Chapter 2, Verse 19 “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and members of the household of God,”
Being in the New Covenant has erased the estrangement of the Gentiles from Old Israel. Instead of being aliens (or foreigners), the faithful saints of Ephesus were now citizens. All the saved or “saints” were citizens of the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is composed of all the saved who by nature of their actions have surrendered to the King of Glory.
In addition, the citizens of the kingdom are also members of God’s house or family. The saints were adopted by God and placed in His household. Citizens of Heaven and Members of God’s family are how Paul views the faithful saints. If we are children of God then we are His heirs. We partake of what He has. All spiritual blessings are ours. The doors of the kingdom are open wide to its citizens.
This is not a future promise. This is not something that will take place at some future date as some suppose. This is present tense. It’s not that we will, it’s that we are. We are enjoying the reign of Christ in the here and now. We are enjoying the benefits of childhood right now, today. In a sense it is heaven on earth. It is the promise enjoyed now and then enriched in the yet to come.
Task for Today: Please do not waste the now by waiting for the yet to come. The blessings of Christ are being distributed in your time. You have peace in your time. Enjoy it. Don’t miss out on the good life you can have today as a citizen and child. Christians are the Church.
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