The Wall Came Down: Ephesians 2:11-22

Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision"—remember that at that time you were separate from Christ.

Demetrius remembered.

He had been a silversmith in Ephesus, crafting images of Artemis for pilgrims. He had grown up knowing exactly who he was: Greek, not Jewish. Free, not slave. Pagan, not belonging to the God of Israel.

Excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.