Ephesians 2 was preached at my mother funeral she plan her own funeral and my brother Bob preached I read the chapter 2 before reading the chapter I read several times it theApostle Paul making four points.in this chapter verses 1-3 dead trespasses and sins following the world under influences of the dark forces 4-7 But God in rich mercy made us alive together in Christ so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8-10 it is by grace you save not by work for we were created for His works God prepared beforehand in Christ and lastly 11- 22 The Gospel is for all believe the Jews and theGentiles, t the rich and the poor and to a the greatest to the least
On personal when read this chapter there mixture of grief and joy at the same time I was sadden by her lost she me love at my worst and believe in me and believe God given me the gifts to understand the scriptures, and said I had theological mind I had no idea what she talking about. She was mentors and I. Still miss her. The reason I am joyful she no longer bearing the scars of sins and breathing problem causes byEmphysema causes by from second-hand smoke and no longer needs to take anymore medication because of health issues.Because she believe in Jesus Christ who took her sins and replace with his righteousness.One the scriptures comfort me is, But now he she is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him her back again? I shall go to him,her but he her will not return to me.
Ephesians 2: 1-3 you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been save
Note dead in the trespasses and sins For instance your if your friend died and laying in a coffin, and if you spoke to him they would not respond because they are dead, another example if you dangle a carrot and put it string it in front rabbit of dead rabbit it would not chase it the rabbit is dead or cast a stone into a lake it would sink to the bottom of the lake.
It not talking about physical death but spiritual death In Genesis 3; 6-7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. On the account they are but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate . Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. In Genesis 2; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
In Genesis 5;5 Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. Fulfilling Genesis 2:17 Lastly if preached the gospel and they not have the Holy Spirit the would not respond to the gospel because they spiritually dead.They were spiritually dead as a result of their trespasses and sins. This means they were lifeless toward God. They had no vital contact with Him. They lived as if He did not exist. The cause of death was trespasses and sins. Sins are any form of wrongdoing, whether consciously committed or not, and thoughts, words, or deeds which fall short of God’s perfection. Trespasses are sins which are committed in open violation of a known law
Verses 1-2 Believer. wrote the chapter break should not obscure the vital connection between the latter part of chapter 1 and the verses that follow. There we watched the mighty power of God as it raised Christ from the grave and crowned Him with glory and honor. Now we see how that same power has worked in our own lives, raising us from spiritual death and seating us in Christ in the heavenlies.This passage resembles the first chapter of Genesis. In each we have: (1) a scene of desolation, chaos, and ruin (Gen. 1:2a; Eph. 2:1–3); (2) the introduction of divine power (Gen. 1:2b; Eph. 2:4); (3) the creation of new life (Gen. 1:3–31; Eph. 2:5–22).When Ephesians 2 opens, we are spiritual corpses in death valley. When it closes, we are not only seated in Christ in the heavenlies; we form a habitation of God through the Spirit. In between we have the mighty miracle that brought about this remarkable transformation.The first ten verses describe God’s power in the salvation of Gentiles and Jews. No Cinderella ever advanced from such rags to such riches!In verses 1 and 2 Paul reminds his Gentile readers that before their conversion they were dead, depraved, diabolical, and disobedient.
They were spiritually dead as a result of their trespasses and sins. This means they were lifeless toward God. They had no vital contact with Him. They lived as if He did not exist. The cause of death was trespasses and sins. Sins are any form of wrongdoing, whether consciously committed or not, and thoughts, words, or deeds which fall short of God’s perfection. Trespasses are sins which are committed in open violation of a known law. In a wider sense they may also include any form of false steps or blunders.
InVerse 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
https:www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.2.3,Eph.2.4&version=ESV
Verse 4- 5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. Believer Bible Commentary wrote, 2:4 The words But God form one of the most significant, eloquent, and inspiring transitions in all literature. They indicate that a stupendous change has taken place. It is a change from the doom and despair of the valley of death to the unspeakable delights of the kingdom of the Son of God’s love.The Author of the change is God Himself. No one else could have done it, and no one else would have done it.
Furthermore, The reason for His intervention is given in the words because of His great love with which He loved us. His love is great because He is its source. Just as the greatness of a giver casts an aura of greatness on his gift, so the surpassing excellence of God adds superlative luster to His love. It is greater to be loved by the mighty Sovereign of the universe, for instance, than by a fellow human being. God’s love is great because of the price He paid. Love sent the Lord Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, to die for us in agony at Calvary. God’s love is great because of the unsearchable riches it showers on its objects
Scriptures States, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Furthermore it states,, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”https://www.biblegateway.com/passagesearch=Rom.10.9,Rom.10.10,Rom.10.11,Rom.10.12,Rom.10.13&version=ESV
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.2.5&version=ESV
Note dead in our trespasses it mention twice in chapter 2 verse 1 and 5 butmade us alive together with Christ but in verse. in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air. It worth noting the Ephesians they were under the influence the prince of air meaning demons because the Holy Spirit intervene they became alive in Christ.
Believer Bible Commentary wrote.2:5 And God’s love is great because of the extreme unworthiness and unloveliness of the persons loved. We were dead in trespasses. We were enemies of God. We were destitute and degraded. He loved us in spite of it all.As a result of God’s love for us, and as a result of the redeeming work of Christ, we have been: made alive together with Christ; raised up with Him; seated Him.These expressions describe our spiritual position as a result of our union with Him. He acted as our Representative—not only for us, but as us. Therefore when He died, we died. When He was buried, we were buried.
In Ephesians 2;10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Verse 2:8 Believer Bible Commentary wrote,The next three verses present as clear a statement of the simple plan of salvation as we can find in the Bible.It all originates with the grace of God: He takes the initiative in providing it. Salvation is given to those who are utterly unworthy of it, on the basis of the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.It is given as a present possession. Those who are saved can know it. Writing to the Ephesians, Paul said, You have been saved. He knew it, and they knew it.The way we receive the gift of eternal life is through faith. Faith means that man takes his place as a lost, guilty sinner, and receives the Lord Jesus as his only hope of salvation. True saving faith is the commitment of a person to a Person.Any idea that man can earn or deserve salvation is forever exploded by the words and that not of yourselves. Dead people can do nothing, and sinners deserve nothing but punishment.It is the gift of God. A gift, of course, is a free and unconditional present. That is the only basis on which God offers salvation. The gift of God is salvation by grace and through faith. It is offered to all people everywhere.
Expositor Bible Commentar wrote,8 Paul again reminds his readers (cf. v.5) that they owe their salvation entirely to the undeserved favor of God. “Grace” is the objective, operative, and instrumental cause of salvation. Paul expands v.5 by adding that the medium that apprehends salvationis “faith”, which is also its necessary condition. Faith, however, is not something a person can produce; it is simply a trustful response that is itself evoked by the Holy Spirit.Lest faith should be in any way misinterpreted as our contributing in any way to our own salvation, Paul immediately adds a rider to explain that nothing is of our own doing; rather, everything is the “gift of God.” The entire process of salvation comes from nothing that we have done (cf. Ro 10:17).
The late Dr John Vernon McGee wrote, These are the great verses that consummate this section on the believer’s past, present, and future. Sins and God saved us by His grace,the grace.” The article points out that it is something special. The great emphasis is upon the grace of God. It is favor bestowed on the unworthy and undeserving.Now don’t come along and say, “I hope to be saved.” If you have put your trust in Christ, you can say, “I am saved.” Someone may say, “Oh, I wouldn’t dare make a statement like that because I don’t know what the future holds.” Friend, your salvation rests upon the grace of God—not upon your faithfulness. You can be confident of this very thing, “… that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6). If you are a child of God, you may wander from Him, but He will always make a way back for you because it is by His grace and that alone that you are saved. You have a finished salvation. On the basis of what Christ has done for you and on the fact that the Holy Spirit has inclined you toward Christ and you have believed the Word of God and have trusted Him, you can say, “I am saved” It’s not an “I hope so” salvation or an “I’ll try” salvation. It is a salvation that is by the grace of God, by means of faith, and it is not of yourself. It is a gift of God.
Verse10NIV commentary wrote, God’s new creation (2:10). Note the switch back to “we.” One obvious reason why no room exists for human boasting is that Paul views salvation as God’s new creation. People do not contribute to their rebirth any more than they did to their natural birth. The emphasis on the activity of God, which began in 1:1, comes to a crescendo here. “We are God’s workmanship” can well be translated, “We are the result of his activity.” Salvation and new life are God’s work, and human beings are recipients, not causative agents. That creation language is used should not be taken lightly (see also 2:15; 4:24). The New Testament assumes that God’s act in Christ is parallel to creation itself. This new creation—like everything else in Ephesians—takes place “in Christ Jesus.” The new creation is based in Christ’s resurrection, the creation of life in the midst of death.Good works prepared beforehand. The purpose of God’s creative activity is not merely to have a people, as if he were constructing a work of art. Rather, this new creation is to be active and productive like the Creator. Christians are “to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (contrast to 2:2). Salvation is not from works, but it surely is for works, that is, living obediently and productively. In keeping with 1:3–14 on God’s planning, choosing, and acting, this verse shows God planned and acted not only to save, but also to mark out the way we should live. John Stott’s words are not too strong: “Good works are indispensable to salvation—not as its ground or means … but as its consequence and evidence.”Paul does not normally speak of “good works.” “Works” has such a negative connotation for him from his debates about works of the law that he rarely uses the plural of this word in a positive sense (elsewhere only in Rom. 2:6, an Old Testament quotation, and in the Pastorals). When he does use “works” positively, he adds the adjective “good” to prevent misunderstanding. No focus on self for reasons of pride is permitted; attention to self to ensure ethical responsibility is required.
Expositor Commentary wrote 10 This verse is the outcome of the whole process. It shows what salvation is intended for: to produce the good works that attest its reality. While works play no part at all in securing salvation, Christians will prove their faith by works. Here Paul shows himself at one with James (see Jas 2:14-26). What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Faith and works working together
When we do good work it does means uses this earn our why into heaven we already have access into heaven’s gates on the account of Jesus Christ purchasing ours sins As scripture declares, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and sins Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. and Romans 4; 2- 8 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.”[a] 4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:7“Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins are covered over.8 Blessed is the person against whom the Lord will never count sin.”
In Psalm 32; 2,5Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit. I acknowledged my sin to you,and I did not cover my iniquity;I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
John Calvin wrote,Ephesians 2:10 (CC Ga/Eph): that by grace we are saved,—that we have no remaining works by which we can merit salvation; for all the good works which we possess are the fruit of regeneration. Hence it follows, that works themselves are a part of grace. Furthermore he wrote,Ephesians 2:10 (CC Ga/Eph): We are declared to be new creatures, because, not by our own power, but by the Spirit of Christ, we have been formed to righteousness. This applies to none but believers. As the descendants of Adam, they were wicked and depraved; but by the grace of Christ, they are spiritually renewed, and become new menWhen he says, that “we are the work of God. Ephesians 2:10 (CC Ga/Eph): because we have been created,—not in Adam, but in Christ Jesus,—not to every kind of life, but to good works.As scripture declares, But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.We must look to Paul’s design. He intends to shew that we have brought nothing to God, by which he might be laid under obligations to us; and he shews that even the good works which we perform have come from God. Hence it follows, that we are nothing, except through the pure exercise of his kindness.
But now in Christ is mentioned twice in verse 4 and verse 13 4
verse 13 Verse4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,( by sending His Son to purchase humanity’s sins)..But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.2.13,Eph.2.12,Eph.2.16,Eph.2.17,Eph.2.18,Eph.2.19&version=ESVIn verse 13 Note But now in Christ Jesus you (the Ephesian or Gentiles,)
Believer Bible wrote, But now, signal another abrupt transition (cf. 2:4) furthermore,Ephesians 2:13 (BBC): He also created a new society in which the ancient enmity between Jew and Gentile was forever abolished. Up to NT times, all the world was divided into two classes—Jew and Gentile. Our Savior has introduced a third—the church of God (1 Cor. 10:32). In the verses that follow, we see how believing Jews and believing Gentiles are now made one in Christ, and are introduced into this new society, where there is neither Jew nor Gentile.
Calvin wrote., Ephesians 2:13 (CC Ga/Eph): 13. But now in Christ Jesus. We must either supply the verb, now that ye have been received in Christ Jesus, or connect the word now with the conclusion of the verse, now through the blood of Christ,—which will be a still clearer exposition. In either case, the meaning is, that the Ephesians, who were far off from God and from salvation, had been reconciled to God through Christ, and made nigh by his blood; for the blood of Christ has taken away the enmity which existed between them and God, and from being enemies hath made them sons.
Dr John Gils wrote,Ephesians 2:13 (ENTVIIII): become believers in him; as they were before secretly in him, as chosen and blessed in him before the foundation of the world; ye who sometimes were far off: who in their state of unregeneracy were afar off from God, and from his law, and from any spiritual knowledge of him and fellowship with him; and from Jesus Christ, and from the knowledge of his righteousness, and the way of salvation by him; and from the spirit, and any acquaintance with the things of the spirit, and from minding them, and from walking after him; and from the saints and people of God, and from any love to them, and communion with them; and from any solid hopes of happiness, or real peace and comfort; which distance was owing both to Adam’s sin and to their own transgressions: it is an observation of a Jewish writer on Gen. 3:9 where art thou? he (God) knew where he was, but he said so to show him that he was מרוחק, afar off from God by his sin: see Isa. 59:2 and yet are made nigh by the blood of Christ: so as to have nearness of access to and communion with God, Father, Son, and Spirit, and the saints, in virtue of the blood of Christ; As scripture declares but your iniquities have made a separationbetween you and your God,and your sins have hidden his face from youso that he does not hear As Scriptures declares. God in the world. and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near in verse 17, to you who were far off and peace to those who were near
Verse 14 -15, 17 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
BelieverBible commentary, 2:17 In verse 14 Christ is our peace. In verse 15 He made peace. Now we find that He came and preached peace. When and how did He come? First, He came personally in resurrection. Second, He came representatively by the Holy Spirit. He preached peace in resurrection; in fact, peace was one of the first words He spoke after rising from the dead (Luke 24:36; John 20:19, 21, 26). Then He sent out the apostles in the power of the Holy Spirit and preached peace through them (Acts 10:36). The good news of peace was presented to you who were afar off (Gentiles) and to those who were near (Jews), a gracious fulfillment of God’s promise in Isaiah 57:19.
Dr John Gil wrote, and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, &c.] Which is to be understood not of Christ’s coming in the flesh; for when he came in the flesh, he came only to the Jews that were nigh, and preached the Gospel in his own personal ministry to them, and not to the Gentiles, who are the persons afar off
Believer Bible Commentary wrote,The NT church is not a continuation of the Believer Bible commentaryIsrael of the OT. It is something entirely distinct from anything that has preceded it or that will ever follow it. This should be apparent from the following:
1. It is new that a Gentile should have equal rights and privileges with a Jew.
2. It is new that both Jews and Gentiles should lose their national identities by becoming Christians.
3. It is new that Jews and Gentiles should be fellow members of the Body of Christ.
4. It is new that a Jew should have the hope of reigning with Christ instead of being a subject in His kingdom.
5. It is new that a Jew should no longer be under the law
Ephesians 2:14 (CC Ga/Eph): For he is our peace. He now includes Jews in the privilege of reconciliation, and shews that, through one Messiah, all are united to God. This consideration was fitted to repress the false confidence of the Jews, who, despising the grace of Christ, boasted that they were the holy people, and chosen inheritance, of God. If Christ is our peace, all who are out of him must be at variance with God.
The Jewish tradition would not associate themselves with the Samarians or Gentiles. For example in John 4;9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. the Apostle Peter said Corneeus And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.Acts.10.28
John 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.John 4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? John 4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? Acts 10:14-15 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
In John 4:27And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? Lastly In Acts 11; 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”These claims were not supported by the scriptures For example Abraham was Gentile for 99 years before he was circumcised Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.Gen.17.3,Gen.17.5,Gen.17.4,Gen.17.6,Gen.17.7,Gen.17.8,Gen.17.10,Gen.17.11&version=
Consider Jesus Line Judah mother was Leah daughter of Laban little known his family tree accept Uncle of Abraham likely Gentiles back ground Tamar slept with his father-in-law Judah and was a Canaanite Rahab was a prostitute and a Canaanite. Ruth was a Moabite. Moses wrote,You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 27:19 – Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Verses like Deuteronomy 27:19)
Exodus 21:21 – Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. (Verses like Exodus 21:21)
Deuteronomy 10:19 – Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Verses like Deuteronomy 10:19)
Deuteronomy 24:14-18 – Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, meon. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the Exod.6.15
thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Another example David Mighty many of them were Gentiles, Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. 2Sam.23.36,2Sam.23.38,2Sam.23.37, 2Sam.23.39
1 Kings 8:41-43
“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name’s sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.
Isaiah 56:6-8
Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord,
To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;
Even those I will bring to My holy mountainAnd make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,
“Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Gentiles,-In-Ot
In Joel 2:28 – 32The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit28 “And it shall come to pass afterward,that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Isaiah 56:6-8
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord,
This isMy covenant;
Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
Can the Gentiles be part of the Passover? The Torah does warn, “A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it” (Exodus 12:45), and it also says, “No uncircumcised person may eat of it” (Exodus 12:48).
He shall not eat of it” (Exodus 12:45), but he may eat unleavened bread and the bitter herbs But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. (Exodus 12:48)
When declares Jesus these words it finished And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. Through the Bible wrote,Notice that the veil was torn, not from the bottom to the top but from top to bottom. It was rent by God, not by man. The veil symbolizes the body of Jesus. When His body was rent upon the cross—when He had paid the penalty for your sin and my sin in His own body—then the way was opened into the presence of God. Therefore, you and I don’t have to have a priest or a preacher go into the presence of God for us; we can go directly to the throne of God through Christ. Let’s emphasize that the only way to the Father is through His Son. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 2:5).
Matthew 27:51 (ENTVIIII): the ceremonial law, which had its end in the death of Christ; and likewise the more clear discoveries of the mysteries of grace under the Gospel, in which they are laid to open view, and are beheld with open face: to which may be added, that this pointed out, that the way to the holiest of all, to heaven, of which this was a figure, was now made manifest; and was plain and accessible, as it was, first to Christ, who entered by his own blood, as the forerunner; and also to his people, who likewise have boldness to enter by the same.
Matthew 27:51 (CC Mt-Lk): Nor was it proper that the vail should be rent, until the sacrifice of expiation had been completed; for then Christ, the true and everlasting Priest, having abolished the figures of the law, opened up for us by his blood the way to the heavenly sanctuary, that we may no longer stand at a distance within the porch, but may freely advance into the presence of God. For so long as the shadowy worship lasted, a vail was hung up before the earthly sanctuary, in order to keep the people not only from entering but from seeing it, (Exod. 26:33; 2 Chron. 3:14.) Now Christ, by blotting out the handwriting which was opposed to us, (Col. 2:14,) removed every obstruction, that, relying on him as Mediator, we may all be a royal priesthood, (1 Pet. 2:9.) Thus the rending of the vail was not only an abrogation of the ceremonies which existed under the law, but was, in some respects, an opening of heaven, that God may now invite the members of his Son to approach him with familiarity.
The Apostle Paul wrote, , That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”=Rom.4.16,Rom.4.17,Rom.4.1 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”=Rom.4.16,Rom.4.17,Matthew 27:51 (BBC): Heb. 10:19, 20). Now the humblest believer can enter God’s presence in prayer and praise at any time. But let us never forget that the privilege was purchased for us at tremendous cost—the blood of Jesus.
Furthermore scripture declares, And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. Or For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”=Rom.10.12, Rom.10.13 Lastly, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:Rom.3.22.
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.=Eph.2.18,Eph.2.19,Eph.2.21,Eph.2.22
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.=Eph.3.6
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