Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
My visit to the Garden tomb
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In 1966 while studying in Jerusalem, Israel, Our Professor Dr. George Turner with the Asbury Theological Seminary, made arrangement with the caretaker of the Garden Tomb to bring hisAND NOW YOU KNOW MORE
My visit to the Garden tomb
http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com
In 1966 while studying in Jerusalem, Israel, Our Professor Dr. George Turner with the Asbury Theological Seminary, made arrangement with the caretaker of the Garden Tomb to bring hisAND NOW YOU KNOW MORE
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ὅτι ἦτε ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ χωρὶς Χριστοῦ ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς πολιτείας
τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες καὶ
ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ
(Eph. 2:12 TR)
Paul makes a statement that “once” the Gentiles, apart from Christ, have no “citizenship” in Israel, and are “strangers from the covenants of promise”-the benefits of citizenship.
Furthermore, in vs 19, he says,
“ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ
οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ” implying, that such rights of citizenship are given in Christ.
Is this an accurate rendering of πολιτείας? Or is Paul simply making a rhetorical comparison, which the syntax allows him to do?
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Varnel Watson
Thank you for this one Luchen Bailey Tell us more about it pls