By Messianic Rabbi Eric Carlson

Yeshua prayed 5 times in John chapter 17 that "we" may be one as He and Father in heaven are. “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word, that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are united with me and I with you, I pray that they may be united with us, so the world may believe that you sent me. The glory which you have given to me, I have given to them; so that they may be one, just as we are one- I united with them and you with me, so that they may be completely one, and the world thus realize that you sent me, and that you have loved them just as you have loved me” John 17: 20-23. When Yeshua prayed this prayer 2,000 years ago denominations didn't exist! There were and are presently only two people groups! Jews and Gentiles. Rabbi Shaul (Paul) explains further in Ephesians. “But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah’s blood. For he himself is our shalom - he has made us both one and has broken down the wall which has divided us by destroying in his own body the enmity occasioned by the Torah, with its commands set forth in the form of ordinances. He did this in order to create in union with himself from the two groups a single new man (humanity) and thus make shalom” Ephesians 2:13-15 “So then, you who are no longer foreigners and strangers. On the contrary, you are fellow-citizens with God’s people and members of God’s family. You have built on the foundation of the emissaries and the prophets, with the cornerstone being Yeshua the Messiah himself. In union with him the whole building is held together, and it is growing into a holy temple in union with the Lord.” Ephesians 2:19-21 “It is a consequence of this that Paul, am a prisoner of the Messiah Yeshua on behalf of you Gentiles. I assume that you have heard of the work God in his grace has given me to do for your benefit, and that it was by a revelation that this secret plan was made known to me. I have already written about it briefly, and if you read what I have written, you will grasp how I understand this secret plan concerning the Messiah. In past generations it was not made known to mankind as the Spirit is now revealing it to his emissaries and prophets, that in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God promised. ”Ephesians 3:1-6

There can not be a "One New Man" without Jews or Gentiles. Yeshua will return when "we" are one body of believers! This is not a church replacement theology nor do we believe or support that Ephraim is the church. There are physical Jews and physical Gentiles that love Messiah Yeshua but Jews do not become Gentiles nor do Gentiles become Jews. Church replacement theology or any statement that the church has replaced Israel is un-biblical and not of God. The law of evangelism states "...to the Jews first" as stated in Romans 1:16. Messiah will come when Israel and all the nations know Him. “Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim! You kill the prophets! You stone those who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused! Look! God is abandoning your house to you, leaving it desolate. For I tell you, from now on, you will not see me again until you (Israel) say “Blessed is he who comes in the name of Adonai (Lord).” Mattityahu (Mathew) 23:37-39. The "One New Man" is the "End Time" body of believers! God is restoring His people!