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Ephesians 2:14
“For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,”
Paul is writing to a diverse community of believers in Ephesus, probably in the mid-1st century CE. He is celebrating how Jesus's life and death have brought together people who were once separated by deep societal and religious divisions, specifically Jews and non-Jews (Gentiles).
what metaphorical walls in our world still need to be broken down for peace to flourish?
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Describes Paul himself being accused of bringing a Gentile into the Temple, an act punishable by death, highlighting the strictness of these divisions.
Paul's declaration that in Christ 'there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female' speaks to the breaking down of other social barriers.
This Old Testament prophecy looks forward to a future where God's house would be 'a house of prayer for all peoples,' suggesting a universal invitation rather than exclusion.
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