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Reading of Ephesians 2:1-22 for the New Testament Challenge.
The challenge is to read all of the New Testament by reading one chapter each day.
All readings are from the Common English Bible.

Israel was re-created and gathering in the last days, in Christ. God brought them under the One Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. He made a covenant of peace with them, reconciling them in one body in the fullness of the times, i.e. the last days of Moses. The work of the Holy Spirit breathed upon the dry bones, cleansed them from all their iniquities and brought them into the Heavenly land of Jesus Christ, who with the Father is also the new sanctuary.

Israel's new birth, new creation, restoration and resurrection is carried forth into the New Testament. Ample evidence supporting the prophecies of Ezekiel 36-37 are found in the gospel of John, Acts and Ephesians 2. The apostles left no doubt that Israel's hope and salvation as well as that of the nations is found in Christ.