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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 146

"Entered into a covenant with you"

Text: Ezekiel 16:8

A MARRIAGE COVENANT

This was a recollection of how God entered into a covenant relationship with Israel. This was called a marriage covenant.

“‘When I passed by you again and looked upon you,
indeed your time was the time of love;
so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness.
Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you,
and you became Mine,’ says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 16:8

1. Israel’s coming of age.

a) Israel had grown up now.

b) She was no longer an infant or a child.

2. The time for love.

a) This describes the time when Israel became of age to be married.

b) Israel was capable of love within a marriage covenant

3. God’s wing of love.

a) The word “nakedness”.

i) Israel had nothing of its own to offer the Lord.

ii) There was no dowry to bring into this covenant-marriage.

b) A beautiful imagery.

i) The Lord covered Israel with His wing of love.

ii) He had spread the wing of His garment over Israel.

iii) This was a beautiful way of describing how God took Israel under His care and protection.

4. God’s covenant-marriage oath.

a) It was customary for oaths to be given.

b) God’s part was to swear that He had chosen and taken Israel into a marriage-covenant relationship.

5. Israel became the Lord’s.

a) This was noted in Exodus 24 when the Sinaitic covenant was noted.

b) Ezekiel 16 is a beautiful recollection of this special and sacred marriage-covenant relationship.

c) The Lord continues to honour this covenant-relationship with Israel.