The controlling image in our text is the physical arrangement of the temple in Jerusalem. A wall separating Jews and Gentiles, and signs threatening death to Gentiles who entered the Holy Place, where sacrifices were offered for sin. Christ offered in his own body the final sacrifice to which the temple's sacrifices pointed. Isaiah prophesied a day when God's peace would be proclaimed to those "far and near" (Isaiah 57:19). Through the gospel the Spirit brings Gentiles ("you who were far away") and Jews ("those who were near") together before the Father.
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Dr. Robert Adams, Jr. became pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church ARP, in Merritt Island, Florida, in 2008, after serving as an intern and associate pastor since 2002. He was ordained in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod in 2003. He is a graduate of Reformed Theological...
