Ephesians 2:15
"He abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules, in order to create out of the two races one new people in unison with himself, in this way making peace."
In the year 200 AD when "Paul" wrote the letter to the Ephesians, Christianity was in its formative years, so to speak. "Paul's" task was to expand the boundaries of Christianity beyond the confines of being a form of Judaism and spread the idea that Christ died for all men. Christians are members of a third race distinct from Jews or Gentiles (Eph 4:17) They share in a new humanity which achieves what the old humanity failed to gain:*The likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness." (Eph 4:24)
You know what hour it is ... salvation is nearer than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. (Romans 13:11-12}
* Understanding the New Testment Fourth edition Howard Clark Kee
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