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<strong>Sons</strong> <strong>To</strong> <strong>Glory</strong><br />
sticks of Joseph and Judah, which become one in God’s hand. The<br />
stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim represents spiritual Israel (the<br />
Church), and the stick of Judah represents natural Israel (the Jews).<br />
After the two are joined together in the land of Israel, the Covenant of<br />
Peace will be in operation in a much greater way. This chapter then<br />
ends with the Lord describing His Covenant of Peace:<br />
Ezekiel 37:23-28 – “They (the combined house of Israel) shall<br />
not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their<br />
detestable things, nor with their transgressions; but I will<br />
deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have<br />
sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people,<br />
and I will be their God. David My servant shall be king over<br />
them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk<br />
in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. Then<br />
they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My<br />
servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there,<br />
they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and<br />
My servant David shall be their prince forever. Moreover I will<br />
make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an<br />
everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and<br />
multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst<br />
forevermore.<br />
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their<br />
God, and they shall be My people. The nations also will know<br />
that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their<br />
midst forevermore.”<br />
God’s sanctuary (the Millennial Temple), as described in Ezekiel 40-<br />
48, will be set up and functioning for about 1,000 years as a teaching<br />
tool for His people so we can learn to BE His pure and holy temple for<br />
all eternity.<br />
It is interesting to note the judgment and then blessing pattern once<br />
again in the final chapters of Ezekiel. Chapters 38 and 39 speak about<br />
judgment on Gog and Magog, and then the final nine chapters of<br />
Ezekiel describe in detail the blessing of God’s Millennial Temple.<br />
This temple will be in the midst of Israel during the reign of Messiah. A<br />
study model of this temple will be discussed in chapter seven.<br />
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