In God's mind there is only one Son, whose humility was such to obey his Will perfectly. There is no second. Likewise there is only one Jerusalem and not another that has been scorched by sin of disobedience as often as its history shows. What is this holy city of God? It is of this city Prophet Isaiah has sung: "In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation willGodappointforwalls and bulwarks./ Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in(Is.26:1-2)".
It is the city of God that the living vine refers to and God is the Maker and Builder. He is also the Husbandman and Jesus Christ as the true vine. "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me(John15:4)". Holiness of God brings it glory into it. Unlike the city we discussed at the beginning it is his righteousness that the saints redeemed for the earth shall bring. Their baggage was nothing of their own but freely issued to each and each received in faith.
God tells Ezekiel why the city was reduced to rubble by strangers. The wood when it was whole was no good for anything; much less was when fire had taken its toll. "Therefore thus saith the LordGod; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem./And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am theLord, when I set my face against them(vv.6-7)".
In God's mind there is only one Son, whose humility was such to obey his Will perfectly. There is no second. Likewise there is only one Jerusalem and not another that has been scorched by sin of disobedience as often as its history shows. What is this holy city of God? It is of this city Prophet Isaiah has sung: "In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation willGodappointforwalls and bulwarks./ Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in(Is.26:1-2)".
It is the city of God that the living vine refers to and God is the Maker and Builder. He is also the Husbandman and Jesus Christ as the true vine. "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me(John15:4)". Holiness of God brings it glory into it. Unlike the city we discussed at the beginning it is his righteousness that the saints redeemed for the earth shall bring. Their baggage was nothing of their own but freely issued to each and each received in faith.
God tells Ezekiel why the city was reduced to rubble by strangers. The wood when it was whole was no good for anything; much less was when fire had taken its toll. "Therefore thus saith the LordGod; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem./And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am theLord, when I set my face against them(vv.6-7)".
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