Depending on your age, you might remember or have read about the Berlin Wall.
It was built in August of 1961 with the original being built out of barbed wire and concrete blocks. The wall was 96 miles in length and stood 11 to 15 feet high. It separated West Germany from East Germany.
The Bible had its own wall called the wall of partition.
This wall was built by God and it separated Israel from the rest of the nations.
Let’s say we have a geographical separation in this wall of partition with the West being Israel and the East being the other nations.
The West (Israel) had all kinds of benefits.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans 9: 4-5
The East (Gentiles) on the other hand had none.
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;
That at that time ye 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:
Ephesians 2:11-12
In June of 1987 then-President Reagan gave a speech at the Brandenburg Gate and told the Soviet leader “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
The middle wall of partition was broken down for us by Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Ephesians 2:14
That wall had its ending with Christ’s death and shed blood.
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13
Out of that separation, He created one new man and abolished the law of commandments and ordinances.
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;
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ephesians 2:15-16
In this new man there comes a oneness.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
This new man is called the Body of Christ and can only be found in Paul’s writings.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14
There is no middle wall to sit on today in this dispensation, either you are in the Body of Christ or you are not.
If you aren’t sure it’s time to study Romans through Philemon, the only place you will find it.
To see Souls saved and Saints edified!