Just as in Philippians we read that for the purpose of salvation, the Lord "emptied

Himself" (heauton ekenose Phil. 2: 7), so, still in relation to the redemptive purpose, and

in no way intruding into the realm of essential Deity, that "self-emptying" of His most

wonderful DESCENT into humanity, is more than compensated, by this equally

wonderful counterbalancing "filling" associated with His ASCENSION as Head of this

company. He shall indeed in every sphere be "satisfied" (Isa. 53: 11).

Following close upon this most wonderful revelation of the Divine purpose in this

unique church, is the equally overwhelming statement, that this company is potentially

This church shares with those whose calling is found in the epistle to the Romans, in

that both are reckoned to have been quickened together, raised together with Christ, but

never in all the highest flight of teaching, or of exultant worship, has any believer of any

other calling, ever been seen as "seated together" where Christ sits at the right hand of

God. Sunkathizo occurs but once more in the N.T namely in Luke 22: 55 which

passage has no bearing on the subject before us, leaving Eph. 2: 6 unique in the record

of blessing. Kathizo means "to sit" but there are comparatively few passages where the

idea of authority is absent. This aspect of the word has come over into our language;

cathedra is a chair, to speak of ex cathedra is to speak with authority, and a cathedral is

so named for the "seat" or throne of the bishop which it contains. When we read in

Eph. 1: 20-22, it seems almost unbelievable that any believer, let alone those who were

Gentiles, should be so closely joined to the Lord, as to be reckoned not only to have been

raised up together, but made to sit together in those heavenly places "far above all", but

such is the glory of His grace. The epistle to the Hebrews emphasizes the fact that Christ

is seated at the right hand of God, but nowhere throughout that epistle is the believer ever

said to be "seated together" in heaven's holiest of all. The Hebrew believers were bidden

to "draw near", the Ephesian saints were "made nigh" and wondrous as the calling

revealed in Hebrews is, there is nothing comparable to Eph. 2: 6 to be found in any

other epistle.

Here, under the symbol of the grapes of Eshcol, we have presented a few of the unique

blessings that are to be found ONLY in the Dispensation of the Mystery, and which are

peculiar to the epistles of Paul which were written by him after Israel were set aside and

became "Lo-Ammi" at Acts 28:

Should the present reader be unable to accept the idea that Acts 28: constitutes a

"Dispensational Frontier" he is recommended to see the evidences set out in the

pamphlet of that name. If after searching to see, the reader remains unconvinced, we

must accept some measure of blame for the manner of our presentation, but on the other

hand such readers may belong to another calling, for no amount of argument can

ultimately over-ride the initial choice of the believer to this high calling that was made