| Ezek 36 | Israel returns | Land flourishes | CLeansing of heart |
Yahweh's honour (linked with salvation, blessing) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiah | Some (50,000) | ? | Partial | ? |
| Jews over past 2000 years | No: "Next year in Jerusalem" | Wherever Jews have been, some things flourish (depending on what the surrounding culture allows) | Some cleansing of lifestyle | Not sure that Yahweh, as opposed to Jewry, was honoured. |
| The State of Israel (1948 onwards) | Many returned | Israeli agriculture and other activities flourish (given the circumstances) | Little evidence of cleansing of heart | Not sure that God, as opposed to Israeli state, is honoured. |
| Jesus, Holy Spirit in individuals | Metaphorical: return with heart | Metaphorical: land is our lives | Potentially full, but only a fraction of individuals respond fully - except perhaps for a time during revivals. | Many saved people respond spontaneously "My God how wonderful you are!", and the lives of people shine with Yahweh's glory. |
| Jesus, Holy Spirit in society | Metaphorical: society partially turns towards God's ways td> |
Land and society can actually flourish, as well as people's lives flourishing. (e.g. crime fell to zero after Welsh Revival) | Society's structures (laws, attitudes, aspirations) cleansed somewhat in a way that has not been possible by other means | At least "Christianity" might be held in some honour among other cultures (even though denigrated in post-Christian cultures), as providing some kind of justice, progress and prosperity. (But only partial: Christ's Name dishonoured by selfish Christians.) |
| Future with Jews and Gentiles together (Romans 11, Revelation) | Probably actual as well as metaphorical (double fulfilment) | Probably actual as well as metaphorical (double fulfilment) | Yes, full | Yes, full |
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