Ephesians 2:13

Union of Jew and Gentile in a "New Body".

(2:13,14) Where the Gentiles were once alone, now they "have been brought near" to Israelites by means of the sacrifice of Christ. Where there was a barrier of sin which separated Gentile from Jew, Christ "has made the two (Gentile and Jew) one". It is not an amalgamation of national Israel with an entire company of Gentiles, but of individual Israelites with individual Gentiles into a single third company, the Church. In other words, both Gentiles and Jews now stand on the same ground of condemnation and at the same door of redemption, the door--Jesus Christ. This is illustrated in the Old Testament tabernacle as the gate of the congregation and in the Temple as the gate to the Women's Court. Christ said it to the disciples; "I am the door of the sheep..." and, "I am the door..." (John 10:7; John 10:9; John 10:9), speaking of Himself as the only access to Heaven that was possible for man.