And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. (Ezekiel 36:23)
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezekiel 36:27)
Jesus is the hero of the Bible. The pre-incarnate Christ guided the Israelites only to have them reject him for an image that misrepresented him. The Israelites repeatedly preferred worshipping as the pagans do rather than as God desires and God sent them into captivity as he said he would. But this made Jehovah look bad in the eyes of the Gentiles, making it harder for them to trust in him and be saved. So Jehovah resolved to bring them out of bondage and work a transformation in their lives that would show that Jesus is the hero not any other man. They rejected Jesus, but the church has the same opportunity. Jesus wants to transform us to be like him and thus show the world how good he really is. The greatest evidence for Christianity is a loving and loveable Christian. Amen.
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