Daily Devotions

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 400

"I will make them one nation in the land"

Text: Ezekiel 37:22

BECOMING ONE NATION AGAIN

The Lord God gave a wondrous revelation of His plans concerning Israel. The Lord would gather His people from many countries. He would bring them back to their homeland and cause them to become one nation again.

“Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel
from among the nations,
wherever they have gone,
and will gather them from every side
and bring them into their own land;
and I will make them one nation in the land,
on the mountains of Israel;
and one king shall be king over them all;
they shall no longer be two nations,
nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols,
nor with their detestable things,
nor with any of their transgressions;
but I will deliver them from
all their dwelling places in which they have sinned,
and will cleanse them.
Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God””
Ezekiel 37:21-23

1. A scattered people.

a) The children of Israel were widely scattered.

b) They had been conquered by the Assyrians and the Babylonians.

c) They were dispersed throughout the different regions of these empires.

d) God promised that He would bring them back to their homeland.

e) This was a huge promise.

2. Making them one nation.

a) The Lord would bring them back to dwell in their own country.

b) They would inhabit the mountains of Israel once again.

c) They would no longer be two separate kingdoms.

d) They would become one nation in God’s plan revealed to the people.

e) This may seem to be an impossible dream but God would make this dream come to pass.

f) They would have one king to rule over them.

3. What the new nation would not have:

a) There would not be idol worship anymore.

b) There would be no more defilement that came with idolatrous practices.

c) Detestable things would be cast away.

d) Transgressions that came from idolatry would also cease.

4. What God would do.

a) He will deliver the children of Israel.

b) He will cleanse them from their sinful ways.

c) They will become His people.

d) He would be their God.

e) This was a glorious plan God revealed to the children of Israel.