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  THEN... THE NATIONS SHALL KNOW THAT HE IS LORD.
  by Andrew Murray
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Summary: God's judgments on his people and their enemies are necessary
for him to be known as the Lord, and this knowledge will ultimately
convince the world.

Topics: "God's Judgment", "Sanctification"
Scripture References: Ezekiel 11:16, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:41, Ezekiel 34:25, Ezekiel 34:30, Ezekiel 36:23, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Ezekiel 37:14, Ezekiel 37:28, Ezekiel 39:27

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Andrew Murray emphasizes that God's judgment is essential for His people
to experience salvation and for the nations to recognize Him as Lord.
The book of Ezekiel illustrates that God's judgments serve as a
precursor to the blessings and sanctification that follow, culminating
in the promise that the nations will know Him when His presence dwells
among His people. The transformation of Israel through God's judgments
leads to the establishment of His sanctuary, which ultimately reveals
His holiness and power to the world.

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The whole of the book of Ezekiel proves how God's being known in
judgment was the one condition of his being known in salvation.

The first twenty-five chapters with his judgments on his people, the
next ten with his judgments on their enemies, are the introductions to
the wonderful blessings that are promised in chapter 36, and following.

All is gathered up in the wonderful promises: 'The heathen shall know
that I am the Lord when I shall be sanctified in you before their
eyes... And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore' (36:23;
37:28).

It is when God's judgments on his people have sanctified them and the
sanctuary of God, and his holy presence is seen among them, that there
will be power to convince the world, and the nations shall know that he
is Lord.

(Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 46)

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