14For he himself is our peace,who has made the two groups oneand has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,15by setting aside in his fleshthe law with its commands and regulations.His purpose was to create in himself onenew humanity out of the two, thus making peace,16an...
He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us, 15 By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two...
I think when Americans elected Obama they were receptive to the idea of “hope and change” the candidate promised. They were perhaps thinking the nation’s first black President would bring unity to a nation still dealing with racial tensions. And Barack Obama artfully promised his Administration...