I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
On My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel [“holy mountain” “high mountain” is used repeatedly by the prophets to indicate the final disposition of the kingdom], there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.
And you will know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers.
O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes. [Here is where kingdom now and kingdom yet to be intersect. A literal physical kingdom is seen by all the prophets, and Jesus, and the apostles. But all kingdom people will have been brought into that kingdom by the Spirit of God.]
You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.
I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.
Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.”
Like the flocks for sacrifices, like the flocks at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men.
I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life; and I will place you on your own land. [The dry bones rise and become a mighty people during this time.]
I will take the sons 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. And one king will be king for all of them.
My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. David My servant will be their prince forever. [Is the literal David to serve under Messiah? Or is David a code name for Jesus, as He was the “Son of David”?
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Son of man, this [temple] is the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die.
Describe the temple to the house Israel…
There follows a detailed description of an altar, sacrifice, the “Prince”, the Levites’ ordinances, the division of the holy land, offerings, water coming from the temple, and more. The entire setup of Millennial worship is written in advance for our perusal (Ezekiel 43-48).
Scholars struggle with the interpretation of Ezekiel, but it seems to me we are being given insights into the one thousand years that are found nowhere else in Scripture.