Ezekiel 36:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 36:24

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, ^abut for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.

23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ^ahallowed in you before their eyes.

24 For ^aI will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.

25 ^aThen I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^bfrom all your filthiness and from all your idols.

26 I will give you a ^anew heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

27 I will put My ^aSpirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

28 ^aThen you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^byou shall be My people, and I will be your God.

29 I will ^adeliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^bI will call for the grain and multiply it, and ^cbring no famine upon you.

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In Ezekiel 36, God is talking through Ezekiel about what is yet to come. Jeremiah 31 speaks of a covenant that He is going to make with Israel. We have already been drawn into that covenant. The time is coming when He is going to make that New Covenant with a political entity.

We have already been drawn into a part of the New Covenant, in God's preparations for the fulfillment of this very prophecy. This is so that we can be prepared to work with Christ when this time He is speaking of in Ezekiel 36 begins to occur.

I want you to notice that the primary feature of this New Covenant is the change in the people's heart. It is a change in their mind, in their conscience, from one that is hard, from one that is defiled, from one that is contaminated, from one that is resistant to truth, from one that is stone-like, to one that is soft, to one that is sensitive, to one that is pliable, to one that is merciful, to one that is kind, to one that is generous, to one that is concerned, to one that is humble, to one that is God-centered rather than self-centered.

What is He talking about here? He is talking about conversion. What is conversion? Conversion includes the change from a stony heart to a soft heart, a heart that is tender. He is speaking of the softening of a heart, the removal of the obduracy toward God and the way of God, making it possible for a person to be sensitive and concerned about submitting to God. Is this world concerned and sensitive about submitting to God? You know from your own experience that it is not, except in a very general way.

Excerpted from Conscience (Part 2)

Ezekiel 36:24-27

So this is the third time in the book of Ezekiel where He shows the way it works. We have to repent. Actually, I should start earlier than that. God calls them out. God takes them from the place of ruin, from the place of death, from the place of sin, and He brings them into their own land. He causes them to repent, and then He gives them a new heart and a new spirit so that they can keep God's way, so they can walk with Him, so they can ultimately have eternal life.

Excerpted from Psalm 51 (Part Three): Verses 5-12

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