I Will Make Known My Holy Name
Among My People Isra’el
Ezeki’el 39: 7-8
I will make known My Holy Name among my people Isra’el DIG: What will God accomplish through this battle? In what way will the people of Isra’el know God? What will the Gentile nations know about Him?
As a result of the coming invasion, the LORD will make known His holy name among His people Isra’el. He is not just saying that they will know that He is ADONAI, it would be more than that. This is stronger language than was used before. Before it was merely head knowledge, here it is salvation knowledge. The destruction of the invaders will cause a revival among the people of Isra’el. The emphatic statement here is My people Isra’el because at that time they become God’s people in spirit as well as position. But the other side of the same coin is that YHVH will no longer allow His holy name to be profaned. This has been a common problem in the past for Isra’el. Indeed Isra’el is a secular society today, and does not seek Him as a nation.
The Gentile nations will also know that He is ADONAI, the Holy One in Isra’el. It is coming! In other words, the time for the prophecy to arrive will eventually come. Although from a human point of view, it is taking a long time (Second Peter 3:9). But God’s promises will be kept to the very letter of that promise. It will surely take place, declares the ADONAI ELOHIM. This is the day I have spoken of. Therefore, in Ezeki’el 39:1-9 we have been given a summary of the invasion and destruction of the alliance. While some of the information was old and part of it was new, there is more new information to come.
Dear Heavenly Father, How wise and wonderful You are! Praise You for making Yourself known through winning Isra’el’s battles for them (Exodus 12:12, Ezeki’el 38:16). As we see how You won Isra’el’s battles for them even when the enemy was numerous and technologically advanced (Joshua 11:6), yet the enemy had no change to win against Your mighty power. You have also made Yourself known through creation, because what can be known about God is plain to them – for God has shown it to them. His invisible attributes – His eternal power and His divine nature – have been clearly seen ever since the creation of the world, being understood through the things that have been made. So, people are without excuse (Romans 1:19-20). How amazing that on the fifth day You spoke and made: soaring eagles in the sky and tiny hummingbirds that can fly backwards, huge whales in the seas and small hopping frogs, fish that live in the deep and go fishing and oxpecker birds that trim the wounds of its host and help it by eating the parasites. On the sixth day You spoke and created out of nothing enormously huge dinosaurs, tall-necked giraffes and long-nosed elephants, swift cheetahs and hopping little bunnies. You also created man with amazing and intricate organs and internal systems. Your creation shows you are an amazing and wise Creator! We love to worship and serve You! In the name of Your Son and the power of His resurrection. Amen
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