I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. Ezek 37:26
God’s promise here goes beyond
the physical and geographical restoration of Israel. He promises to breathe new
spiritual life into his people so that their hearts and attitudes will be right
with Him and with every mankind. This same process is described throughout
God’s word as the cleansing and renewing of our hearts by God’s spirit.
Peace and Reconciliation is made
between God and his people by the blood of Christ. He is making an everlasting
covenant with us and it shall never be abolished. A new covenant of Peace;
could not at all agree with the ancient covenant. The whole history of the
Jewish nation is nothing more than a series of war and continual divisions. But
Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, is the mediator who gives us that true
peace.
Also he will set up a spiritual
glorious temple and worship among us, who are His chosen people. By his grace
he will make us holy, as the people of a holy God; when we are restored to a
state of favor and acceptance with God, it will be a work of providence and the
heathen people shall join us to the truthful word of God.
We have received an unchangeable
covenant of Grace and Peace, so that we will be placed in an established
position, no longer unsettled as before. He will bless and multiply us.
You might have journeyed through
lots of battles in your lives like Israelites, but God is going to restore what
all we have lost and lead us in peace.