...just to recap
This past Sunday we learned about "tearing the walls down".
We were in Ephesians 2:11-22 on being "one in Christ".
We jumped into Acts 21:27-30 and then back into this letter to the Ephesian church to show why Paul was writing from prison, why there is this section in his letter, why he is writing with this "worship language" and why this passage historically is so intense.
We also were in Isaiah 56:3-8 and read about how God even of past really didn't intend for this division in His house. That even the "foreigner" is not to say that he is not welcome.
So why then was the temple like this?
Is this our God?
Is this what He intended for with Israel and Blessing the Nations?
By Paul's time even more walls are up in the temple to separate groups of people from the house of God.
"And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants .....These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer..."
But in Christ and through His resurrection the world was forgiven and we have now equal access in ONE Spirit to the Father!
This is good news!
This past Sunday we learned about "tearing the walls down".
We were in Ephesians 2:11-22 on being "one in Christ".
We jumped into Acts 21:27-30 and then back into this letter to the Ephesian church to show why Paul was writing from prison, why there is this section in his letter, why he is writing with this "worship language" and why this passage historically is so intense.
We also were in Isaiah 56:3-8 and read about how God even of past really didn't intend for this division in His house. That even the "foreigner" is not to say that he is not welcome.
So why then was the temple like this?
Is this our God?
Is this what He intended for with Israel and Blessing the Nations?
By Paul's time even more walls are up in the temple to separate groups of people from the house of God.
"And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants .....These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer..."
But in Christ and through His resurrection the world was forgiven and we have now equal access in ONE Spirit to the Father!
This is good news!
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