11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you 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. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity,
that is, the law of commandments
contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man
from the two,
thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner
stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:11-22
We who are in Christ, have been grafted into the Covenant of Promise, that is to say, the Abrahamic Covenant, which has been renewed, and is now called the New Covenant.
Abraham was in Covenant with Jesus Christ our Lord, who is YHWH, the God of Israel, who became flesh, and performed His part of the blood letting of that covenant with Abraham, whose part of the blood letting was circumcision.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I
am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. Genesis 17:1
WE have the same calling to walk with the Lord, they way Abraham was called to walk with the Lord.
- walk before Me and be blameless.
Walk in in My Presence.
Walk with Me.
Walk in My Spirit.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16
Abraham is a Gentile, and is unique, as He foreshadows us, who are "in Christ", that is to say, "in Covenant with Christ", being both Gentile and Jew; a type of the One New man.
JLB