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<font SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC0000">THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS:</font><font SIZE="5"><br>
</font><font SIZE="4">Introduction</font></span></b><span CLASS="unnamed1"><br>
<b>"To the Saints who are at Ephesus" (Ephesians 1:1b)</b></span> </font>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">WRITER:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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The Apostle Paul, formerly Saul of Tarsus, Cilicia (South central Turkey), about
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">THE LANGUAGE OF PAUL:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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Most of the New Testament was written in Koine Greek. Koine was the normal
"street" language of the day. It was oriented towards commerce between
different peoples and cultures. The areas of Anatolia and the eastern
Mediterranean were the centers of trade traffic. All trade with Asia and
Africa came either by ship or by land through the cities that were central to
the trade routes. Ephesus was one of these cities.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">THE PLACE OF WRITING:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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From Prison in Rome (1st imprisonment)</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">PROBABLE DATE OF WRITING:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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Summer AD 62</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">OCCASION FOR WRITING:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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This letter contains Paul's continuing thoughts about the nature of the Body of
Christ and the believer's responsibilities to that Body. His original
thoughts were sent earlier in "The letter to the Colossians" where he stressed
Christ's headship. The Colossian conflict revealed to Paul the need for a
fuller statement of God's program as it centers in Christ and His relationship
to the Church. This letter appears to be written to make sure the Ephesians got
the message as well. This epistle <br>
then becomes the corner stone of study for those who would seek the building up,
both for establishment and maturity, of the "Body of Christ, the Church.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Anatolia was bounded by the Black,
Aegean, and Mediterranean seas. It contained the Roman Provinces of Bithynia,
Galatia, Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Asia.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The Hellenistic (Greek),
Mediterranean, and Anatolian (pre-Turkey) society was deeply entrenched in the
philosophy of the day called "Syncretism." Syncretism was the constant
assimilation of other peoples, cultures, and religions into one universal
culture. Paul fought syncretism with the clear preaching of the Gospel
especially in the areas of unity, identity, and the Christ centered individual.
In Paul's mind assimilation was not to become a part of the doctrines of
Christianity, instead, the Body of Christ was to be distinct with its major
achievement to be unity. This theme runs strong and clear in both Ephesians and
Colossians. Paul would want the Christians at Ephesus to be able to withstand
the pressures of cultic and philosophical attacks. He was already
acquainted with the church at Colossae and knew the kinds of pressures which
would plague the Ephesians.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOOK:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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1. The exposition of the equality between Jew and Gentile in the
Body of Christ. <br>
2. The emphasis on unity in matters of faith (4:3-6). <br>
3. The purpose and will of God. <br>
4. The concept of In-Christ (used 35 times). <br>
5. Two prayers interrupt the flow of the book <br>
a. Prayer of Knowledge - 1:15-23 <br>
b. Prayer of Love - 3:14-21 <br>
6. Sharp contrast between things doctrinal and things practical. <br>
7. Grace, Love, Holiness, Mystery, The Heavenlies - heavy use of
these concepts. <br>
8. Heavy emphasis on domestic relationships (5:22-6:9). <br>
9. The conflict of believers V.S. hostile spiritual forces and
powers.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">CHURCH LOCATION:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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Western shore of Asia Minor, in a plain at the mouth of the river Cayster, on
whose southern bank was the city. 300 miles due east of Corinth, 425 miles
west of Tarsus, Paul's home town. The original Ephesus is now near the
city of Izmir, in modern Turkey.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">There were at least thirteen major
churches in Anatolia, the region of the Roman Empire which contains the city of
Ephesus. They were: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia, Laodicea, Hierapolis, Colossae, Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium,
Lystra, and Derbe. They were all on a loop of ancient trade routes. The
first seven of these are the Seven <br>
Churches of the book of Revelation.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The City's Status and Commerce: <br>
Ephesus was one of the three greatest commercial centers in the eastern
Mediterranean (Antioch of Syria, Alexandria of Egypt, and Ephesus of Asia).
It was the commercial and religious center of the Roman province of Asia - a
free city, having its own governor, council, and assembly. It's commercial
and religious advantage came because of its strategic location. Its port
brought the Roman and Asian trade worlds together. Every traveling
dignitary passed through Ephesus. <br>
Pergamum, however, was the capital of the province.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The City's Attractions: <br>
The Temple of Diana (Artemis) was one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world.
Its length was four hundred and twenty five feet and its breadth was two hundred
and forty feet. Its one hundred supporting columns measured sixty feet in
height. Diana was the Roman goddess of fertility and Artemis was the Greek
goddess of fertility. This temple was constructed as a way to satisfy the
demands of both religions and their goddesses. She was a mummy like statue
with many breasts. There were inscriptions on the statue that were used in
religious incantations. The worship of Diana largely became a business
religion. Ephesus had many cults that dealt with astrology, sorcery,
incantations, amulets, and exorcisms.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Also in Ephesus was "The Great
Theater" which was the largest in the Province. It could hold 50,000
spectators. It was built much like "The Hollywood Bowl," with a natural
seating area and a well developed center stage and acoustic reflecting
structures, no microphones needed here!</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Paul's work there: <br>
Paul was a Gospel missionary, and as a result of his preaching and teaching the
worship of the goddess Artemis fell off drastically, and the magic arts practice
took a major reverse. Because of this, after three years ministry, he was
ejected from the City. He later returned sometime after writing this
letter.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">CHURCH ORIGINS AND HISTORY:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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The origins of the church at Ephesus are largely unclear. There was a
small church already in Ephesus before Paul went there from Rome.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The man thought responsible for
bringing Christianity to the Lycus Valley, South central Anatolia, was Epaphras,
a native of Colossae (Colossians 4:12). It probably was from him that the
Colossians first heard the Gospel (Colossians 1:6-7). He had labored
diligently at Laodicea and Hierapolis as well (Colossians 4;13). The
relationship of whether Epaphras heard the Gospel from Paul in Ephesus or
whether the Ephesians were an outcropping of the Colossian church is unclear.
Most writers prefer the former view.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">There were Jews present at Pentecost
from Ephesus but there is no information as to whether they brought Christianity
back to Ephesus with them when they returned, or if they returned.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Paul first went to Ephesus briefly
during his second missionary journey (approx. A.D. 51). The church was
made up of mostly Gentiles. Paul's first priority when he came to Ephesus
was to separate the Gentile believers from the unbelievers within the church.
His mission was to teach, build up believers, and to convert unbelievers.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">He left Aquila and Priscilla in
Ephesus perhaps to help organize the church there (A.D. 51-53). Apollos
came on the scene in Paul's absence and Aquila and Priscilla furthered his
knowledge in the Resurrected Christ.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Later (October A.D. 53) Paul returned
and his ministry there lasted about two or three years. His ministry
resulted in the rapid decline of pagan temple worship and which resulted in his
ejection from Ephesus by the business and religious community.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Later (A.D. 62) Paul returned again
after his first Roman imprisonment experience. When he left for the last
time he left Timothy in charge of the local church. Some years later the
Apostle John spent his last years there heading up the Asian ministry.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The Ephesian church was considered to
be the mother church for the province of Asia and long retained its leadership.
As the City declined, mostly due to the silting up of its harbor and canal
system, the church failed as well. Over the centuries she declined and is
now desolate. In Revelation 2:1-7 God revealed that the "Candlestick" was
removed from Ephesus due to their lack of repentance. They did not
continue to walk after their first true love, Jesus Christ. They did not
turn back to God from Idols they began to follow. They did not soften
their stiff necks. Today all that remains of the Great and Glorious city
of Ephesus is sand.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
(Condensed from: </font><i><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Life
World Library, "Turkey,"</font></i><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica"> by
Desmond Stewart, TIME 1965) <br>
Ephesus sits in the south western corner of what now is modern Turkey. The
geographical area is referred to as Anatolia. Its population is made up of
a mixture of peoples acquired over thousands of years from those who have either
annexed, occupied, traveled, or traded there.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">This region of the world is a natural
land bridge between Europe and Asia. The trade routes that went between
these two continents passed through Anatolia. Ephesus was one of several
major trade cities that stretched along these ancient trade routes.
Interestingly the Seven Churches of the book of Revelation were along these
major trade routes.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Ephesus' major geological feature
would be that it was once the major sea port for Western Anatolia. With
population growth in the area, because of the development of these major trade
routes, came the building trades. The building trades required great
amounts of wood and lumber for building, heating, and cooking. The end
result was the deforestation of the region, and the result of that was soil
erosion. The end result of the soil erosion was the silting up of Ephesus
harbor, the changing of the climate to arid (no trees, no rain), and the
eventual disappearance of a city. At the time of Paul's writing to the
Ephesians the city had been already moved, at least once, further west toward
the Aegean sea in order to remain a sea port with a harbor for trade.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Anatolia is one of the oldest areas of
human settlement. Remnants of civilization have been found that date from
6500 B.C. That date suggests a time 4000 years before the construction of
Egypt's pyramids.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">At about 1900 B.C. the area was
developed and controlled by a people that, until recently, were used for
ridiculing the accuracy of the Old Testament. A man named Uriah the
Hittite had become the basis of a great enigma. The Old Testament must
have been inaccurate because there was no evidence anywhere in the world that
the Hittites ever existed. But, because of modern archeology, the Hittites
have been found. They were a culture of highly developed businessmen who
controlled most of what is now Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and a corner of the
former Soviet Union, Armenia. These areas make up the region of Anatolia.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The Hittites were Indo-European
migrants in origin, the same distinction as those who created much of Western
civilization. The Hittite state collapsed in the 12th Century B.C., and
out of them rose a number of Kingdoms whose names still abound in the area:
Lydia, Phrygia, Troy, etc.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Alexander the Great, himself a
Macedonian under Greek influence (Hellenist), conquered most of Anatolia in his
great fourth century B.C. conquests. Upon his fall one of his successors,
Seleucus, took control of the government. He, followed by his successors,
continued in power for two thousand years.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">In the first century B.C. these
Hellenists were conquered by the onslaught of the Roman Empire. In this
Greco-Roman period Anatolia became one peaceful state for the first time.
It is in this Greco-Roman period that Paul lived and wrote to the Ephesians.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Although Christianity probably had
been already established at the time, the Apostle credited with bringing
Christianity to Anatolia was Paul, himself a native of Tarsus, a city in the
Cilician Plain south of the Taurus Mountains of Anatolia. Paul's
missionary journeys started in the ancient city of Antioch (of Pisidia,
Anatolia), where the followers of Jesus first became known as Christians. The
Apostle Paul took the message of Jesus Christ to one Anatolian city after
another. Tradition <br>
says that the Virgin Mary died in Ephesus. The beloved apostle, the Gospel
writer John, lived there. The Seven Churches of Asia spoken of in the book
of Revelation were all in Anatolia.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">It was here in Anatolia, a few
hundreds years later, that the converted Roman Emperor Constantine transferred
the capital of the empire from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople.
It was at Nicaea, a western Anatolian city, today shrunken to a village, that
Constantine summoned the first ecumenical church council in 325. With the
Emperor as chairman, the bishops defined the nature of Christ's relationship to
God. The basic creed of the modern Roman, Anglican and Orthodox Churches
is still called the "Nicene Creed."</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Toward the end of the Middle Ages the
Christian community collapsed under the power of Islam. This was due to a large
part by the corrupt practices of the apostate Christian Byzantine upper class.
In North Africa a colonial Roman aristocracy had dominated an indigenous
peasantry; a similar situation had existed in Egypt, where peasants had been
oppressed by a Byzantine upper class based in Alexandria, Egypt. When the
Arabs invaded North Africa in the Seventh Century, their new religion of Islam
spread rapidly among the peasants; imperial Christianity collapsed like a house
of cards. The Anatolian masses became more or less indifferent to the
question of who would rule them next. Islam was to spread easily in the
ensuing years among peasants who had never understood Orthodox theology and who
disliked their oppressive Byzantine lords. The absence of a strong
Christian influence in this once mighty Christian region left them open to
religious conquering. It is no wonder that John paints such a sad picture
in the book of Revelation concerning the Seven Churches and their place of
responsibility in all of this. One large area of the world, Anatolia,
became no longer Christian because the churches did not listen to the teachings
of Paul and did not grow and mature in Jesus Christ.</font></p>
<p><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The next phase in Anatolian history --
the Turkish -- has continued until today. The Turks came conquering from
the central Asian region on the frontiers of China. The Arabs, pagans
lightly influenced by a trickling of Jewish and Christian ideas, submitted to a
new prophet. The stern monotheistic of the Meccan merchant Mohammed
appealed to these masses. By the tenth century the North and West had
remained somewhat Christian, those areas which became a part of the now defunct
Soviet Union. The South and East had become totally converted to Islam.</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">KEY VERSE:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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Ephesians 4:13</font></p>
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<p><b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">COMPANION EPISTLES:</font></b><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">
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Ephesians - emphasis on the BODY. <br>
Colossians - emphasis on the HEAD of the body.</font></p>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>1.</b></font> </font><a HREF="#Writer">
<font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About The Writer</font></a></td>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>2.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Language"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About The
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>3.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Writing"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About the Place of
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>4.</b></font> </font><a HREF="#Date">
<font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About The Date of Writing</font></a></td>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>5.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Occasion"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About The
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>6.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Characteristics of the Book">
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>7.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Church Location"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Where The
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>8.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Church Origins"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">About The
Ephesian Church Origins</font></a></td>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>9.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Geographic History"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The
Ephesian Geographic History</font></a></td>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>10.</b></font> </font><a HREF="#Key Verse">
<font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">The Key Verse Of The Book</font></a></td>
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<font color="#CC0000"><b>11.</b></font> </font>
<a HREF="#Companion Epistle"><font SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">A Note
On The Companion Book</font></a></td>
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