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The significance of the events of the last days is important because it is in these days that the leadership of New Testament Christians is cast.   It is for this reason that much of this book will include the use and meaning of the “last days” and the fulfillment of the events during that time….

Sometimes, people work hard to find some rationale for their conclusions.   One fallacious reasoning that attempts to discredit the obvious application of time statements in the New Testament is to suggest that time is impervious to God.   “One day with the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.”    It…

The content of the letters and epistles proves that bringing Jews and Gentiles together in one body was the goal of their work.  1 Corinthians 13  speaks of the miraculous gifts continuing until the coming of that which is complete or perfect, while Ephesians 4 speaks of the gifts being granted until “we attain to…

Paul specifically mentions that the mystery was the bringing of Jew and Gentile in one body.   The hostility and division was the issue and context of that day.   The big picture of division starts with the scattering of man in the dispersion at Babel (Genesis 11) and the advancement of nations.  Then, God’s choice to…

This text not only explains Paul’s special role as a steward, but it gives details of how the disciples came to know about the mystery of the gospel.   The stewardship of God’s grace for Paul was the revelation of the mystery  — “that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body and partakers…

Ephesians 3:1-6 reads, “For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—  assuming that you have heard of the dispensation of God’s grace that was given to me for you,   how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.  When you read this, you can perceive my…

Chapter two starts with a discussion of the Gentile condition in verses 2-3 and comes back to it again in verses 11-12, each followed by the contrast of a new condition.   At one time, these uncircumcised Gentiles  were “dead” and “afar off” (v. 13), “separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers…