was himself a new creature, but did not at that time come under a dispensation that

eradicated all the distinctions between himself and Israel. In the dispensation of the

Mystery dispensation echoes doctrine, the anomaly has vanished, the new creation has

extended to "the both", and has united Jew and Gentile in one new man, so making

The position may be set out thus:--

The step forward is indicated in Eph. 2: 15. There the new man that is created is not

that which is connected with the salvation and justification of a sinner by grace. This

new man is created in Christ "of the twain", that is of Jewish and Gentile believers. This

brings dispensational position level with the doctrinal position; in both the flesh is

eliminated, both are connected with reconciliation. In II Cor. 5: the new creature is the

doctrinal outcome of the first sphere of reconciliation. In Eph. 2: 15, 16 the new man

created in Himself is the outcome of the further reconciliation there brought in.

The difference between the two periods may be seen if set out thus:--

Each chapter in this epistle speaks of the Lord's coming. It is of such importance, that

it is indicated as the one thing for which the redeemed wait while serving God; "they wait

for His Son out of the heavens" (I Thess. 1: 10). Chapters 2:, 3:, 4:, and 5: give this

Coming one name--The Parousia. The word "coming" is not a good rendering, rather is

it His arrival--His "Personal Presence"--that the word indicates.

The apostle tells the Thessalonians practically what he told the Corinthans:--