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==Eph 2:15-16 (B) What does it mean "to make in himself of twain one new man?==

Paul is referring here to both Jews and Gentiles becoming one in Christ to form the New Testament church. 

This was the purpose of doing away with the old covenant law and the enmity it caused between Jews and Gentiles in the first place (CP Isa 11:10 with Ro 15:9-12; Hos 2:23 with Ro 9:25-26 and 1Pe 2:10; Ga 3:13-14; Eph 3:5-6). 

It is worth noting here that the church is referred to as a man in Eph 2:15, yet there are a great many in the church who refer to it as a woman - the Bride of Christ. 

Nowhere in scripture though is the church ever referred to as a woman, and the Bride of Christ is clearly identified in scripture as New Jerusalem (CP Rev 19:7-8 with 21:2, 9-10). 

See also comments on Ro 7:4, 2Cor 11:2, Eph 4:13, 5:25-32, Rev 19:7-9 and 21:2, and author's study The Bride of Christ in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1).

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