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God's Love for Jerusalem

Jerusalem—an Unfaithful Wife

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Ezekiel 16:60-63 NLT
60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
61 Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.
62 And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

New Covenant Prophesied

Jeremiah 31:31-37 NLT
31 “The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord.

33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”

35 It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day
    and the moon and stars to light the night,
    and who stirs the sea into roaring waves.
His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    and this is what he says:
36 “I am as likely to reject my people Israel
    as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”

37 This is what the Lord says:
“Just as the heavens cannot be measured
    and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored,
so I will not consider casting them away
    for the evil they have done.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

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"Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:61, found on StudyLight.org and other sites, explain that this verse signifies God establishing a new, everlasting covenant with Israel, extending beyond the old covenant to include Gentiles who will become "daughters" in the new covenant community, receiving their spiritual inheritance from Israel. The "elder and younger sisters" refer to the Gentiles, who will be incorporated into the Church under the New Covenant.

Key Points from the Commentaries

⦁    The Everlasting Covenant:
    Verse 61 introduces God's promise to establish an everlasting covenant, which commentators link to the New Covenant prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31-35.

⦁    "Thy Sisters":
The "elder and younger" sisters are interpreted as the Gentiles—those who lived before the Jewish nation was called and those who came after.

⦁    Inclusion of Gentiles:
These Gentiles will be brought into the Church and receive the privileges and ordinances of God's covenant, participating in the new spiritual community alongside converted Israelites.

⦁    A New Spiritual Family:
The "giving them unto thee for daughters" signifies that the Gentiles, once brought into the Church by God's grace, will be incorporated into the covenant people and obey the word of God.

⦁    Shame and Repentance:
The context of the verse suggests that when God shows covenant grace and brings these "sisters" into the fellowship, Jerusalem will then remember her past ways, be ashamed, and acknowledge her great sinfulness.

In essence, the commentaries highlight that Ezekiel 16:61 is a crucial prophecy about the inclusion of the Gentiles into the people of God through a new covenant in the blood of Jesus Christ, our Messiah, forming a universal community of faith."
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Ezekiel 16 - On The Day You Were Born
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