As believers in Jesus Christ we are adopted into the family of God. We become children and heirs to the promises given to Israel. Through the precious blood of the Lamb there is no longer Jew or gentile, slave or free, we are all one in the Body of Christ. His peace He gives you, not the peace that the world offers, His peace which transcends all human understanding.
In His Father’s house there are many rooms and He went to prepare a place for you and I.
Restoration of Israel’s relationship with Yahweh brings the covenant blessings promised in Leviticus. Ezekiel has skillfully reworked the blessings into a future picture of hope for Israel. Faithlife Bible.
The exiles were encouraged through this promise of a covenant of peace, characterized by these promises: (1) security from foreign aggressor nations, the wild beasts; (2) showers of blessing, meaning productivity and prosperity; and (3) the certainty that the Lord is Israel’s God and desires reunion with His people and a lasting relationship built on a new covenant. NKJ Bible.
Ezekiel 34:25–31 (NKJV)
25 “I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28 And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. 29 I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. 30 Thus they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God.’ ”
31 “You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
Zechariah 8:13 (NKJV)
13 And it shall come to pass
That just as you were a curse among the nations,
O house of Judah and house of Israel,
So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing.
Do not fear,
Let your hands be strong.’
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