For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. (Ephesians 2:14-16)
The author of the Bible’s book of Ephesians writes here of two types of humanity—Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews). When writing “For he is our peace,” Jesus Christ is being referenced. In Jesus Christ all varieties of humanity are knit into one humanity, which has been, is, and will be God’s eternal intention.
Hostility in the human family is of human origin. God never stirs up human hostility. No, God in Jesus Christ is the ultimate reconciler and peacemaker.
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