My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ezekiel 37:27
God gave the priest and prophet Ezekiel the task of uniting the people of Judah and Israel together as one people, as they both belonged to God. Throughout the text he did this through a variety of visionary messages. Ezekiel explained that God promised His land to all of his people, including the people of Judah and Israel. He explained that God was always with the people who dwelled in His land. In doing this, Ezekiel was trying to help the people to come together in preparation for a siege on Jerusalem. Together the people of Judah and Israel would be stronger working together than separately in protecting the land as a temple for all of God’s people. Finally, because there is no separation between God and his Temple, God and His land, God and His people, there is no separation between one another.
In reflection, today as Christians, we are reminded that God loves us all and that both individually and together we are all God’s people. Recognizing this, we should each work to unite as one people to do God’s will. If we do unite, we will all be stronger than we are alone. In periods of stress like our nation is experiencing now economically, and with conflicts abroad, we must continue to work to be united as one nation under God, with a single purpose of doing God’s will.
Douglas Ellmore, Sr., Leah Ellmore, and Douglas Ellmore, Jr.
