25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them (Ezekiel 34: 25-27).
Ezekiel is writing during the Babylonian exile, as he was one of those who had been carried off into exile. The exile resulted in dire circumstances. Ezekiel is prophesying about a future time when there would be restoration and peace from all these circumstances. We learn from Ezekiel that this restoration and peace will be over all of creation. God as Creator restores by delivering His creation from the conditions that ultimately destroy it. The conditions that destroy creation will one-day be eliminated as well.
These verses from Ezekiel are not abstract promises, but rather they are concrete and absolute assurances. The Creator will make a new Creation and it will be in a correct relationship to Him. The covenant of peace in verse 25 is a relationship. He shall be our God and we shall be His people. We know now that it is through Christ that we become His people. This is a blessing, a blessing to all of creation. We should, like Ezekiel, know that the Creator is the Lord God and look forward to the ultimate restoration of all things. The Creator is blessing.
Ezekiel is writing during the Babylonian exile, as he was one of those who had been carried off into exile. The exile resulted in dire circumstances. Ezekiel is prophesying about a future time when there would be restoration and peace from all these circumstances. We learn from Ezekiel that this restoration and peace will be over all of creation. God as Creator restores by delivering His creation from the conditions that ultimately destroy it. The conditions that destroy creation will one-day be eliminated as well.
These verses from Ezekiel are not abstract promises, but rather they are concrete and absolute assurances. The Creator will make a new Creation and it will be in a correct relationship to Him. The covenant of peace in verse 25 is a relationship. He shall be our God and we shall be His people. We know now that it is through Christ that we become His people. This is a blessing, a blessing to all of creation. We should, like Ezekiel, know that the Creator is the Lord God and look forward to the ultimate restoration of all things. The Creator is blessing.
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