COVENANT OF PEACE BY LESLIE YOUNG MARKS
Ezekiel 37:16 “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
Ephesians 2:12 remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God. 13 But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace and our bond of unity. He who made both groups—[Jews and Gentiles]—into one body and broke down the barrier, the dividing wall [of spiritual antagonism between us], 15 by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace. 16 And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility.
Covenant of Peace a Poem
By Sally Hope Stancil
sallystancil@yahoo.com
Our Father is a God of unity,
His word revealing this golden thread.
He lovingly draws us to oneness,
Culminating when in Christ we'll be wed.
He pursued the Children of Israel
To heal their breached and torn state.
Although they've been slow to follow,
He is willing to patiently wait.
According to what has been written,
In the bible concerning His plan,
There is coming a day of fulfillment
When at last there'll be One New Man!
This Man formed of Jew and Gentile
Reveals God's heart and His love
To connect our souls together
With His perfect harmony above.
At last the Lord in His mercy
Will fulfill His promise to release
His declaration of perfect unity
A revelation of His Covenant of Peace!
