Over the past week at Church and in personal readings we have been looking at Ephesians 2:11-22. During the passage, one verse jumped out at me that I didn’t understand, and its only when Bryn explained it in Lifegroup on Thursday that it made sense. From what I can see, Ephesians 2:15 is the whole passage in a nutshell.
15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.
His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace (NIV)
Before Jesus came down to pay the price for our sin, the world was a very different place. There were two types of man. The Jews who were under the promise of God who followed His law, and the Gentiles. A gentiles is anyone who is not a Jew, so that would include me today! Because Gods law saw Israel as the Chosen people, the Jews would treat the Gentiles with poorly, and the Gentiles often would retaliate.
Upon Jesus death and resurrection, he put the old law to bed. From that point on, “whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16) Thus the promise was no longer for just Israel’s people, but for ALL MAN! Therefore the hostility stirred up be the old law was removed, and salvation was and is free to anyone who seeks it.
In conclusion, it would seem that the “two” reffered to is the Jew and Gentile, being made into One Man, which would be the church.
