Hello Friend,
Today I would like to share with you what I have been digging into within the New Testament for some time now. The particular passage we will use to dive into the Greek is Ephesians 2:11-14 follow along with me in your own bible.
11. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh--who are called uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision made in the flesh by hands--12. that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14. For He Himself is our PEACE, who has made both one; and, has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15. having abolished in his flesh THE ENMITY that is the law of commandments contained IN ORDINANCES, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making PEACE; 16. and, that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death THE ENMITY.
17. And He came and preached PEACE to you who were afar off; and, to those that were near. 18. For through Him we both have access by one spirit to the Father. 19. Now, therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners; but, fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God
Ok. First. "He is our peace" is a reference to the Covenant of Life & Peace that originally belonged to LEVI which was thereby passed thru to Aaron; then to Phinehas; and, finally to his descendant Zadok. See Malachi 2:4-5. Jesus's blood; and His death allows us/give us access to this Covenant. It is a topic that deserves extensive attention and surprisingly has very little written about it. I challenge you to study it out.
YESHUA IS GIVEN THE THRONE OF DAVID. HE ELEVATES THE ZADOK.
*** SEE Ezekiel 40-44 ***
THE COVENANT OF LIFE & PEACE IS
THE "COVENANTS OF PROMISE"
Friends this covenant is what was given to Moses upon Mt. Sinai; and, given to Israel. Why? It was YAH'S Intention was that this covenant (of Life & Peace) would be shared with all nations; and, not just Israel. They were to take it to all nations. Malachi 2:4 tells us this covenant continues.
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"who has made both one; and, has broken down the middle wall of separation."
Made WHO one?
The text declares that He makes the two (2): Gentiles (uncircumcision) & Jews (circumcision); into ONE by putting to death THE ENMITY BETWEEN THEM. The Creator desires to bring both Jew & Gentile together in faith as they worship the same ELOHIM that He does.
He doesn't join them together to abandon the worship of His ELOHIM.
The "middle wall of separation" was a reference to the wall (soreg) that was erected in the Temple which isn't in the Temple's Design anywhere. If you read carefully thru the Written Torah (Gen-Deut.) and, also the Temple design in Ezekiel 40-44 you will see NOTHING about there being a middle wall of separation.
This was something added by the rabbis of Judaism. It is not part of His design.
I would like you to take note that the text declares that He Abolishes THE ENMITY. The text tells us that this enmity is
"the law of commandments contained in ordinances."
For many of us; we have been conditioned to believe that this is speaking/writing about the Torah of Moses delivered to Israel upon Mt. Sinai. For most of my life I too (just as many of you also) believed that Jesus abolishes the written Torah by His death upon Calvary; co-mingled with His resurrection.
What if, this isn't actually the truth? What if THAT is actually UN-TRUE, aka a LIE?
The problem we have as believer's in Messiah Yeshua is that the text tells us their location. "In Ordinances" (δογμασιν) DOGMASIN. When we search the LXX for this term (δογμασιν) we find its absence. However, we do find variants; and, the root term (δογμα) DOGMA appear in 13 passages. If we study out this root term we find it primarily in the book of Ester & the book of Daniel.
Here is the problem. This term is NEVER used in the LXX to mean the Written Torah of Moses. Not even once. WAIT! WHAT??? I will say it again. This term (δογμα) is NEVER used to describe the Torah of Moses given to Moses upon Mt. Sinai.
*** ZERO ZILCH NADA NOT EVEN ONCE ***
δόγμα dogma dog'-mah From the base of G1380
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical): - decree, ordinance.
Here is what the Greek Text of the Bible says in Ephesians 2:14:
"the law of commandments in ordinances abolished"
- τον νομον (LAW)
- των εντολων (COMMANDMENTS)
- εν δογμασιν (ORDINANCES)
- καταργησας (ABOLISHED)
Because the term law (νομον) "nomon" is used so frequently in the LXX to speak of the Torah of Moses there is massive assumption that this passage is referring to the Written Torah itself being abolished by Christ's death. Likewise there is the usage and appearance of commandments (εντολων) "entolon" also used in the LXX to speak of the Torah of Moses.
Unfortunately this also helps to persuade the reader that this passage is speaking about the Written Torah of Moses. For those who are unfamiliar with the usage and appearance of (δογμασιν) dogmasin; or, its root (δογμα) dogma; THIS IS WHERE the text tells us this "law of commandments" resides...
IN ORDINANCES.
Should we take the time to study out (δογμασιν) dogmasin and (δογμα) dogma we discover that this term is NEVER used to refer to the Commandments of YHVH; but, within the DOGMA of religion. When I looked up where this term(s) appear the majority are within the book of Daniel. Here is what the Outline of Biblical Usage tells us.
Daniel 2:13 decree δογμα דת H1882 King Nebuchadnezzar's
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