He is our Peace

Eph 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Eph 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

Eph 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Paul reminds the Christian believers at Ephesus of an important distinction that existed before Christ died on the cross and was resurrected from the dead.  Paul reminds the Ephesian Christians that they were in times past Gentiles or the Uncircumcision, as they were known by the Jews or the Circumcision.  At that time they were without Christ and aliens to the commonwealth of Israel.  They were strangers from the covenants of promise.  God's promises to the nation of Israel did not apply to them as Gentiles.  The church would do well to make a clear distinction in the Scriptures between those promises made to Israel and those made to the church.  The Gentile Ephesians had no hope apart from Christ.  Modern man has no hope apart from Christ.  Modern man is destined to an eternity in Hell apart from Christ, just as the Gentile Ephesians were.  Lost man is already under the condemnation of a Holy and Righteous God.  John 3:18 "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."  Paul reminded the believers that they were previously without God in the world.  What a sad condition, to be without God in the world.  Paul goes on to explain their new position in Christ.  "Ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ."  There is only one way to go from being condemned to drawing nigh to God and that is by appropriating the shed blood of Christ at Calvary by faith in Him.  When we turn from our sin and turn to Christ by faith we can draw nigh to God.  Paul makes a tremendous statement, "He is our peace."  Christ is the means by which we can have peace with our God.  We can go from being at enmity with God to having peace with God.  Christ has broken down the middle wall of partition between us.  Rom 2:28-29 "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. "