Eze 36:37-38 | KingComments | STEP | On the same day that the people are cleansed, the LORD will bestow all the deferred blessing on the people ( ). The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. The devastated land will be cultivated to bring forth food and fruit ( ). The land will remind all who passes by of “the garden of Eden”, paradise ( ). The people who pass through the land will be those who first scoffed that the LORD had not been able to preserve His people from destruction (cf. ; ; ). So it will be in the realm of peace, when the Lord Jesus reigns as Messiah. The surrounding nations that did not perish in the great tribulation will know that He is the LORD, because He has rebuilt what was ruined and planted that which was desolate ( ). He will do it, because He has spoken it. Israel will then be in perfect harmony with the LORD. They will ask Him things that He gladly answers ( ). They may think that there are only a few of them, a rest, a remnant, remaining. Therefore, they will ask Him to multiply the people. He will. He will make them as numerous in people as there are sheep. Sheep are sacrificial animals. The comparison shows that His people will be made up of people who dedicate themselves to Him as a living sacrifice (cf. ). They will be like sanctified sheep being sacrificed to the LORD on the appointed times ( ). Every day of their lives will be like appointed time for them, a day of dedication and sacrifice to the LORD. The formerly destroyed cities will be filled with “flocks of men” (cf. ). What a joy that will be to the LORD! He will receive all the glory for it, for He has done it.

‏ Ezekiel 36:37-38

The Sole Purpose: The Glory of the LORD

On the same day that the people are cleansed, the LORD will bestow all the deferred blessing on the people (Eze 36:33). The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. The devastated land will be cultivated to bring forth food and fruit (Eze 36:34). The land will remind all who passes by of “the garden of Eden”, paradise (Eze 36:35). The people who pass through the land will be those who first scoffed that the LORD had not been able to preserve His people from destruction (cf. 1Kgs 9:8-9; Jer 18:16; Eze 5:14 ; Eze 16:15).

So it will be in the realm of peace, when the Lord Jesus reigns as Messiah. The surrounding nations that did not perish in the great tribulation will know that He is the LORD, because He has rebuilt what was ruined and planted that which was desolate (Eze 36:36). He will do it, because He has spoken it.

Israel will then be in perfect harmony with the LORD. They will ask Him things that He gladly answers (Eze 36:37). They may think that there are only a few of them, a rest, a remnant, remaining. Therefore, they will ask Him to multiply the people. He will. He will make them as numerous in people as there are sheep. Sheep are sacrificial animals. The comparison shows that His people will be made up of people who dedicate themselves to Him as a living sacrifice (cf. Rom 12:1).

They will be like sanctified sheep being sacrificed to the LORD on the appointed times (Eze 36:38). Every day of their lives will be like appointed time for them, a day of dedication and sacrifice to the LORD. The formerly destroyed cities will be filled with “flocks of men” (cf. Eze 34:31). What a joy that will be to the LORD! He will receive all the glory for it, for He has done it.