23;

Glory and Honor of the Nations

Where God Resides

Rev 21:26

Good Soldier of Jesus Christ

Those in God’s Army

2 Tim 2 :3;

Great City

She Who is Mighty and Strong

Rev 21:10;

Ground, Good

The Good Soil of the Kingdom of God

Mat 13:23;

Habitation of God

The New Jerusalem God’s City of Living Stones

Eph 2:22;

Heir(s)

He Who Inherits

Rom 8:17; Gal 3:29; Gal 4:1; Tit 3:7; 1 Pet 3:7;

Heirs according to the Promise

Those who inherit

Gal 3:29

Heirs of God

Those Who Inherit

Rom 8:17; Gal 4:7;

Heirs of Promise

Those who inherit by an oath

Heb 6:17;

Heirs of Salvation

Those that inherit the Kingdom of God

Heb 1:14;

Heirs of the Kingdom

Those that inherit the Kingdom of God

Jam 2:5;

Holy City

He has made her clean and ready

Isa 52:1; Rev 21”2;

Holy Jerusalem

Blameless City of Jehovah

Revn 21:10;

Holy Nation

Blameless People

Exo 19:6; 1 Pet 2:9;

House, Christ’s

The Dwelling of Christ Jesus

Heb 3:6;

Household of Faith

Those in the Family of God by Faith

Gal 6:10;

Household of God

Those in the Family of God

Eph 2:19;

Household, His

Those in the Family of God

Mat 10:25;

House of God

Where the Spirit of God Lives

1 Tim 3:15;

House of Israel

The Spiritual Israel in Covenant with Jesus

Eze 34:30; Heb 8:8

House of Judah

The Spiritual Jews in Covenant with Jesus

Heb 8:8

In Christ

Those abiding in Jesus Christ

Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 1:2, 3:1 15:22; 2 Cor 1:21, 2:14, 3:14, 5:17; Gal 3:28; Eph 2:6, 2:10, 2:13, 3:6; 2 Tim 3:15;

Isaac

The church called a type of the son of promise being in Christ

Gal 4:28;

Israel

God’s people saved by Grace

Rom 11:26;

Jerusalem

City Redeemed of the Lord

Isa 52:2, 9; Dan 9:25;

Jew

Spiritual type of natural Israel; Circumcised of the Heart

Rom 2:29;

Joined Unto the Lord

The Bride of Christ

1 Cor 6:17;

Joint-Heirs with Christ

Those who Inherit

Rom 8:17;

Just, the

Those Who are Blameless

Mat 13:49;

Kingdom of Priests

Spiritual People

Exo 19:6;

Kings

God’s Royalty

Rev 1:6;

Kings of the Earth

Rulers of the Earth

Rev 1:5, 21:24

Lamb’s Wife, the

Married to Jesus

Rev 21:2, 9;

Light

Those of the Day

2 Cor 6:14; Eph 5:8; Php 2:15;

Light of the World

Those that Teach the Truth and demonstrate the Love of God

Mat 5:14;

Living Stone

The New Jerusalem of God

1 Peter 2:5

Members of Christ

The Body of Christ

1 Cor 6:1;

More than Conquerors

The church in Christ Jesus

Rom 8:37;

Mother

Spiritual Mother of God

Mat 12:50; Gal 4:19; Rev 12:1;

Nation, A

Those of Spiritual Israel

Isa 55:5;

Nations of Them Which are Saved

The Redeemed of the Lord from every nation

Rev 21:24;

New Creature

Those Born of the Spirit

2 Cor 5:17;

New Jerusalem

The Lamb’s Wife

Rev 3:12, 21:2;

One

One consisting of many in Christ

Gal 3:28; Eph 1:10;

One Body

One With Christ by Marriage Covenant;

1 Cor 10:17, 12:12;

One Bread

One With Christ by Covenant

1 Cor 10:17;

Partakers of His Promise

Participants of the union with the Holy Spirit.

Eph 3:6;

Peculiar People

Purchased Possession

Tit 2:15; 1 Pet 2:9;

People, A

God’s Spiritual People

Heb 8:10

People, Holy

Those made blameless

Isa 62:12;

People, My

Spiritual Nation of Israel

Hos 2:23; Rom 9:25;

People Israel, My

Children Born of the Sprit

Mat 2:6;

Pillar in the Temple of My God

Living Stone

Rev 3:12;

Precious Fruit of the Earth

That Which is to Be Harvested

Jam 5:7;

Priests

Those who bring the sacrifice of Praise to God

Rev 1:6;

Priesthood, Holy

Those who bring the sacrifice of Praise to God

1 Pet 2:5;

Purchased (Possession)

Those Bought with the Blood

Act 20:28;

Rachael

The type of the Bride of God’s Week of Work

Gen 29:18

Ransomed of the Lord

Those Bought with the Blood of Jesus

Isaiah 35:10;

Redeemed of the Lord

Those Purchased from the World of Darkness

Psa 107:2; Isa 51:11; 62:12;

Righteous, the

Those Justified by God

Mat 13:43; 1 Pet 3:12;

Righteousness

Those Justified by God

2 Cor 6:14;

Righteousness, Servants of

Those who Serve God’s Purpose

Rom 6:18;

Royal Priesthood

New Covenant Kings and Priests that praise and worship God

1 Pet 2:9;

Ruth

A Type of the Bride of Christ

Ruth

Saints

Sacred, Pure, Blameless

Rom 1:7, 15:25, 16:15; 1 Cor 1:2, 16:1, 15; 2 Cor 1:1, 13:13; Eph 1:1, 2:19, 3:18, 4:12, 6:18; Php 4:22; Col 1:2; 1 Th 3:13;

Saints In Christ Jesus

Those blameless in Christ

Php 1:1;

Saints in Light

Those blameless in God

Col 1:12;

Salt of the Earth

Those who flavor and preserve

Mat 5:12;

Same Body, the

Joined members of the same body

Eph 3:6;

Saved

Those redeemed from Satan’s kingdom

Rom 8:24; 1 Cor 15:2; 2 Cor 2:15;

Seed, Abraham’s

Those of spiritual Father Abraham

Gal 3:29;

Seed, Good

Those planted by God

Mat 13:38;

Seed, the

Those of the Promise of Abraham

Rom 9:8;

Servant

Those in service to God

Mat 10:24;

Sheep

Those in God’s Flock sorted at the right Hand of God

Mat 25:33; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 2:25;

Sheep, My

Those people dedicated to follow the Good Shepherd

Jn 10:14; Jn 21:16

Sister

The Sibling of Christ

Mat 12:50;

Sister Spouse

Sister Married to Christ

Song 4:9-10, 12; 5:1

Sons of God

Those Born of the Spirit

Jn 1:12, Rom 8:14, 8:19; Gal 4:6; Php 2:15; 1 John 3:1-2;

Sons of the Living God

Born of the Spirit

Hos 1:10;

Sought Out

Those pursued by God

Isa 62:12

Spiritual House

The New Jerusalem God’s dwelling place

1 Pet 2:5;

Spouse

The Bride of the Son of God Jesus

Song 4:8, 11;

Sweet Savor

Pleasant aroma of Praise to God

2 Cor 2:15;

Tabernacle, the

God’s Eternal Temple

Rev 21:3;

Temple of God, the

God’s Dwelling Place

1 Cor 3:16;

Temple of the Holy Ghost, the

God’s Holy Living City

1 Cor 3:19;

They which are written in the Lambs Book of Life

The Church

Rev 21:27;

Tree, Good

Those who produce Fruit of the Spirit

Mat 7:17-18;

Tree of the Field

Those that bear fruit for God

Eze 34:27;

True Worshipper

Those people in the Spirit

Jn 4:23;

Twelve Tribes, the

The Spiritual Israel of God

Jam 1:1;

Vessels

Those of the House in Honor

2 Tim 2:20;

Vessels of Mercy

A saved human

Rom 9:23;

Way, the

Believers walking and following the Good Shepherd in the narrow path of eternal life

Gen 3:24; Mat 3:3; Mat 7:14; Act 9:2, Act 16:17;

Wheat, the

That which is planted by God for Harvest

Mat 13:30;

Wife

The Church aka the Bride of Jesus

Eph 5:25, 5:31-32;

Woman, A

The Bride of Christ

Rev 12:1

Workman, A

God’s faithful servants

2 Tim 2:15;

Zion, the

Those of the New Jerusalem

Isa 60:14;

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Posted on September 6, 2010, in The Church and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. g.prasannath kumar

    sir,it blessed me very much.may,god bless you.

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