Ezekiel 47:1-14, 21-23 - Where does the water come from and what does it signify? Consider some of the other images connected to the water: trees, fish, etc.
Romans 9:19-33 - At the beginning of this passage Paul gets at the root of our attempted defenses against God. "If God loves us, why did He create us this way? Why is there sin?" Paul response is the same given by God to Job, "Are you in the place of God?" This never seems like a satisfactory answer, and that shows more about the depth of our sin, than about Paul's ability to formulate a response. When we in confession of our sin recognize what we actually deserve from God, our creator, the challenging thought isn't, "Why sin?" but "Why grace?" The truly perplexing action of God is that
"Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,'
and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'""And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,'
there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
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