Eze 16:60 | KingComments | STEP | In His unshakable faithfulness, which is in such sharp contrast to Jerusalem’s unfaithfulness, the LORD will remember His covenant with them in the days of their youth ( ). He will make a new covenant and fulfill it Himself ( ; ). Because it is a one-sided covenant and depends only on His faithfulness, it is “an everlasting covenant”. It cannot be broken, for He cannot become unfaithful. Its blessing will come to Jerusalem because He will grant her forgiveness and new life that longs to be obedient to Him. In order to enjoy the blessings of this covenant, Jerusalem will repent and return ( ). She will be deeply ashamed of her sins and the ways she has gone. In that realization, she will receive other nations and no longer look down on them with contempt. Jerusalem will be a mother and receive other nations as daughters. Those nations are given to her by the LORD. He does not do this on the basis of His first covenant with her that was so shamefully broken by her. He does so by virtue of the new covenant He will make with her ( ). By this she will know that He is the LORD. His dealing in grace with her on the basis of the new covenant will cause shame in her ( ). She will realize that it is undeserved and not put on a big mouth because she will remember the reproach that has come upon her because of her sins. At the same time, all doubt about her being received by the LORD will be gone, because He will have made atonement for all that she has done wrong. How impressive is the word “all”. What that all means, we see in this chapter. All of it, without exception, is included in the atonement. This reconciliation and this glorious end of Jerusalem can only be because the Lord Jesus gave His precious blood. God acts on the basis of what He, His Son, has done. He has fulfilled all the conditions of the new covenant and therefore the blessing for God’s people can come at last. In the face of so much sin listed at length in this chapter, there is the all-transcending work of Christ to Whom all glory is for all eternity. This history may also speak to us. Our origin and behavior ( ) are not worthy of love. “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ” ( ). How do we respond to this love that has been shown to us?

‏ Ezekiel 16:60

The New Covenant With Jerusalem

In His unshakable faithfulness, which is in such sharp contrast to Jerusalem’s unfaithfulness, the LORD will remember His covenant with them in the days of their youth (Eze 16:60). He will make a new covenant and fulfill it Himself (Jer 31:31-34 ; Jer 32:40; Heb 8:6-13). Because it is a one-sided covenant and depends only on His faithfulness, it is “an everlasting covenant”. It cannot be broken, for He cannot become unfaithful. Its blessing will come to Jerusalem because He will grant her forgiveness and new life that longs to be obedient to Him.

In order to enjoy the blessings of this covenant, Jerusalem will repent and return (Eze 16:61). She will be deeply ashamed of her sins and the ways she has gone. In that realization, she will receive other nations and no longer look down on them with contempt. Jerusalem will be a mother and receive other nations as daughters. Those nations are given to her by the LORD. He does not do this on the basis of His first covenant with her that was so shamefully broken by her. He does so by virtue of the new covenant He will make with her (Eze 16:62). By this she will know that He is the LORD.

His dealing in grace with her on the basis of the new covenant will cause shame in her (Eze 16:63). She will realize that it is undeserved and not put on a big mouth because she will remember the reproach that has come upon her because of her sins. At the same time, all doubt about her being received by the LORD will be gone, because He will have made atonement for all that she has done wrong. How impressive is the word “all”. What that all means, we see in this chapter. All of it, without exception, is included in the atonement.

This reconciliation and this glorious end of Jerusalem can only be because the Lord Jesus gave His precious blood. God acts on the basis of what He, His Son, has done. He has fulfilled all the conditions of the new covenant and therefore the blessing for God’s people can come at last. In the face of so much sin listed at length in this chapter, there is the all-transcending work of Christ to Whom all glory is for all eternity.

This history may also speak to us. Our origin and behavior (Eze 16:3-4) are not worthy of love. “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ” (Eph 2:4-5). How do we respond to this love that has been shown to us?