Post by Woody Williams on May 1, 2007 3:00:07 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Ezekiel 37:24-28
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My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one
shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe
my statutes. They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant
Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and
their children's children shall live there forever; and my servant
David shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace
with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will
bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them
forevermore. My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations shall know
that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is among them
forevermore.
Devotional
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Ezekiel prophecies a new beginning for Israel after the Exile. The
split nation will be re-united and made one nation under a king like
king David. God renews the promise to be their God will care for them
through this shepherd king whom God will raise up. Christians
interpret this as a messianic promise of Jesus who becomes God's gift
to reconcile and fulfill the covenant.
Prayer
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Lead me to reconciliation and peace, gracious God. Amen
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My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one
shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe
my statutes. They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant
Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and
their children's children shall live there forever; and my servant
David shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace
with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will
bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them
forevermore. My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations shall know
that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is among them
forevermore.
Devotional
----------
Ezekiel prophecies a new beginning for Israel after the Exile. The
split nation will be re-united and made one nation under a king like
king David. God renews the promise to be their God will care for them
through this shepherd king whom God will raise up. Christians
interpret this as a messianic promise of Jesus who becomes God's gift
to reconcile and fulfill the covenant.
Prayer
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Lead me to reconciliation and peace, gracious God. Amen