ForHisGlory
Puritan Board Freshman
I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between the old/new covenants since salvation was available to both Jews and Gentiles prior to the "new covenant" (ex. God's compassion and salvation for the Ninevites). Can someone please explain? Or provide some good succinct articles on this topic?
Ephesians 2 states that Gentiles were "separated from Christ, alienated...strangers to the covenant....having no hope...without God in the world". I thought Paul was meaning ethnic Gentiles (as opposed to spiritual Gentiles/unbelievers) by referring to "Gentiles in the flesh", but the succeeding points seem to contradict Old Testament scripture of God's salvation for Gentiles.
Help!
Ephesians 2 states that Gentiles were "separated from Christ, alienated...strangers to the covenant....having no hope...without God in the world". I thought Paul was meaning ethnic Gentiles (as opposed to spiritual Gentiles/unbelievers) by referring to "Gentiles in the flesh", but the succeeding points seem to contradict Old Testament scripture of God's salvation for Gentiles.
Help!