Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. David Boisclair, pastor at Bethesda and Faith Lutheran Churches in north St. Louis County, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Ezekiel 36:1-15. The prophecy against the mountains of Israel in Ezekiel 6 and the prophecy against Mount Seir in Ezekiel 35 provide the background for this section. Now that the LORD has spoken judgment upon His people’s enemies both from within and without, He turns with words of restoration and redemption for His people. Their enemies had sought to harm them in the aftermath of the Babylonian exile, but now the LORD, as a jealous husband, promises to rescue His people. The land will be restored with blessings even more abundant than Eden. No longer will idolatrous worship reign, nor will famine or drought bring harm to the multitude of the LORD’s people. The picture Ezekiel gives pushes us beyond the return from exile in 539 BC to our Lord Jesus Christ and the new heavens and new earth He will bring on the Last Day.