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Ezekiel 36:22–28 (NIV): 22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes. 24 “ ‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekial 36:24-28 are the verses often cited as the ancient prophesy foretelling the creation of the nation of Israel on 14 May 1948. God, with His miraculous power and through the political developments following the conclusion of WW2, finally brought the Jews scattered all over the world, back to their homeland, but sadly, WW2 killed more than 6 million of them mercilessly and cruelly. The Holocaust is one of the saddest events of WW2, even worse than the masacre of the Chinese in China and across southeast Asia.
Ezekial spoke of God giving the Jews a new heart and a new spirit. But the Jews themselves, I believe, are more focused on God bringing back to live in the land He gave their ancestors (to Abraham and his descendants). The LORD will be their God, and the Israelites will be His people. Bringing them back to the Abrahamic Covenant where if the people obeyed Him and lived out His Word, He will bless and prosper them and curse those who cursed them. They must have a new heart and a new spirit that is cleansed of all sin, that they may be righteous before Him.
With God having sent Jesus as the Messiah and Saviour of the world, it is now the age of the New Covenant. Unfortunately, the Jews still reject Him today as they did 2,000 years ago.
We, who were redeemed by the blood of the Lamb and justified by our faith in Jesus, will carry the Abrahamic Covenant forward in the new Covenant with Christ, and as Gentiles will carry and be the blessing to all the nations of the world. Ironically, the Abrahamic blessings will be bestowed by the believers of Christ, the same Christ condemned and rejected by the Jews themselves. We will have the new heart and the new spirit and will be a nation who is righteous before God by the blood of Christ.
Do not underestimate the power of our new heart and our new spirit. We now have direct access to the holy throne room of God. Through prayer, we may reach out to God directly. As we call upon His name, He will hear us as we are His people, and He is our God. As we pray, His supernatural power will penetrate through the physical realm. We will experience healing, signs, and wonders because, as Ezekial prophesied, so that the name of Yahweh may be glorified, for the sake of the Holy Nane of Yahweh.
Live a righteous life. Live a life worthy of His name. Remember, through the blood of Jesus and the confession of our lips, we are children of the most high God and thus have been given a new heart and a new spirit. Use it for the glory of God! Have a good week, everyone! May we experience living in the centre of His will that His Holy Name may be glorified in all that we do as He grants us wisdom and discernment to deal with issues of life at our workplace and in our homes!
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