One New Man

One New Man is a phrase from Ephesians 2:15 describing the reconciled unity created in Messiah between Jewish and Gentile believers.

Ephesians 2 addresses nations or peoples outside Israel.">Gentiles who were once:
• separated from Messiah
• alienated from the commonwealth of Israel
• strangers to the covenants of promise
• without hope
• without God in the world
Through Messiah, those who were far off have been brought near.

Yeshua whose mission focuses especially on proclaiming the gospel among Gentiles.">Paul describes Messiah as creating:
"one new man in place of the two."
This emphasizes reconciliation and unity.
It does not require the erasure of all ethnic distinction.
Paul continues elsewhere to recognize Jewish and Gentile identities.

The passage emphasizes that hostility has been overcome in Messiah.
The result is one reconciled people with access to the Father through one Spirit.

"One New Man" should not be interpreted as though Jews become nations or peoples outside Israel.">Gentiles or Gentiles become ethnically Jewish.
The emphasis is covenantal unity in Messiah.