Who wrote the letter to the Ephesians and where did he write it from?
Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians from prison in Rome. The context calls it one of the little letters Paul wrote from prison in Rome, taking readers into the higher atmosphere of Christian doctrine. It is described as higher ground with no more reference to the Old Testament or the Jew, and as the Body of Christ territory.
Les explains that Ephesians is one of the little letters Paul wrote from prison in Rome. He notes that this letter takes us into the higher atmosphere of Christian doctrine, or into the deeper waters. In Ephesians, there is no more reference to the Old Testament, no more reference to the Jew, but it is higher ground—it is the Body of Christ territory. Les reads Ephesians 1:10, which speaks of the dispensation of the administration of the fullness of time, when God will gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth. He emphasizes that Gentile believers especially have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of God, who works all things after the counsel of His own will.