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Christians Should Not Try to Separate Jews and Gentiles Again

Christians Should Not Try to Separate Jews and Gentiles Again

Christians should not separate Jews and Gentiles
“One flock, one shepherd” (Join 10:16)“one new people from the two groups” (Ephesians 2:15 NLT)

“Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death”—Ephesians 2:14-16 NLT read more

Old Covenant Shadows Fulfilled in New Covenant Substance of Reality

Old Covenant Shadows Fulfilled in New Covenant Substance of Reality

Abraham
The covenant always was primarily relational (with God), not material

“The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim reflection of the good things to come, not the good things themselves”—Hebrews 10:1 NLT

“These are shadows of the things to come; the reality belongs to Christ”—Colossians 2:17 NAB

The old covenant shadows were fulfilled in the new covenant substance of reality.

The main covenant is the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12:1-3). The “land” was promised by God to Abraham’s descendants” (Genesis 12:7). “The law . . . was added” to the Abrahamic Covenant (Galatians 3:19 NIV). “The land” was promised to the Israelites under the Law Covenant, with a warning about pagan peoples and against serving other “gods” (Exodus 23:30-33).  read more

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