Ezekiel 36:28

“And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, &c.] Not only shall be brought into it, but shall inhabit it, and continue there, and that in great safety and plenty; and which will be the more valued and esteemed, and reckoned a great blessing to enjoy; because this land is the gift of God, and what he gave to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by promise so long ago, and to their seed; of which promise it appears he is not unmindful: and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God; which is the sum and substance of the covenant of grace; which will now be renewed, and the blessings of it applied. The Jews will appear to be the people of God by their effectual calling…”

“ye . . . my people, . . . I . . . your God-- (Eze 11:20; Jer 30:22).”

“Ye shall be my people - (Compare 2 Corinthians 6:16-18; Hebrews 8:10. The writers of the New Testament appropriated these and similar phrases of the Old Testament to the Church of Christ. Between the restoration of the Jews (the first step) there are many steps toward the end - the spread of Christ’s Church throughout the world, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the acknowledgment of the true God - which justify men in looking forward to a time when the Gospel shall be preached in all the world, and the earth become the kingdom of God in a fuller sense than it has ever yet been. But all these are “steps.” Our prophecies look beyond all this to a new heaven to a new earth, and to a new…”

“Ye shall dwell - Observe: then, and not before, are these promises to be fulfilled to the house of Israel. And I will be your God - This is the foundation of the top - stone of a believer's happiness. Ezekiel 36:29”

“dwell: Eze 36:10, Eze 28:25, Eze 37:25, Eze 39:28, be people: Eze 11:20, Eze 37:23, Eze 37:27; Sol 6:3; Jer 30:22, Jer 30:23, Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38; Hos 1:10; Zac 13:9; Mat 22:32; Co2 6:16-18, Co2 7:1; Heb 8:10, Heb 11:16; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:7 Ezekiel 36:29”