Ezekiel 39:25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid, 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
Here God puts it all together. He was in it all: from the exile of Israel to their exultation. They had gotten there because they had forgotten God and His covenant. But under His new covenant they would remember Him and forget the shame of their rebellion and disobedience. How could they be sure that it would not just happen all over again? He would pour out His Spirit to fill them with wisdom and life. As Jesus told Nicodemus, His Spirit is the sign of the new birth, the new hope, the new life we have in Him. He helps us forget the shame.
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