Complete Jewish Bible, Tree of Life Version, The Messianic Writings by Daniel Gruber.
Those are 3 translations that you could read that would make clear the simple beauty of Ephesians chapter 1,2 and 3. Our foundation is so important, and the Apostle Paul, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin who still kept the law, and yet was willing to wrestle with Jacob (James) in Acts chapter 15 about how little was expected of gentiles who were being added to the Body of Messiah, that Apostle Paul, not some strange animal that was out to establish something new called the church, if that was his goal, why go back to Jerusalem, why consult with Jacob (James) and Peter at all?. Abraham is our Father, there is One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. The prophets from age to age have been speaking of this one body of the Messiah, the chosen people. The beauty is for the gentile who drops their pride and bows to enter into the tent of Shem, they become a part of the body of Messiah. This understanding that there is no such thing as "church" because we gentiles are simply being caught up into the continuing work of God, Messiah's community, the Body of the Messiah, something that has been, is and will be. There is no need for a new expression, just a proper understanding of the true calling and election, and the humility to agree with God that He has a right as Creator to select a chosen people and bless the nations through them. Humility is the key to receiving that blessing. "Even the dogs get the crumbs that fall from the Master's table." BAM, woman you are in with the full blessing, healing and salvation of the family. Welcome Home!
That is how gentiles get into the family, by humility.
Don't you see that the use of the words "Christ" and 'church' have been instituted by satan himself to twist and distort what should be clear and plain. "Christ" would have made no impression on the mind of the Jew who made up the majority of Messiah's community in Acts. Messiah connects the whole story together and shows the amazing continuing determination of God.
"Church" distorts and tries to introduce as new, something that is simply a wonderful opening up of something that is from ages past and will go on into ages to come, the Body of the Messiah, Messiah's community.
To the faithful few who have made it this far. Simply read Eph. chapters 1-3 in one of the translations above and see the beauty of being welcomed into the One family of God, the God of Israel, through the blood of the Messiah!
Those are 3 translations that you could read that would make clear the simple beauty of Ephesians chapter 1,2 and 3. Our foundation is so important, and the Apostle Paul, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin who still kept the law, and yet was willing to wrestle with Jacob (James) in Acts chapter 15 about how little was expected of gentiles who were being added to the Body of Messiah, that Apostle Paul, not some strange animal that was out to establish something new called the church, if that was his goal, why go back to Jerusalem, why consult with Jacob (James) and Peter at all?. Abraham is our Father, there is One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. The prophets from age to age have been speaking of this one body of the Messiah, the chosen people. The beauty is for the gentile who drops their pride and bows to enter into the tent of Shem, they become a part of the body of Messiah. This understanding that there is no such thing as "church" because we gentiles are simply being caught up into the continuing work of God, Messiah's community, the Body of the Messiah, something that has been, is and will be. There is no need for a new expression, just a proper understanding of the true calling and election, and the humility to agree with God that He has a right as Creator to select a chosen people and bless the nations through them. Humility is the key to receiving that blessing. "Even the dogs get the crumbs that fall from the Master's table." BAM, woman you are in with the full blessing, healing and salvation of the family. Welcome Home!
That is how gentiles get into the family, by humility.
Don't you see that the use of the words "Christ" and 'church' have been instituted by satan himself to twist and distort what should be clear and plain. "Christ" would have made no impression on the mind of the Jew who made up the majority of Messiah's community in Acts. Messiah connects the whole story together and shows the amazing continuing determination of God.
"Church" distorts and tries to introduce as new, something that is simply a wonderful opening up of something that is from ages past and will go on into ages to come, the Body of the Messiah, Messiah's community.
To the faithful few who have made it this far. Simply read Eph. chapters 1-3 in one of the translations above and see the beauty of being welcomed into the One family of God, the God of Israel, through the blood of the Messiah!
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