In Ezekiel 16:60-63, God once again demonstrates His faithfulness. Although God’s people in Judah had broken the oath they made with Him in the early days, God had never forgotten the promise He made to them in that covenant. The people would indeed be punished for not keeping their part of the bargain, yet judgment would not be the final word for them. God would never forget the promise He made with them and would establish and new and everlasting covenant with them after the judgment.
With
the everlasting covenant two qualities lacking in the people of God would be created.
They would not forget how they had failed the Lord
and be ashamed of their failings. In the everlasting covenant, God would
include the Gentiles represented by Sodom, and Samaria. However, they would no
longer be their sisters but daughters instead. In the new covenant that would
include the Gentiles, every believer would be on equal standing as God’s
child. In this everlasting covenant, everyone would indeed recognize and know their
covenant Lord. This gracious act of God would cause Jerusalem
to remember her shameful past and keep her humble.
This
new everlasting covenant anticipates its fulfillment in the coming of Christ who
came to initiate it. Through Him, we are included in God’s great plan. What a glorious privilege. Let us seek to know
God, and diligently follow and serve Him.
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