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Ephesians 2:12 is not a reference to ancient Israel. The referent of “you” is the Ephesians, many of whom had not yet been born until after the cross. What had previously (“once ... at that time”) resulted in them being “without Christ” and “excluded from the citizenship of the Israel” and...

Hello, This is what Paul says in Ephesians 2:17-22: (Nestle-Aland Greek text) Ephesians 2:17 kai elqwn euhggelisato eirhnhn UMIN toiV makran kai eirhnhn toiV egguV 18 oti di autou ECOMEN thn prosagwghn OI AMFOTEROI en eni pneumati proV ton patera 19 ara oun ouketi este xenoi kai paroikoi...

Hello, In my opinion, the concept of a pre- or mid-Tribulation Rapture is based on a misunderstanding of the use of the word “thief” in reference to the coming of the Lord in the New Testament. It is mistakenly assumed to refer to a silent Rapture of the faithful at an invisible, pre- or...