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Studying EPHESIANS to Know God

Chapter 12 Salvation Future 2:6-10

In chapter 2 we looked at a wonderful word to describe our
salvation. “Poiema”. We are His workmanship, the product of
skilled labor. We are His masterpiece. In Ephesians 2 we see
the work of God in our life. Both individually, and corporately. A
finished work. Christ is pictured as the top stone of grace. We
look forward to the day when the last sinner is saved. Covered,
by the righteousness of Christ. Standing, in white robes with
resurrection bodies. Victorious, over every enemy. Even the last
enemy, death, has been destroyed. “It is finished.”

The whole salvation process is finished. He takes you, clean,
white and undefiled. The Bride of Christ, without spot or wrinkle.
He removes the veil, and the angels are astonished. The
cherubim and the seraphim behold the work of grace He has
displayed. The grace of God, in you. The grace of God, in me.
The splendor of any achievement can be measured by the size, or
number, of obstacles it has to overcome. The more difficult the
obstacle, the greater the achievement.

Look what He’s working with! Raw garbage. The literal meaning
of Adam is “Red clay”. We are made from mud! God has begun
His work and will perform it until the day of Christ. He hasn’t
unveiled us yet. We’re not yet on display. He’s chipping and
chiseling away. Holding us in the fire, to refine us. He tears us
down, and starts all over. He stretches us and pulls us. He’s
forming a masterpiece.

In salvation future, He’ll pull the veil off before the eyes of an
adoring multitude. If angels have jaws, they will drop open in
amazement. Behold God’s work of grace in the church!!! His
Body. His Bride.