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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
3 — and I will bless thee
Ephesians 3 begins with the dispensation of grace that was given by God to Paul for us. Leviticus begins with the sacrifices and offerings that were ordained by God for the Priests to keep for us.
Ephesians 3 talks about what has been made knows to the apostles and prophets, and how he has been made a minister. Leviticus gives the instructions from Moses to the levitical priests and also to Aaron.
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Ephesians 3:6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
There is nothing in the book of Leviticus that reveals that the nations were to be joint heirs and joint partakers of the promise. Where did Paul get this?
If you see that Jesus is the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world you then realize He is the reality of the offerings. But that means that all of the offerings that are presented in Leviticus are also for the nations. This wasn't revealed at the time of Leviticus. This is why Paul said:
3that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
4by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)
5which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit,
6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;