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Ezekiel 20:44

Israel as Distinct Israel-Specific Promises

“And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.”

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

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Israel as Distinct

The verse, while addressing "the house of Israel" directly and speaking of God's actions "for my name's sake" despite their "wicked ways," does not inherently preclude a future spiritual Israel that includes Gentiles, nor does it explicitly define the nature of Israel's distinctness in a way that would necessarily exclude the Church from participating in or fulfilling some aspects of those promises. The "distinctness" here could be interpreted as their historical and covenantal identity as the i

Israel-Specific Promises

While the verse is addressed to "O ye house of Israel," the promise of God acting "for my name's sake" rather than according to their wicked ways could be interpreted as a universal principle of divine grace that extends beyond ethnic Israel, even if its immediate audience is Israel.

Israel as Distinct

Related Verses

Ezekiel 36:22

“Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.”

Ezekiel 20:42

“And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.”

Ezekiel 39:22

“So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.”

Ezekiel 36:32

“Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 36:23

“And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.”

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Israel as Distinct Israel-Specific Promises

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