Shepherds Bible Ephesians Chapter 2

1. And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

#Or, He quickened your mind. Those that stood loyal to Yahveh during the
spiritual battle in the world-that-was are born of woman in this
wor ld-that-is, without conscious memory of what went before. But these
things are caller to your remembrance by people such as myself and other
stude nts that teach and reach you because you were chosen before the
foundations of the world. We simply call them to your mind.#

2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disob edience:

#ln other words, in times past, you went along with the crowd and you were
obeying Satan. Now understand. Up till now Paul has been talking about
salvation and redemption through Christ's blood that was shed for us on the
cross. Now here Paul speaks of the prince of the power of the air. He's
talking abo ut the one that's going to come back saying he is the Christ, and
as you know, I I Thess. 2-3 stipulates that this one, the protecting cherub
or Satan, will come back before Jesus, the legitamite Christ, returns. So
you see the impor tance of knowing who you are, who the false Christ is, and
which Christ will he the Saviour. These things fall into place and come to
mind for the elect.#

3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were
by nature the children of wrath, e ven as others.

#In other words, we were born into this world in ignorance, so that every
soul would have a choice, either here or in the millennium. That's why this
world is. It is so all His children that were led astray would have a chance
again to love Him from their own heart. You will if your of the elect
choose Him now in this world. Or, you will be taught YHVH's full truth
during t he millennium and make your choice then. For those who refuse to
accept Jesus Christ in the millennium, it's good-bye.#

4.B ut God, w ho is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith He loved us,

#Because of His mercy, they're going to k now the whole --truth". He loved
His children, even before this world, and He doesn't want to de stroy any of
them.#

5. E ven whe n we were de ad in sins, hath quicke ned us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)

#He quickened us how? By letting us know who we are. The greatest gift is
knowing who you are and who the children of Lucifer, the Kenites, are,
whereby you will know when and where the false Christ will app ear. By the
grace of Jesus Chr ist you are saved.#

6. And hath raised us up together, and mode us sit together in heavenly

places in Christ Jesus:

#Or, He raised us to a higher level of thinking., a higher level of

knowledge whereby we would know where and when these things would happen, so
that we would not be deceived.#

7. That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace
in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

#Many people don't realize the scope of His love that is evidenced by the
millennium. If there were, not to he a millennium, no one other than the
elect would have an opportunity. The purpose of the millennium, during which
it is your destiny to teach, is to give His full truth to those who have
been misled. You shall teach and love and guide His people.#

8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God:

#What does that word faith really mean? In the Greek, it means divine
influence on the heart. It isn't a thing totally of your choice. God brings
this divine influe nce and touches your heart because of your loyalty be fore
the foundations of this world. Now understand this, because it clarifies the
meaning of grace. This is not the qift of man. It takes the divine influence
of the Spirit to bring about the salvation of the elect. This word is
addressed to the elect (or "saints"), to those of His people (Israel) who
were ..led astray hy Lucifer and to the ethnos. This is the reason some
scholars ha ve trouble with this.#

9. Not of works, lest any man should boost.

#Now this says you are not saved by your good deeds, yet this is what most
churches in our day teach. But what does the Word say? We were just told man
can't take any credit but thnt it is divine influence " that saves. Now
remember we are talking nbo ut this age and salvation prior to the
millennium. In that dispensation, it shall be different, but this is
addressed to those of the elect that are here on earth now. Let us keep our
times and people straight and then it becomes clear and simpler to
understand. You do understand, if you are elect., if you follow Christ, your
deeds could be none other than good, but the point is these works are not
your salvation.#

10. For we are His workmanship, created, in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
#You should be able to see there is no choice involved here. God 'before
ordained," and unto good works refers to the fact that you should help His
peop le. He hasn't chosen you because you are something special. He chose you
because you were loyal in that pre-foundation spiritual battle, and it is
His purpos e that you shall help the rest and lead them.#

11. 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;

#Understand this is talking fo the lost sheep of Israel and also to the
physical ethnos, which means races other than your Nordic, Anglo-Saxon
Adamic people.#

12. That at this time ye were without Christ, be ing aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
no hope, find without God in the. world:

#/In other words, you didn't have a chance or a prayer. You had no adopt ion
into Israel. You had nothing. You were Gentiles. All the covenants of the
Old Testament were made to Israel. (For the deeper students, I add that I
realise God made a covenant with the city of Jerusalem, also a covenant
with the Kenites that they should never want for a man to lead them but here
I'm speaking of the old powerful covenants made with the nation, Israel.#

#So you understand that Christ is the only door for the ethnos, for the
Gentiles He is the only door for you. He is the only door for everyone...
even the Kenites.. because He is the fulfillment of the covenant, #

13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are mode nigh by
the blood of Christ.

14. For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us;

#With His blood, He broke down the middle wall, whereby the ethnos (nations
in the Greek, Rev. 21:24-25) - if they accept Jesus Christ - shall live in
their own kingdom with their own rulers or kings and queens. (These terms
are used in the earthly sense. They shall of course be in YHVH's kingdo m and
Jesus Christ shall be the King of kings.) This middle wall of partition also
means the present division of beliefs. Those who accept Jesus Christ shall
be in unison, understanding the full truth at that time.#

15. Having abolished in His flesh the emnity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so
making peace;

#What ordinances are we talking about? The blood of Christ replaced the
blood ordinance. (Now for you students who think that He did away with the
law, you had be tter re-read the 5th chapter of Matthew where it says, He
didn't even change a tittle - the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet -
of the law.) It speaks here specifically of the blood sacrifice tieing
together His total Plan of salvation... fulfilling both the Old and the New
Testament and bringing salvation to the entire world for all those that
would choose it.#

16. And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the emnity thereby:

#You call it the body of Christ, the church, Christianity., you call it
whatever you want , but it's Jesus Christ.. it's His bod y, His blood :
through Him, the temple is made. It's not made with hands.#

17. And come and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that
were nigh.

#Those that were far off, or were not included in the covenants. And those
that were nigh, or Israel, His people.#

18. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

#/Christ is the only door to the Father is what it is saying.#

19. Now therefore ye ore no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, a nd o f the household o f God ;

#Saints (used here aga in) means the pure and holy, or the elect in
relationship to the Gentiles. You are in a sense the saints of the Gentiles,
in fulfilling that promise made to Abraham that he would be a blessing to
all nations. You shall be the teachers of that blessing which is the truth.#

#The word fellow-citizen in the Greek (while a sound-alike to the English

"fellow-politics") means a fellow Christian or one of the same belief and
not necessarily of the same race or color.#

20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ Himself being the chief corner stone;

#/Note both the apostles and the prophets speak of Jesus Christ as the chief
cornerstone, again tieing together both the New and the Old Testament.#

21. I n whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord:

# In other words, it's the full cycle.. the whole building., the whole
foundation, and we see the beauty of His salvation unto the whole world
including the saints and including the Gentiles. #

22. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through
the Spirit.

#Or, the Gentiles, whom I'm teaching, are a part of this, is what he is
say- ing.#