There is no question that Christianity is the goal of Old Testament revelation. The vision of Ezekiel has nothing to do with Judaism and is fulfilled, literally, in Christianity.
“I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.“
Here we see the sacrament of Baptism described as the means of our purification–both the sign and effect.
“I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees.
Here we see the gift of the Holy Spirit and promise of sanctification, which has nothing to do with Judaism.
“You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
Here the Jews may claim to be the only people chosen by God but Abraham was not the first man. Adam is the father of us all and the land given to him was Paradise. This is the land we desire, not the land of Canaan, which was merely a sign of our true home.
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