Ezekiel 37:24-28 (ESV Strong's)
24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
Nations Will Know!!
In the above passage we have the prophecy of Ezekiel about the end times. It is in the context of the famous prophecy about God and Magog, the end time battle. In this exact passage we have the words of the prophet that God is going to set up His Kingdom and His servant David, will be the King. He is not talking about the actually King David who died centuries before. He is talking about the Messiah, from the tribe of David. Jesus was that King. He did raise from the dead and He will return to provide peace and set up a Kingdom. He will rule that Kingdom. When that happens, the nations will know that God is the God who rules. He “sanctifies” His people. We do not “sanctify” ourselves. The word means to be made holy. Not only will Jesus rule the earth, but He will rule those He has made holy. Our sin will be wiped away and He will establish a Kingdom of Priest. Note how John said it in his letter to the early churches:
Revelation 1:4-7 (ESV Strong's)
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
God will let the nations of the earth know that He is King and His Son, Jesus Christ, will reign forever.
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