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The gospel - reconciliation to all nations: Mark 11:17, Ephesians 2:13

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Torrance, James B. (James Bruce) (1923-2003). The Gospel - Reconciliation to All Nations: Mark 11:17, Ephesians 2:13. Moore Theological College. 1993. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/219774.

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Torrance, J. (1993). The gospel - reconciliation to all nations: Mark 11:17, Ephesians 2:13. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/219774.

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Torrance, James B. (James Bruce) (1923-2003). The Gospel - Reconciliation to All Nations: Mark 11:17, Ephesians 2:13. Moore Theological College. 1993. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/219774.

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  • Torrance speaks on the topic of reconciliation through Christ based on Mark 11:17, Ephesians 2:13, and Acts 2:46. The Temple represented God's presence amongst the people of Israel. Torrance explains the cry of Jesus against the temple market in Mark 11; trading of currency and purchase of animals for sacrifice occurred within the court intended for Gentile worshippers. Jesus was evidently distressed because the house of God was desecrated, and Gentiles were denied the privilege of worship and prayer within the Temple. Acts 2 describes the unification of a multitude of nationalities and cultures in Christ through the Spirit. United, the body of Christ met together to worship outside of the Temple in private homes. Stephen, Paul, and Peter identified the issue of unity and the Jewish notion of division between Jew and Gentile. Within the narrative of Acts, the Christian church loses its cultural disestablishment of the church to be the body of Church. Two things achieved this liberation; firstly, the divide between humanity and God has been broken in Christ. The gospel of grace must be made visible in the life of the church. Secondly, the backlash of Judaism against the church. Persecution helped the church to see what it meant to be the body of Christ. There should be no divorce between evangelism and social justice.
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