Ephesians 2: 1-7

1.Our Lost Condition (1-3) 2.What Christ did for us (4-7) 3. Grace in Salvation (8-10) Paul’s Theology of Redemption

Read the passage and find words that describe: Our lost condition Our new state in Christ God’s attitude to us.

Eph 2:1 And you he made

Eph 2:1 when you were dead

through the trespasses and sins

Eph 2:2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, 1

the course of this world

Jam 1:14-15 but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Jam 1:15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full- grown brings forth death.

the prince of the power of the air, I beheld falling as lighning from heaven - Jesus

Casting Down of the Rebellious Angels by Gustave Dore'

the prince of the power of the air, I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.

the prince of the power of the air, 1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.

Heavenlies Atmosphere Earth

Atziluth – Divine Realm -Archetypal World (World of Emanations) or Divine World Briah- Spiritual Realsm Creative World or World of Thrones Yetsirah- Mental Realm Formative World Assiah- Material Realm Manifest World

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Fall of Lucifer Prince of the Power of Air

Divine Third Heaven Spiritual Second Heaven Mental First Heaven Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven" (2 Cor. 12:2)

following - the spirit that is now at work in the sons of 2

Eph 2:3 Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

Eph 2:3 following the 3 desires of Body and mind,

Envy "Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous; but who can stand before envy?" Proverbs 27:4 Gluttony "For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.“ Proverbs 23:21 Greed "Yea, they are greedy dogs that can never have enough, they are so wicked that they cannot understand; they have all turned aside to their own way, every one for his own gain and his own advantage" Isaiah 56:11

Lust The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. Pro 11:6 Pride "Disgrace goes before destruction, and pride before misfortune." Proverbs 16:18

Sloth "Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and a proud man shall suffer hunger." Proverbs 9:15 Wrath "He who cools down his anger is a healer of his own heart; but wrath is the rottenness of the bones." Proverbs 14:30

Eph 2:3 and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Eph 2:4 But God,

Eph 2:4 who is rich in mercy,

Eph 2:4 out of the great love with which he loved us,

Eph 2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses,

Eph 2:5 made us alive together with Christ

1. Suzoopoieo Sun = With Zoo = Alive Poieo = Make Make alive with Christ. Col 2:13 συζωοποιέω

Eph 2:5 (by grace you have been saved),

2. Sunegerio Sun = with Egerio = energized, alive, awaken, lifted up συνεγείρω

Eph 2:6 and raised us up with him,

Eph 2:6 and made us sit with him

3. Sunkathizo Sun = with Kathiso = cause to sit down συγκαθίζω

Eph 2:6 in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Christ Joh 1:12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God

Pauline Theology of Redemption The Secret Mystical Teaching of Israel

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Let us make Man in our own image. Gen 1:26-28

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Let us make Man in our own image. Gen 1:26-28 Psa 8:5 thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Gen 3:24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Heb 2:7 Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor,

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Gal 3:23 Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Gal 3:23 Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.

Divine Spiritual Mental Material Trinity Cherubim & Seraphim Arch angels Angels Zoologicals The Unknown Christ Joh 1:12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God

Rom 8:14-17 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" It is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

The Tree contains ten centers called sephiroth, individually sephira, which are connected by 22 paths.

Eph 2:7 that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.