Why is Ephesians considered higher ground with no reference to the Old Testament or the Jew?
Ephesians is higher ground because Paul’s prison letter moves into the higher atmosphere of Christian doctrine, the deeper waters, where there is no more reference to the Old Testament or the Jew. It is Body of Christ territory, focusing on God gathering all things together in Christ and Gentile believers’ inheritance.
Les explains that Ephesians is one of the little letters Paul wrote from prison in Rome. In that letter, Paul takes the reader into the higher atmosphere of Christian doctrine, or into the deeper waters. Les notes that here there is no more reference to the Old Testament and no more reference to the Jew, but it is higher ground—the Body of Christ territory. The passage in Ephesians 1:10 speaks of the dispensation of the administration of the fullness of time, when He will gather together in one all things in Christ, both in heaven and on earth. Les also points out that Gentile believers especially have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things after the counsel of His own will.