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ìThey shall dwell safely in the wilderness.î Eze. 34:25 This is a promise which is to reach its fruition under the new covenant, the covenant of peace. The covenant of the ìone shepherdî. It is the covenant which involves the ìsure merciesî of David, or Christ of whom David was a type. He, the one shepherd, will feed them and will be their only shepherd. Eze. 34:23 When is a wilderness not a wilderness or when is it transformed into a dwelling place, a shelter for the children of the Lord? That will take place when the presence of the Lord is manifest. There is very definitely the promise of a great renovation of the wilderness introduced in this promise of the Lord.
The Lord Jesus will take His church, His Bride, into the wilderness. Rev. 12:6, 14 It is aptly called ìher placeî and there she is fed for the duration of the three and one half years of the great tribulation. Consider, Ezekiel stated that the evil beasts of the wilderness would cease from out of the land. The book of Revelation speaks of evil beasts, the Devil, the antichrist and the false prophet all of whom will ultimately be cast into the lake of fire and the land will be cleansed from their evil presence at the close of the tribulation. Rev. 19:20, 20:10
It is also recorded that they will dwell safely in the wilderness and be able to sleep where they will. In other words, living in absolute tranquility. Further more, the hill or the high place, the presence of the Lord will be there. The blessings of the Lord will be poured out abundantly upon them. It is here that the ìriver of God which is full of waterî will be made manifest in the fullness of the power of the Spirit. The flow of the water of life through the church will be of such a mighty volume that all will be healed. Isa. 35:6 The peacefulness of the wilderness is seen in the statement that the ìpastures are clothed with flocks.î No wonder they sing and shout for joy, for the joy of the Lord is upon them. Ps. 65:9-13 The bursting forth of rivers and the revelation of a road of life in the wilderness is the evidence of a ìnew thingî the likes of which cannot be compared to anything but the extreme blessing of the Lord. Isa. 43:19 These promises are given to His people, His chosen. Isa. 43:20 They are the people of whom Peter wrote in 1 Peter 2:9 The chosen generation. Now for the question which always arises in the minds of the unbeliever. Can God? ì Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?î Ps. 78:19 Ezekiel has an answer. The tree of the field will yield her fruit and the earth its increase. Eze. 34:27 The Lord said that in comforting His people, His redeemed, that He would make their wilderness like the Garden of Eden, or the garden of the Lord. Isa. 51:3 The great bounty of the Lord will be copiously displayed in the midst of His Bride.