Our Lord gives Ezekiel a sign - the sign of two divided sticks brought together to be one stick. Though the sins of Israel have scattered them, cast them through all the world, ruined their unity as a people, the Lord is going to bring them together into one. They will once again be unified. See that God's servant David will be their king. This is clearly a messianic prophecy. In the fullness of time, when Christ has come, he gathers the people together from every nation, tribe and tongue. He gathers them into one people. He is their shepherd. He is their caretaker, their savior, their ruler. It is in Christ that we find unity. It is in Christ that we find safety. It is in Christ that we are gathered from where our sins have scattered us. It is in Christ that we find our unity and our identity. Let us look to Christ, the king who sits on the throne of David, an everlasting throne, the ruler of an everlasting kingdom. Let us trust in his mercy and his governance.
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