The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 29 :  Breaking Down the Middle Wall of Partition  (2:14-15)

Difficult verses  –  ‘Breaking down the middle wall of partition’: to what do these phrases refer?  –  What wall did Jesus break down?  –  What did Paul mean when he said the law has been rendered ineffective?  –  Most commentators state we cannot limit the use of the word ‘law’ here to the ceremonial law only  –  God’s moral law never ends  –  Background on the Jewish / Gentile division  –  Theories on the ‘middle wall of separation’