Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…storation rests not upon Israel's political strength but upon the Creator's faithfulness. Ezekiel sees a nation brought back to life Ezekiel's vision of dry bones is sometimes applied generally to spiritual revival. The prophet himself identifies the bones: "Son of man, these bon…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…s a remnant through distress, cleanses the nation, and then establishes it under Messiah (Ezekiel 20:33-44; Zechariah 13:8-9). Righteous government over a restored Israel is therefore not the denial of judgement but its redemptive outcome. Moses supplies a precedent, not a detail…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…ation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all." —Ezekiel 37:22 Against that background, the choice of twelve Jewish apostles is unmistakably an Israel-shaped act. Jesus is not gathering a religious society without history. Israel's Messiah…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…“Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you.” —Jeremiah 3:14 Ezekiel 16 describes the LORD entering into covenant with Jerusalem: “Yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.” —Ezekiel 16:…
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