We who serve the Lord Jesus must cease using the terms "Gentile Church" and "Jewish Christian." There is no such thing as a Gentile Church or a Jewish Christian, in God's sight. There is only the one Church, the one elect of God, the one family of saints.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (Ephesians 4:4)

The context of the above verse reveals that Paul is referring to the believing Jews and Gentiles, who have become one Body of Christ, one new Man, through the cross.

Perhaps the churches have forgotten that when the Holy Spirit of God was first poured out, marking the beginning of the Church Age, He fell upon 120 Jews.

The followers of the Lord Jesus do not understand the purpose of the Church Age. The calling out from the world of God's elect does not mean the remainder of mankind is doomed to the Lake of Fire. The elect are called out from the world to learn of God, to offer spiritual sacrifices to Him, to build up and to be built up as the members of the one Body of Christ.

When the Body of Christ has been built into a perfect, complete man, then Christ, Head and Body, will establish justice among the nations of saved peoples of the earth.

The calling out of Israel does not mean the rest of the nations are lost to God and will be destroyed. Rather it is through Israel that the nations will be saved.

The coming of Christ is twofold. He came and is coming again.

In another sense, the two comings are one coming. They are one coming in that the resurrected Christ keeps "coming" to and in His saints and always is with them. His coming in the clouds of glory will be an unveiling in the eyes of mankind of the fruit of two thousand years of the travail of the Church to bring forth Christ in the saints.

Christ will appear rather than come from a far distance. He is here now but the world cannot see Him.

The Head of the Body, the Lord Jesus, came two thousand years ago and bore upon Himself the sins and sicknesses of mankind.

Since that time two aspects of salvation have been occurring. First, a witness has been given to the nations of the coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth. The nations are commanded to keep the word of the Apostles. Whoever calls on the name of the Lord, being baptized and obeying His Apostles, shall be saved in the Day of the Lord.

Second, the Body of Christ is being formed so that when the Lord Jesus is revealed He will not be alone. The Lord Jesus will be revealed in and with a company of brothers.

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. (II Thessalonians 1:10)

It is likely that multitudes of people will see the Lord primarily in His brothers rather than in a face to face encounter with the Lord Himself.

To be continued.