26<\/strong>. a covenant of peace<\/em> ] Cf. Eze 36:25<\/span>; Isa 55:3<\/span>; Jer 32:40<\/span>.<\/p>\n my sanctuary<\/em> ] The name given by the prophet to the temple as the dwelling place of Jehovah ( Eze 37:27<\/em><\/span>) and specially sanctified or made holy by his presence.<\/p>\n Verse 26<\/span>. Covenant of peace<\/B><\/I>] See this explained Eze 34:25<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n I will make; <\/B>as it was my kindness to your fathers to give them, so shall it be to you to give you, my blessings on the sure and inviolable security of a covenant. <\/P> A covenant of peace; <\/B>comprehending all blessings that may give a people content, and render them happy; peace with God in heaven? peace in your conscience with yourselves, with your brethren in the church, with the beasts of the field, and with your enemies, who shall for fear, though not of love, keep peace with you, while your ways please your God. <\/P> An everlasting covenant; <\/B>the spiritual part is absolutely endless, the external part shall be for a long time, as it is always to be interpreted where temporals seem promised for ever. <\/P> My sanctuary; <\/B>both temple and worship; not such as is typical of the Messiah to come, but such as may assert he is come, such as bring to the knowledge, love, and obedience of him. I will set up a spiritually glorious temple and worship amidst you. For evermore<\/I>; never to be altered or abolished on earth, but to be consummated in heaven. <\/P> <\/p>\n 26. covenant of peace<\/B>betterthan the old legal covenant, because an unchangeable covenant ofgrace (Eze 34:25<\/span>; Isa 55:3<\/span>;Jer 32:40<\/span>). <\/P> I will place them<\/B>setthem in an established position; no longer unsettled as heretofore. <\/P> my sanctuary<\/B>the templeof God; spiritual in the heart of all true followers of Messiah (2Co6:16<\/span>); and, in some literal sense, in the restored Israel (Eze40:1-44:31<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them<\/strong>,…. So the covenant of grace is called, Isa 54:10<\/span>, one principal article of which is peace and reconciliation made between God and his people by the blood of Christ, agreed on in that covenant, from whence it has its name: now here it signifies that this covenant should be made known to the converted Jews, and their interest in it; in virtue of which they shall see that peace is made for them by the blood of Christ; and shall have a true conscience peace in themselves, through that blood of the covenant being sprinkled on them; and be at peace with converted Gentiles, and even with their worst enemies, enjoying all kind of prosperity, temporal and spiritual:<\/p>\n it shall be an everlasting covenant with them<\/strong>; it shall not wax old, and vanish away, as the former covenant did; under which they were before the coming of Christ, which was exhibited in types and shadows, legal sacrifices and carnal ordinances; and besides, God will always have a covenant people among them from this time to the end of the world; so that a “loammi” shall no more be written upon them:<\/p>\n and I will place them, and multiply them<\/strong>; that is, place them in their own land, and increase their number there: or, “I will give them” l; a place in their land, and every blessing temporal and spiritual: so the Targum,<\/p>\n “I will bless them, and multiply them:”<\/p>\n and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore<\/strong>; not any material temple, but his word and ordinances; in which he will grant his spiritual presence with them, and which shall continue to the end of the world.<\/p>\n l “dabo eos”, Montanus, Piscator; “dabo ipsos”, Cocceius, Starckius.<\/p>\n (26) Multiply them.<\/strong>In accordance with what has gone before, comes this promise of the great increase of the spiritual Israel. Even John the Baptist had said, God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham; but our Lord more emphatically taught that the true children of Abraham were those who followed Him (Joh. 8:39<\/span>, &c.); while His Apostle St. Paul explains repeatedly, and at length, that Abraham was the father of all those who walk in his faith, whether they be of the circumcision or the uncircumcision (Rom. 4:12<\/span>, &c.); and again, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham (Gal. 3:7<\/span>). Thus was fulfilled the promise that he should be the father of many nations (Gen. 17:5<\/span>, interpreted in Rom. 4:17<\/span>), and in the same way also was to be fulfilled the present promise of the multiplication of the seed of Israel.<\/p>\n “Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will give to them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also will be with them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst for evermore.”<\/p>\n The vision of eternity continues. The setting up of the Sanctuary reminds us firstly that the Davidic king Zerubbabel did rebuild and establish the temple as God’s sanctuary, as a witness to the nations. But again that was but the earthly prototype of the heavenly reality. For what was to be finally established here is eternal, the sanctuary of God in Heaven (Rev 8:3-5<\/span>; Rev 11:19<\/span>; Rev 14:17<\/span>; Rev 15:5<\/span>; Rev 15:8<\/span>; Rev 16:1<\/span>). Indeed finally God Himself will be their sanctuary (Rev 21:22<\/span>).<\/p>\n The covenant of peace was brought by Jesus the Messiah, the new covenant, and God did indeed ‘give to them’ and ‘multiply them’ as the Gospel went out to the world and the new Israel grew strong and numerous. He established His sanctuary among them because His people were His sanctuary (Eph 2:20-22<\/span>). And God was with them and they were His people (2Co 6:17<\/span>). The nations also saw and were amazed, and recognised the power of a God that they did not know. And He established an everlasting covenant of peace (Eph 2:14<\/span>; Eph 2:17<\/span>).<\/p>\n The ‘covenant of peace’ mentioned here had already been mentioned in Eze 34:25<\/span>, which emphasises that what we saw there as referring to the eternal future is in fact the correct interpretation. For here the covenant is eternal against an eternal background, eternal peace between God and His own. The result will be that He will reveal Himself as a giving God, will make them abound and will establish His permanent sanctuary with them eternally. Indeed God Himself will dwell (tabernacle) with them and be their God and they will be His people. This is expanded on in Rev 21:3<\/span>, which may well be based on this verse, and Rev 21:22-24<\/span>; Rev 22:3-5<\/span> which reveal the same ideas.<\/p>\n ‘And the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst for evermore.’ Many from the nations will recognise in the new Israel the ones who are sanctified by God, and will themselves learn to honour their God, for many of them too, having recognised that the true Israel was set apart by Yahweh for His own, and having been made a part of that Israel by faith, will walk in the light of God in eternity (Rev 21:24<\/span>). Thus will Israel’s responsibility towards them have been fulfilled through the witness of the Servant, the new Israel (Act 13:47<\/span>). There may also be here the further suggestion that even the nations who come under judgment will also be made aware at that judgment of what God has done for His people in giving them everlasting life (Mat 25:31-46<\/span>). Thus the earthly blessing for the people of God continues into the heavenly.<\/p>\n Eze 37:26<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>A covenant of peace<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Could this expression at all agree with the ancient covenant? When have we seen an age, half an age, of peace in Israel, except in the time of the Judges? The whole history of the Jewish nation is nothing more than a recital of wars and continual divisions; and if we understand it of peace between God and his people, where shall we find this people faithfully attached to the Lord during one century only? We have only to open the books of the prophets, and the other sacred records, to remark their infidelities and perpetual rebellions against God. This expression, therefore, can only respect the New Testament, whereof Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, is the Mediator, and who gives us that true peace which surpasses all conception. See Php 4:7<\/span> and Calmet. Instead of, I will place them, <\/em>Houbigant reads, I will be their leader. <\/em>The expression, my sanctuary <\/em>or tabernacle, <\/em>which refers to the tabernacle or temple placed among the Jews, is typical of Jesus Christ, who is the true tabernacle, pitched by God, and not man. See Psa 89:3<\/span>. <\/span>Jer 32:40<\/span>. Eze 34:25<\/span>. 2Co 6:16<\/span>. Rev 21:3<\/span>. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>1st, We have here, <\/p>\n 1. The vision. Under the powerful impulse of the Spirit, the prophet is carried into the valley full of dry bones, disjointed and scattered in confusion; an emblem of the Jewish people now captives in Babylon, so dispersed that, to human view, their recovery was as much despaired of as the restoration of dry bones to life. Therefore, when asked, Can these bones live? <\/em>he replies, O Lord, thou knowest. <\/em>Nothing short of Omnipotence can effect the amazing miracle. <\/p>\n 2. The prophet is commanded to prophesy upon <\/em>or over these dry bones, <\/em>and to call on them to attend; O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. <\/em>And since, without a divine energy accompanying his word, their restoration to life could not be accomplished, he is ordered to pray unto the Spirit for his quickening influences; Come, O Breath, <\/em>or Spirit, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live: <\/em>and, though the work might seem strange and fruitless, the prophet obeyed. Note; <\/em>While the ministers of the Gospel are crying aloud to sinners, they must be looking up to God, and pouring out their souls in prayer to him who quickeneth the dead. <\/p>\n 3. A wonderful effect followed his prophesying; for they who go forth in dependence on the divine power, shall see the wonders of God’s grace. A noise and shaking ensued, each bone joined his fellow, and flesh and sinews grew upon them; and, at the prophet’s invocation, life entered into them, according to the promise, and they stood up, an exceeding great army. Thus, by the proclamation of Cyrus, the captives were assembled; and, by the divine Spirit animated, they were enabled to overcome all the difficulties in their way. And we have here also a representation, [1.] Of our spiritual resurrection from the death of sin; by the preaching of the word a shaking is occasioned among the souls dead in trespasses and sins; deep convictions make them tremble; and to those souls which yield to those convictions, spiritual life is communicated by the power of the Holy Ghost through faith in Christ. [2.] Of the resurrection of the body in the last day, when all our scattered atoms shall be reunited, and the same body be raised by the power of God to life eternal. 2nd, For the encouragement of the faithful among the captives, great things are promised which God will do for them. 3. They shall be taken into covenant with God: They shall be his people, <\/em>his grace will cause the glorious change in their repentant souls; and he will be their God, <\/em>to bless, preserve, and protect them. David, <\/em>the Messiah, the Son of David, shall be their king <\/em>and shepherd, <\/em>to guard them from their enemies, to feed them under his care, making all his believing people obedient in all things to his blessed will, if they simply, fully, and constantly cleave to him. <\/p>\n 4. They shall enjoy in peace the inheritance of their ancestors, transmitting it to children’s children; and shall be safe and happy under the rule of their anointed king Messiah. And this seems to direct us, for the full accomplishment of the prophesy, to future times; when this unhappy people, now so dispersed, shall receive the Lord’s Christ, and to the end of time enjoy the blessings of his government. Note; <\/em>Christ’s subjects, the children of Zion, may well be joyful in their king. <\/p>\n 5. God himself will dwell in the midst of them in a glorious manner in those last days. They shall not only be increased and established, but enjoy the special tokens of his presence. His sanctuary and tabernacle, erected among them, shall never more be destroyed; Jesus, the true tabernacle, in whom dwelt all the fulness of the God-head bodily, shall be in the midst of them; and in his church they shall see his glory, and maintain communion with him in the ordinances of his service, and find, to their unspeakable comfort, God to be their god, while they share in all the blessings of his people. Eze 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.<\/p>\n Ver. 26. Moreover, &c.<\/strong> ] See Eze 34:25<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it shall be an everlasting covenant with them.<\/strong> ] With all the Israel of God. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And I will place them,<\/strong> ] sc., <\/em> In the Holy Land, saith Piscator; or else I understand not what this word “place them,” or give them, meaneth. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And will set my sanctuary in the midst of them,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> I will indwell in them, and walk in them, &c. as <\/em> 2Co 6:16 The Jews pray earnestly for the rebuilding of their material temple. Pray we as hard for the building up of the mystical temple.<\/p>\n covenant of peace. Compare Eze 34:25. <\/p>\n everlasting covenant. See notes on Gen 9:16, and Isa 44:7. <\/p>\n I will make: Eze 34:25, Gen 17:7, 2Sa 23:5, Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4, Isa 55:3, Isa 59:20, Isa 59:21, Jer 32:40, Hos 2:18-23, Joh 14:27, Heb 13:20, Heb 13:21 <\/p>\n multiply: Eze 36:10, Eze 36:37, Isa 27:6, Isa 49:21, Jer 30:19, Jer 31:27, Zec 8:4, Zec 8:5, Heb 6:14 <\/p>\n set: Eze 11:16, Eze 43:7, Eze 45:1-6, Lev 26:11, Lev 26:12, 1Ki 8:20, 1Ki 8:21, Psa 68:18, Zec 2:5, 2Co 6:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 49:26 – everlasting hills Deu 13:17 – and multiply 1Ki 6:13 – I will dwell Psa 107:38 – He blesseth Psa 114:2 – General Psa 125:5 – peace Isa 24:5 – broken Isa 54:13 – great Jer 3:16 – when Jer 31:31 – I Eze 16:60 – I will establish Eze 37:25 – they shall dwell in Eze 39:29 – hide Eze 43:9 – and I Joe 2:27 – I am Zep 3:15 – is in Zec 14:11 – there Mal 2:5 – covenant Eph 2:12 – the covenants Heb 8:8 – covenant<\/p>\n Eze 37:26. This covenant of peace is the one Paul writes about in Heb 8:8-12 and Jeremiah in chapter 31: 31. Sanctuary . . . evermore meaus the kingdom that was pictured to Nebuchadnezzar and was predicted to stand forever,” Dan 2:44.<\/p>\n Eze 37:26-28. I will make a covenant of peace with them I will grant them the blessing of peace and prosperity. Or rather, the words are to be understood in a spiritual sense, that God will be reconciled to them through Christ, and admit them into that covenant of peace of which Christ is the Mediator, and therefore is called our peace, Eph 2:14; and then the following words, It shall be an everlasting covenant with them, may fitly be explained of the gospel, being such a covenant as shall never be abolished, or give way to any new dispensation. It is certain that the expression, a covenant of peace, could not at all agree with the ancient covenant, for when was there an age, half an age, twenty years peace in Israel? The whole history of the Jewish nation is nothing more than a recital of wars and continual divisions. And if we understand it of peace between God and his people, where shall we find this people faithfully attached to the Lord during one century only? We have only to open the books of the prophets, and the other sacred records, to remark their infidelities and perpetual rebellions against God. This expression, therefore, can only respect the new covenant, whereof Jesus Christ, the Prince of peace, is the mediator, and who gives us that true peace which surpasses all conceptions: see Calmet. And I will set my sanctuary in the midst of them I will set up a spiritual, glorious temple and worship among them; for evermore Never to be altered or abolished on earth, but to be consummated in heaven. My tabernacle also shall be with them The tabernacle wherein I will show my presence among them, and my protection over them. Gods placing first his tabernacle, and then his temple among the Jews, was a pledge and token both of his presence and protection. And we may understand him as promising here new and more valuable tokens of his presence among them, by the graces of his Holy Spirit, and the efficacy of his word and ordinances, if not also some extraordinary appearances of the divine majesty. I will be their God, and they shall be my people By my grace I will make them holy, as the people of a holy God; and I will make them happy, as the people of the ever-blessed God. And the heathen shall know that I do sanctify Israel The conversion of the Jewish nation, and their being restored to a state of favour and acceptance with God, will be a work of providence, taken notice of by the heathen themselves, who shall join themselves to the Jews, as the church of God and temple of truth: see note on Eze 36:23. <\/p>\n The Lord also promised to make a covenant of peace with His people (cf. Eze 16:62; Eze 20:37; Eze 34:25). He would plant them securely in the land and multiply their numbers (cf. Gen 22:17-18). He would also set His sanctuary in their midst forever (cf. Eze 20:40; Eze 40:5 to Eze 43:9; Zec 6:12-13), not temporarily as He had done with the tabernacle and temple. His dwelling place would be with them forever, and He would also establish an intimate relationship with them. The people of the world would know that He is Yahweh who sets aside Israel as sacred for His glory and special purpose in the earth when He would set up His sanctuary in Israel’s midst forever (cf. Exo 19:5-6).<\/p>\n The words "forever" and "everlasting" occur five times in Eze 37:25-28. The reestablished Israelites would live in the land forever and would have an everlasting king, an everlasting covenant, and an everlasting sanctuary. There are also 13 promises in Eze 37:15-28; Eze 37:10 "I will" commitments.<\/p>\n Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 26. a covenant of peace ] Cf. 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4. The application of the whole to the house of Israel. They were these dry bones; reduced to the lowest state of abject misery, and abandoning themselves to despair. But in the time of our deeper distress God will make his power and grace more eminently known, if we turn to him; therefore the prophet is commanded to assure them, that God will deliver them from their captivity, which was like opening the graves to the dead, and give them life, in their restoration to the comfortable and peaceable possession of their own land. God hath spoken, and will perform it; they may confidently trust him. Note; <\/em>(1.) In times of sore temptation, and long continued distress, our faith is too often ready to faint, and unbelief to prevail. (2.) Though we despair of ourselves, our state is not therefore desperate; God can do for us more than we can think. <\/p>\n
1. The two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, so long separated, and so often vexatious to each other, shall be reunited, and become one people; and this is represented by the joining of two sticks in the prophet’s hand; on one of which was inscribed the name of Judah and his companions, the tribe of Benjamin and those of the other tribes who on the revolt cleaved to the house of David; on the other the name of Ephraim, and his companions the house of Israel, of which Samaria, that lay in the lot of Ephraim, was the capital. The people who saw the sign would naturally be inquisitive, and desire to know the meaning; and he must inform them, that as these sticks became one in his hand, so should they become one people in God’s hand; no mutual jealousies, no jarring discord, shall remain; but, returning together from their captivity, they shall become one nation, under one king: which was primarily fulfilled on their return from Babylon; but seems principally to refer to Gospel times, when, under the king Messiah, Jews and Gentiles shall become one people, the partition wall being broken down, and they shall have one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and be one fold under one Shepherd.
2. All their idolatries shall be for ever done away. After their return from Babylon they never more relapsed into idolatry: God, having saved them from the places <\/em>of temptation, delivered them also from all inclination to their former idolatrous abominations. Note; <\/em>(1.) It is a singular mercy when God saves us from the places and persons who have been a temptation to us, and by his gracious providence removes us from the evil. (2.) God will save all sincere believers from their sins; not only from their actual prevalence, but he will mortify also their desire after them; and indeed, unless the heart be cleansed, it would signify little to have the temptation merely removed. <\/p>\n
6. God will be glorified among the heathen in such his dispensations of mercy toward his Israel; They shall know that <\/em>he doth sanctify Israel, <\/em>by such evident marks of his love, by such powerful operations of his grace upon them, and by the erection of his sanctuary among them. Note; <\/em>They who enjoy the privileges of the sanctuary, must shew the influence it has upon them in the sanctification of their hearts and lives. <\/p>\nFuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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