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Topic: THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION
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oneinchrist
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So true, so true.....the Holy Spirit is no respecter of persons. The gospel is to be preached to the ends of the earth before the great and glorious day of Jesus' return.
With love in Christ, Daniel
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WildB
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by Russell S. Miller
“For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
“Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain ONE new man, so making peace;
“And that He might reconcile both unto God in ONE BODY by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
“And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
“For through Him we both have ACCESS by one Spirit unto the Father” (Eph.2:14-18).
On that Day that Christ Died, we know that “the veil in the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom...” (Matt.27:51), but the meaning of this terrific event is hidden from the understanding of Jew and Gentile until we come to the Epistles of St. Paul. In the book of Exodus, God “put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel” (Ex.11:7). In giving the Law of Moses, He “put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean” (Lev.10:10; 11:47; 20:25). And in the Prophets, God condemned the priests for “violating” His law and “profaning” His “holy” things: “...they have put no difference between the holy and profane...between the unclean and the clean...and I am profaned among them” (Ezek.22:26).
But in Paul’s Gospel, the Apostle declares that “there is no difference” today, between Jews and Gentiles: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom.3:22,23). Israel was “nigh” but through their unbelief the Jews had become as “far off” as the Gentiles. And Paul further points out that God is now dealing with all mankind today—by His grace:
“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:12,13).
This should not too difficult for us to understand. It simply shows that there is now no longer a difference between Jews and Gentiles today. And this, brethren, this occurs before Acts 28; before Acts 18:6; before Acts 13, but after Acts 2. It shows that with Paul’s conversion in Acts 9, and the commencement of the dispensation of the GRACE of God, that “the middle wall of partition” was broken down. It shows that the gospel of the grace of God is to all peoples and nations without distinction today (Acts 9:15).
God has put an end to all the bigotry, prejudice, and biased opinions of religious men and women! The Lord Jesus has “abolished the enmity” through “the blood of His cross” making, “in Himself, of [the] twain ONE new man, so making peace” (Eph.2:15). Thus Paul’s exhortation:
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Eph.4:31,32).
Clearly, then, this wonderful “access” to God that all peoples have today is first revealed to the Apostle Paul by our Lord Jesus Christ in Romans, Ephesians, and Hebrews:
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh” (Hebrews 10:19,20).
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That is all.....
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