Ezekiel 37: Spiritual Revival and Hope for the Future - Part 1
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· 4 viewsWhen we have no life, we listen to the preaching of God’s Word. A re-revealing of the truth. Then God provides His breath (this ruach, double meaning of breath and Spirit). Galatians 3:2 says plainly that the Spirit was received not by works of the law, but by the “hearing of faith.” In other words, “the preaching of the gospel, begetting faith in them, enabled them to receive the Spirit.” - Jonathan Leman
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v.15-23 The LORD will establish His Kingdom and save His people
v.15-23 The LORD will establish His Kingdom and save His people
God established His kingdom by
His Word by the obedience of his people (the sticks, maybe wooden writing tablets) We can be saved from our wicked ways and saved from our defilement (pure desire) We believe in that "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation, and pre millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones.
We believe that Christ’s second coming will be “pre-tribulational” and “pre-millenial.” That is, that the church will be caught up to be with Christ prior to the great tribulation and will return with Him to rule on the earth in a 1000 year kingdom after the seven year tribulation. (Daniel 9:27, 12:1; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:15-31, 25:31-46; II Thessalonians 2:7-12; Revelation 16:1-19, 21, 19:1-21; Deuteronomy 30:1-10; Isaiah 11:1-16, 65:17-25; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Revelation 19:11, 20:1-6) Verse 23 - I will be their God
What doe is mean to be God’s = He drives our emotions/desire/motivations What motivates you to get out of bed every morning?
Funny/serious answers Knowing God and being cleansed daily by him with the indwelling spirit will cause us to have Kingdom focused emotions/desire/motivations
v.24-27 The LORD will establish our dwelling place and lead His people
v.24-27 The LORD will establish our dwelling place and lead His people
Joesph and Ephraim - they were the largest tribe in the southern and northern kingdom Joined with Judah - one nation There has been no king since the babaloynian invasion - and will not until the millennial kingdom Literal ? “David will rule over Jerusalem”?
King = David-Messiah, or the Davic Kingly Lingage of Jesus, not David himself as a future resurrected King in the Melliniaum more figurative - “Zion or Jerusalem is generally mentioned as the place from which the King (Madvid-Messiah), anointed by Jehvah as prince over His people, extends dominion over all the earth… and are instructed to walk as to His ways and their walking in His paths.” Sanctuary in “our” midst, Revelation 21 Revelation 21 - dwelling place
v.28 The LORD will establish the nations and sanctify His people
v.28 The LORD will establish the nations and sanctify His people
Salvation - one-time event, soul was saved from hell (similar to backsliding and returning, but not the same- Justin’s testimony) Sanctify or Sanctification - an everyday formation and spiritual revival (must include the preaching and prayer)
The work of revival is God’s work from start to finish. If man plays any part in it himself, it is only in obedience to God’s direction. Spiritual revival is God’s work alone to willing and obedient hearts. Ezekiel 36:26-27 says, “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.” Our Response
Today is the day of the LORD - trust in Him today We tell the nations by beginning with those next door NAMB “Who’s your One?”
