Hope for the Mountains of Israel

Ezekiel 36:1-15

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.

But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children.

No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Why?

The mountains of Israel mean the promised land to Israel. Their land will be restored and return the original glory and joy in the time of the Lord.

When Ezekil said these prophesies many people might can not understand, but later they will know that the Lord has created a way for them.

The word of the Lord is the truth and will come true. What we can do is obey and follow God's word for there is blessing in Him.

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以色列要復興，之前責備以色列的敵人，給以色列人機會再次服事神，使人復興，把石心換成肉心。

神要為以色列人報仇！人不必自己報仇。

阿哈！外邦人以高傲，輕蔑、渺視的態度來看以色列，把神的恩典當作獵物，以征服者高傲的姿態來看這土地，連以色列神的起也能拿到，還有什麼拿不到，其實是神許可的，是神給外邦人的恩典！他們以為是靠自己的耕種，能力所得到的。這個問題也是基督徒容易犯的問題。忘記神的恩典！

接收這塊地的心態，快樂滿懷，又忿怒（不懷好意），外邦人的問題。

神的心情是忿怒到極點的，神不允許人，輕視應許之地及他的兒女受到譏笑，如果沒有神的允許不會發生。

1.除滅仇敵： 包括我們內在及外在仇敵 2.預備好環境： 神要祝福神所愛的人。

必生養眾多，你比先前更多：神一直在工作，一直為神兒女預備中，我們是否願意被神預備，掃除心中的障礙。

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How?

The Lord is my way, my strength, and my shepherd. Give thanks to the Lord! Honor his great name!