In “time present,” the current dispensation of the grace of God, God has turned to the nations after Israel’s fall with a program of unmerited favor never revealed in prophecy: Gentiles who were once “far off” are now brought near by the blood of Christ, baptized by the Spirit into the one Body of Christ, and given heavenly citizenship, the Holy Spirit of promise, and direct access to the Father. In this episode, we are reminded that salvation is a free gift by grace through faith alone, with the Apostle Paul as the pattern and example of God’s exceedingly abundant grace to the chief of sinners. This age of grace, which began with Paul’s salvation, will close when Christ raptures the Church to heaven before the Tribulation, delivering us from “the wrath to come.”