Spirit, of course, is the Holy Spirit, the one who joins believers to Jesus and to one another, making believers from different backgrounds able to live together as they strive, with His help, to maintain this unity. Verse 4 speaks of one body, one Spirit, and one hope. Beginning in Ephesians 4:4, Paul employs a sevenfold repetition of the term one, looking at each of the aspects that knit the church together. That we might thoroughly understand the importance of unity, the apostle moves on in today’s passage to more fully emphasize the oneness of the body of Christ. 2:11–22), and Christians have the important duty of maintaining this oneness, a unity rooted and grounded in the abundant love of our Savior (3:14–4:3).
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Jesus has done what is necessary to form this unified church (Eph. It manifests in part the unity to come on that final day, for as believing Jews and Gentiles live together in love, creation catches a glimpse of the future. In the era between the ascension and return of Christ, the church is the beachhead in the Lord’s plan to fashion this one people. At Jesus’ second advent, there will be a final separation of humanity into two groups - one people unified in worship and adoration of the one true Creator God and another group that is cast into the outer darkness, where they will experience disharmony among themselves and the wrath of the Creator forever (Matt.
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Until this plan is consummated at the return of Christ, this unity will not be a full reality, for the Father will allow at least a portion of mankind to rebel against Him. 1:10), a design to bring together people from every tribe and tongue in submission to the Lord Jesus.
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Throughout Ephesians, Paul is concerned to unfold God’s plan to “unite all things” in Christ (Eph.