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Yes,
Christians have a mother. Paul speaks of her in his epistle to the Galatians,
for he says: “For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a
bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born
after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an
allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which
gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia,
and answereth to Jerusalem
which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is
above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice,
thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now
we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that
was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even
so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman
and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of
the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but
of the free” (Galatians 4:22-31).
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As you can
see, our mother is the Jerusalem
above, that, unlike the present city of Jerusalem, is not
in bondage but is free.
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