Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV)
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
The heart of stone may remind us that the word of the Lord to Israel was written on stone tablets. Israel was to serve Him in a relationship of the many to the “otherness” of a Holy God. Their kingdom of God is on earth in the promised land. Christ will return to Zion and sit on the throne of David.
A heart of flesh may remind us that the word of God is now written on the hearts of the body of Christ. We have entered into an individual relationship of a Father and son made possible through the unity of the Holy Spirit. We have become one with the Holy God and are holy in His presence. We are thus in the world, but no longer of the world. We have become sojourners on the earth, even as we walk in the kingdom of heaven.
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