J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics reviews what the New Covenant actually is from the Holy Scriptures, addressing: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Romans 11:26-27. Part 1 of 3.
Ezekiel
“Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have made your heart like the heart of God, therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas. Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of your slayer, though you are a man and not God, in the hands of those who wound you? You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!…‘By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled with violence, and you sinned; therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, that they may see you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; it has consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.’”
“For thus says the Lord God, ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again,’ declares the Lord God.”
“Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.”
There are many significant questions that are raised by the two-stick oracle of Ezekiel 37:15-28. Is this prophecy fulfillled or unfulfilled? What does its symbolism represent? What have Jewish, Christian, and even Messianic Jewish interpreters said about it? Part 3 of 3.
There are many significant questions that are raised by the two-stick oracle of Ezekiel 37:15-28. Is this prophecy fulfillled or unfulfilled? What does its symbolism represent? What have Jewish, Christian, and even Messianic Jewish interpreters said about it? Part 2 of 3.
There are many significant questions that are raised by the two-stick oracle of Ezekiel 37:15-28. Is this prophecy fulfillled or unfulfilled? What does its symbolism represent? What have Jewish, Christian, and even Messianic Jewish interpreters said about it? Part 1 of 3.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses how in too much of Messianic Judaism, Ezekiel 37:15-28 is an off-limits Bible passage, due to the abuses of the Two-House sub-movement.
J.K. McKee surveys the Book of Ezekiel from a Messianic perspective. Have your study Bible handy, and be prepared to take notes!
“It shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel” (NASU).
