Ezekiel's account we are given vignettes of Israel in its beginnings:In terms of their beginnings they were drawn from Hittites and Amorites whose blood carried whatever was sinful in God's sight. Esau's many Hittite wives caused his mother sorrow so much so ' Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm disgusted with living because of these Hittite women(Ge,27:46a). According to human standards nothing in them merited favor from other tribes. In Ge.26 we see an example why they sued peace with Israel.
Abimelech the king of Gerar along with his men went to Isaac "And they said, We saw certainly that theLordwas with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;...thou art now the blessed of the Lord(vv.26-29)" In short they were as bad as the tribes against whom they had to compete for living space but God had predestined them and adopted in his Son. In the Adam and Eve episode the creation of Eve refers to the Fellowship of God with Man.
Spiritual significance of New Jerusalem in terms of Christ is different from Israel that went whoring after foreign gods; when God sets Ezekiel as his Watchmen the doomed city of Jerusalem shall be destroyed and it merely provides a historical context to the divine Will that it immutable. This Jerusalem is of the same significance as Egypt and Sodom that were judged and continues in various forms in the unfaithful Israel. When God tells here He is talking of New Jerusalem that is on the making in heaven "And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies (Hos.2:19)."
Ezekiel's account we are given vignettes of Israel in its beginnings:In terms of their beginnings they were drawn from Hittites and Amorites whose blood carried whatever was sinful in God's sight. Esau's many Hittite wives caused his mother sorrow so much so ' Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm disgusted with living because of these Hittite women(Ge,27:46a). According to human standards nothing in them merited favor from other tribes. In Ge.26 we see an example why they sued peace with Israel.
Abimelech the king of Gerar along with his men went to Isaac "And they said, We saw certainly that theLordwas with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;...thou art now the blessed of the Lord(vv.26-29)" In short they were as bad as the tribes against whom they had to compete for living space but God had predestined them and adopted in his Son. In the Adam and Eve episode the creation of Eve refers to the Fellowship of God with Man.
Spiritual significance of New Jerusalem in terms of Christ is different from Israel that went whoring after foreign gods; when God sets Ezekiel as his Watchmen the doomed city of Jerusalem shall be destroyed and it merely provides a historical context to the divine Will that it immutable. This Jerusalem is of the same significance as Egypt and Sodom that were judged and continues in various forms in the unfaithful Israel. When God tells here He is talking of New Jerusalem that is on the making in heaven "And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies (Hos.2:19)."
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