“When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine,” says the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 16:8
God has made an everlasting covenant with the nation of Israel. Despite their repeated unfaithfulness and departure from His presence, His love for them is unfailing. We once again see the expression of God’s love for His people in Ezekiel 16:8. “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.”
1) God saved Israel from the ruin of Egypt. He looked upon them with kindness and tender affection. Even though there was nothing lovely in them, He set His love upon them.
2) God brought Israel under His protection. How many times have we also experienced God’s protection over us like an eagle protects her young ones under her wings (Deut. 32:11-12)?
Jesus our Savior came and delivered us from the clutches of Satan, to offer us His shield and protection under the shadow of His wings. In Luke 13:34, Jesus exclaimed, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem … how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings …”
3) God entered into a covenant with Israel. God called Israel His people and Himself the God of Israel. By that covenant, we know God will never leave Israel nor forsake her. How blessed it is that we too can enter into the same covenant blessing with God through Christ Jesus! Those whom God enters into a covenant with are fed with the bread of life, clothed with the robe of righteousness, and filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. But like Israel, we are by nature deformed and polluted. Even though there was nothing lovely in our fallen state, it was the kindness and love of God that sent Christ to redeem us, His Spirit to sanctify us and bring us out of bondage into His glorious liberty. It is God who has beautified us with the work of His hands. He alone deserves the glory!
God has made an everlasting covenant with the nation of Israel. Despite their repeated unfaithfulness and departure from His presence, His love for them is unfailing. We once again see the expression of God’s love for His people in Ezekiel 16:8. “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.”
1) God saved Israel from the ruin of Egypt. He looked upon them with kindness and tender affection. Even though there was nothing lovely in them, He set His love upon them.
2) God brought Israel under His protection. How many times have we also experienced God’s protection over us like an eagle protects her young ones under her wings (Deut. 32:11-12)?
Jesus our Savior came and delivered us from the clutches of Satan, to offer us His shield and protection under the shadow of His wings. In Luke 13:34, Jesus exclaimed, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem … how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings …”
3) God entered into a covenant with Israel. God called Israel His people and Himself the God of Israel. By that covenant, we know God will never leave Israel nor forsake her. How blessed it is that we too can enter into the same covenant blessing with God through Christ Jesus! Those whom God enters into a covenant with are fed with the bread of life, clothed with the robe of righteousness, and filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. But like Israel, we are by nature deformed and polluted. Even though there was nothing lovely in our fallen state, it was the kindness and love of God that sent Christ to redeem us, His Spirit to sanctify us and bring us out of bondage into His glorious liberty. It is God who has beautified us with the work of His hands. He alone deserves the glory!
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