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{"id":2076,"date":"2017-03-20T18:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayin.dk\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2024-01-09T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:26:39","slug":"ephesians-215-law-commandments-christ-abolish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayindk.com\/ephesians-215-law-commandments-christ-abolish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians 2:15 Which law of commandments did Christ abolish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Ephesians 2:15.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cHaving abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Some theologians and Bible commentaries say that this text says that the law of commandments, that is the Ten Commandments, was done away with at the cross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Which law are we talking about in this text?<\/strong> To find out, let us investigate the chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Who is Paul talking to in this chapter?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:11. 3:1. Church members who were Gentiles and were called by the Jews uncircumcision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>What is the subject of the chapter?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:1-3. Gentile members who walked in sin like the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:4-10. We are saved by grace and not by works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:11-12. These members were called Gentiles, uncircumcision and without hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:13. Gentiles from this church, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:14. 16. Christ has made both Jews and Gentiles one, by breaking the wall of separation between them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:15-17. Christ abolished the law of commandments contained in the ordinances, which separated the two: Jews and Gentiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:18. The believing Gentiles have now access to the Father through the Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:19. The Gentile believers are no longer strangers and foreigners, but citizens and members of the household of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:20-22. In Christ, both Gentile and Jewish believers are built together into a holy temple in the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The next question we can ask ourselves is what divided the Gentiles from the Jews?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:11. The Gentiles were called uncircumcision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:12. The Gentiles were without Christ and aliens from the covenant of promise, having no\u00a0hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:13. The Gentiles were not allowed to participate in the blood offerings in the temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Heb 9:22 without blood there can be no forgiveness of sins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:14. Christ broke down the middle wall of separation between the Jew and Gentiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:15. A law was abolished through Christ, so that the Jew and Gentiles could be both one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:16. That action through the cross, reconciled both Jew and Gentile to God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:18. Before the cross the Gentiles did not have access to the Father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ephes 2:19-22. Before the cross, the Gentiles were not citizens of Gods kingdom and his temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">In Ephes 2:11 it says that the Gentiles were called uncircumcised. Why does a Gentile have to be\u00a0circumcised to be a Jew? Gen 17:1-14. God commanded that Abraham and the male descendants\u00a0of his household, should be circumcised as a sign of a covenant between him and his people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Was this sign of circumcision only to be used for Jews?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">No! There were no Jews or Israelites at the time of Abraham. The Israelites came after Jacob was\u00a0born. What about the strangers who attached themselves to Abrahams household? Did they have\u00a0to be circumcised? Exodus 12:48 And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the\u00a0Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and\u00a0he shall be a native of the land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">What does Paul say about circumcision in the time of the New Testament?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments\u00a0of God is what matters. So Paul is reinforcing his beliefs in the Ten Commandments of God in this\u00a0text. They were not nailed to the cross. Furthermore, the rite of circumcision was done away with\u00a0when one became a Christian in the time of Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Gal 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but faith\u00a0working through love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Rom 2:28.29 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in\u00a0the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>What was it that separated the Jews from the Gentiles in Ephesians chapter two?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">In Ephes 2:14 it says that there was a middle wall of separation. What is this middle wall of\u00a0separation? At the temple in Jerusalem there was a wall built around the temple, to prevent\u00a0access for Gentiles to enter and participate in the sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins. Gentiles\u00a0were not allowed into the temple area because to the Jew it was defiling the holy place Acts 21:28.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayindk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Lamb-Of-God-On-His-Cross2-300x225-1.jpg\" width=\"549\" height=\"412\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">After the crucifixion of Christ a Jew or Gentile Christian did not need to come to the temple for\u00a0forgiveness of sins, because Christ broke down this middle wall of separation. Ephes 2:14. All both\u00a0Jews and Gentiles have access to the Father for the forgiveness of sins 1 Joh 1:9. As a result of\u00a0what Christ did for us on the cross, there is no difference between Jew and Gentile because they\u00a0are all one in Christ Gal 3:28.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>What does Ephesians 2:15 mean with the light of information previously given?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cHaving abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in\u00a0ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Firstly, we shall interpret the word \u201claw\u201d in this verse in relation to the subject of the chapter and that is the law of circumcision which separated the Jews from the Gentiles. Fx. Exodus 12:43-50 If a stranger amongst you, wishes to celebrate the Passover feast or belong to the people of Israel\u00a0and offer sacrifices in the tabernacle, he should be circumcised. This was a law from God. Then in addition, there came laws of ordinances for those who wished to be a citizen of Israel. Fx. Leviticus chapters 1-27.\u00a0This law of circumcision which separated the Jew from the Gentile was abolished at the cross\u00a0making peace between Jew and Gentile through Christ. 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