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138enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of Hiscalling,what are the riches of the glory of His inheritancein the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of Hispower toward us who believe.These are in accordance withthe working of the strength of His might which He broughtabout in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, andseated Himat His right hand in the heavenly places, farabove all rule and authority and power and dominion, andevery na methat is na med, not only in this age, but also inthe one to come. And He put all things in subjection underHis feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the churchwhich is His body, the fullness of Hi mwho fills a 11 in all"(Eph. I: 18-23, New American Standard).According to this plan of God in Christ, all believersin Christ have already been joined with Jesus Christinto one body, regardless of nationality. Paul furtherclarifies the point by saying, ". . . in who m the wholebuilding, being fitted t.oqet her is gro wing into a holytemple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built togetherinto adwelling of God in the Spirit" (Eph. 2:20-22, NewAmerican Standard).Thus, when aman truly believes and has new life inJesus Christ he becomes one with all those who share thesame new life in Christ.They all have the same Spirit ofChrist which unites them in one body.The Kukis of the pre-<strong>Christian</strong> era loved to preservetheir genealogical links with their ancestors.They had a

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