One New Man: Reaching the World for Yeshua
It’s been awesome examining the phrase “one new man” as used by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the church at Ephesus. In case you missed the previous blogs in this discussion, you can read them here, here, and here. Paul, as an accomplished scholar and Apostle of the Gospel message, wrote to believers like us at Ephesus and affirmed that both Jews and Gentiles are one in Christ. As we have seen so far, there are many ways to interpret this statement. The first that we considered was ...
Bringing the New Testament in Hebrew to All of Israel
“What can believers do for the Gospel message to spread faster in Israel?” Over the years, this is one question that has been a major point of concern within Christians around the world. Personally, I believe one vital step we need to take is to bring the New Testament in Hebrew to everyone in Israel. You see, while the Old Testament is widely available to all in Israel, the New Testament is not. The message of Yeshua is not known by many and not readily available. And we need the ...
One God, One Messiah, One New Man
So far, in our study of the phrase “one new man,” as used by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 2:15, we’ve seen the gracious nature of God in reconciling men from all nations to Himself. Originally, only Israel had the promise of redemption. The Gentiles were strangers to this promise. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh – who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands – that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth ...
Messiah, the Son of Joseph
Several concepts have been coined from the Bible to explain the messiahship of Yeshua. Two of these are “Messiah, the Son of Joseph,” and “Messiah, the Son of David.” While both titles refer to the same person, each has a distinct meaning and implication. “Messiah, the Son of Joseph,” speaks more of Yeshua as a suffering Messiah. Joseph, in this context, is Jacob’s dear son who was sold into slavery by his brothers but later became Pharaoh’s right-hand man in Egypt. Ancient rabbis saw similarities between Joseph’s suffering before he ...
One New Man: A Glimpse of Heaven
Having 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. (Ephesians 2:15) In the last post, we began to examine Paul’s usage of the phrase one new man” in the Bible passage above. From our study, we saw that until Yeshua died and was resurrected, only Israel was recognized as a member of God's family. Albert Barnes, while explaining this truth in his commentary on Ephesians 2:15, said: "The ...
