And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: And he brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers. Deut. 6:22-23
Why did the God of Israel take us out of Egypt? It was to take us to the Promised land, to take us to Israel, to take us up to Jerusalem.
After the giving of the Torah at Mt Sinai, the children of Israel fell into the sin of golden calf worship. Years later, Moses sends out the 12 spies to check out the promised land.Ten of the spies came back with a negative report. They measured the situation in and with their natural eyes, thinking and saying: “the giants are bigger than us, we cannot defeat them.” Because of their sin and disobedience, an entire generation died in the wilderness. Yeshua wanted to bring them IN to the Promised land, to Zion, to shalom, but for Him to be able to do that, He is going to have to change their hearts and renew the covenant relationship.
So when Yeshua died on the tree, and shed his blood, He did so offering forgiveness of sins for those who would repent of their sins, and ask Yeshua into their heart and their life, making Him their Lord and Savior. In doing so, He would give them His indwelling Holy Spirit. The indwelling Holy Spirit would give us a heart where we could connect with the heart of the Father. This is the means by which Yeshua is going to bring us into the Promised Land. At Mt Zion is where Yeshua wants to dwell with his people. He wants to be married to his people. But, in this journey to Zion, FIRST He must give us a NEW HEART:
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jer. 31:31-33
In renewing this covenant, Yeshua is going to remove the stony heart and replace it with a heart of flesh.
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