Ephesians 2, Dead in sins, quickened us together with Christ

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

He quickened your mind.
Those that stood loyal to God during the spiritual battle in the world that was, they are born of woman in this world that is now, without conscious memory of what went before.
But these things are called to your remembrance by people such as myself and other students that teach and reach you because you were chosen before the foundations of the world.
We simply call them to your mind.

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

In times past, you went along with the crowd and you were obeying Satan.
Up till now Paul has talking about salvation and redemption through Christ's blood that was shed for us on the cross.
Now here Paul speaks of the prince of the power of the air.
He's talking about Satan going to come back saying he is the Christ, and as you know.
2 Thessalonians 2 stipulates that this one, the protecting cherub or Satan, will come back before Christ, saying he is Christ.
So you see the important of knowing who you are, who the false Christ is, and which Christ will be the Saviour.
These things fall into place and come to mind for the elect.

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

We were born into this world in ignorance, so that every soul would have a choice, either here or in the millennium.
That's why we are in this world now.
It is so all His children that were led astray would have a change again to love Him from their own heart.
You will if you're of the elect choose Him now in this world.
You will be taught God's full truth during the millennium and make your choice then.
For those who refuse to accept Christ in the millennium, Revelation 20 they will go into the lake of fire with Satan.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where with he loved us,

Because of His mercy, they're going to know the whole truth.
He loved His children, even before this world, and He doesn't want to destroy any of them.

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

He quickened us how?
By letting us know who we are.
The greatest gift is knowing who you are and who the children of Satan are, the Kenites.
Whereby you will know when and where the false Christ will appear, By the grace of Christ you are saved.

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

He raised us to a higher level of thinking...a higher level of knowledge whereby we would know where and when these things would happen, so that we would not be deceived.

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Many people don't realize the scope of His love that is evidenced by the millennium.
If there were not to be a millennium, no one other than the elect would have an opportunity.
The purpose of the millennium, during which it is your destiny to teach, is to give His full truth to those who have been misled.
You shall teach and love and guide His people.

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

What does that word faith really mean?
In the Greek, it means divine influence on the heart.
It isn't a thing totally of your choice.
God brings this divine influence and touches your heart because of your loyalty before the foundations of this world.
Now understand this, because it clarifies the meaning of grace.
This is not the gift of man.
It takes the divine influence of the Spirit to bring about the salvation of the elect.
This word is addressed to the elect or saints, to those of Israel who were led astray by Satan and to the ethnos also.
This is the reason some scholars have trouble with this.

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

This says you are not saved by your good deeds, yet this is what most churches in our day teach.
But what does the Word say?
We were just told man can't take any credit but that it is divine influence that saves.
We are talking about this age and salvation prior to the millennium.
In that dispensation, it shall be different, but this is addressed to those of the elect that are here on earth now.
Let us keep our times and people straight and then it becomes clear and simpler to understand.
The elect do understand, if you follow Christ, your deeds could be none other than good, but the point is these works are not your salvation.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

You should be able to see there is no choice involved here.
God before ordained, and unto good works refers to the fact that you shall help His people.
He hasn't chosen you because you are something special.
He chose you because you were loyal in that pre-foundation spiritual battle, and it is His purpose that you shall help the rest and lead them.

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Understand this is talking to the lost sheep of Israel and also to the physical ethnos, which means races other than your Nordic, Anglo-Saxon Adamic people.

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the common wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

You didn't have a chance or a prayer.
You had no adoption into Israel.
You had nothing.
You were Gentiles.
All the covenants of the Old Testament were made to Israel.
For the deeper students, I add that I realize God made a covenant with the city of Jerusalem, also a covenant with the Kenites that they should never want for a man to lead them, but here I'm speaking of the old, powerful covenants made with the nation, Israel.
So you understand that Christ is the only door for the ethnos, for the Gentiles.
He is the only door for you.
He is the only door for everyone even the Kenites, because He is the fulfillment of the covenant.

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

With His blood, He broke down the middle wall, whereby the ethno (Nations in Greek).
Revelation 21:24-25 if they accept Christ, they shall live in their own kingdom with their own rulers or kings and queens.
These terms are used in the earthly sense.
They shall of course be in God's kingdom and Christ shall be the King of Kings.
This middle wall of partition also means the present division of beliefs.
Those who accept Christ shall be in unison, understanding the full truth at that time.

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

Who ordinances are we talking about?
The blood of Christ replaced the blood ordinance.
Who thinks that He did away with the law?
Go back and read Matthews 5, where it says, He didn't even change a title - the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet of the law.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
It speaks here specifically of the blood sacrifice tie together, His total plan of salvation , fulfilling both the Old and New Testament and bringing salvation to the entire world for all those that would choose it.

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

You call it the body of Christ, the church, Christianity, you call it what ever you want, but it's Christ it's His body, His blood: through Him, the temple is made.
It's not made with hands.

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Those that were far off, or were not included in the covenants.
And those that were nigh, or Israel, His people.

18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

He is saying, Christ is the only door to the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Saints used here again means the pure and Holy, or the elect in relationship to the Gentiles.
You are in a sense the saints of the Gentiles, in fulfilling that promise made to Abraham that he would be a blessing to all nations.
You shall be the teachers of that blessing, which is the truth.
The word fellow-citizen in the Greek while a sound alike to the English fellow-politics, means a fellow Christian or one of the same belief and not necessarily of the same race or color.
Revelation 21:24-25 if they accept Christ, they shall live in their own kingdom with their own rulers or kings and queens.
You can study God's word or man word, it's up to you.
God has invited all His children to His wedding.
Bible study hour The Lord Wedding
Those that wait on Him will be with Him in The Millennium temple.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
You will be one of God's Priest .. over your own race.
Revelation 20 and Ezekiel 44 tells us about the Millennium.
Some will ask, What is the Millennium?
Millennium is 1000 years - one day with the Lord is 1000 years.
2 Peter 3:8 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (the elements are the evil things of this world) shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Note both the apostles and the prophets speak of Christ as the chief cornerstone, again tied together both the New and Old Testament.

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

It's the full cycle, the whole building, the whole foundation, and we see the beauty of His salvation unto the whole world including the saints and including the Gentiles.

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

He is saying, The Gentiles, whom I'm teaching, are a part of this.

Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25