Eph 2:14 What is the "middle wall of partition" Paul refers to here?
Eph 2:14 What is the "middle wall of partition" Paul refers to here?
(CP V13-22) Here Paul is reminding the Gentile Christians in Ephesus how, though they were once alienated from God and had no relationship with the Jews, through the blood Jesus shed on the cross, they were now made one with the Jews to form the New Testament church (CP 3:6; 4:4-6; with Ro 1:16; 10:9-13; 1Cor 12:12-14 ; Ga 3:27-29; Col 3:10-11).
The middle wall of partition refers to the old covenant law that brought enmity that separated Jews and Gentiles. This was symbolized by the veil in the temple that was torn in two when Jesus died. God thus signifying that all men, Jews and Gentiles alike were one in Christ from that time on (CP Mt 27:51 with He 10:19-20).
The torn veil represented Jesus' broken body.
(See also comments on Mt 27:51 and He 10:19-20 and author's study The Old Covenant - Fulfilled in Christ and Completely Abolished in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1)).