Eze. 39:27

27 When I have brought them again [shuwb] from the people [`am], and gathered [qabats] them out of their enemies ['oyeb]' lands ['erets], and am sanctified [qadash] in them in the sight [`ayin] of many [rab] nations [gowy]; KJV-Interlinear

27 When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations. NASB

Today there are many religions in the world. Since the beginning, from the time of Adam, there have been cults and beliefs that range from totally ignoring God, to making various objects in nature, as deities.

Four major religions have survived history. Hinduism and Buddhism are the two oldest. Then there is Judaism, and in the seventh century A.D., Islam came onto the scene.

Of course, throughout history there have been lots of gods and goddesses, and even today, science and technology, even politics, are made into a type of deity. In fact, there are so many beliefs today, that you could set up a banquet of gods and pick out, or create, the belief of your choosing.

All of these beliefs of course are false. They are inventions of the imagination, or they are enhancements of an original belief, such as Judaism or Islam, made into something a bit more compatible with mans lusts or comfort levels.

Both Judaism and Islam claim roots from the Bible. But, they both reject Christ and split off into various forms of absurd ideology.

Christianity, on the other hand, is not a religion. Christianity is a relationship with God, through the person of Jesus Christ. All religions and beliefs out there in the world, reject Christ, and they would prefer to give mankind a direct access to God the Father, or some higher form of being, through mans own works or efforts, and apart from Christ.

The major difference here is that Christ s work is perfect, and mans works are not. Holiness is purity, in its truest sense. Holiness is the combination of righteousness and justice. Righteousness is perfection, no blemish, no defect, no sin, no arrogance and so forth. Justice is the cleansing process of filth, thus taking something that is dirty, filthy, tainted in any way, and restoring it back to a state of perfection.

A filthy thing, humanity, lacks the ability to cleanse itself. Someone else has to do the washing. And that someone else, is Christ.

Nations assume sovereign rights in behalf of their citizens. In the world, there are lots of nations. Some get along with each other, and some do not.

However, there is but one true sovereign, and that is God, and there is but one true nation, and that consists of believers of Christ.

All other nations of the world stand symbolically as an opposition to Gods will. The nations of the world have their own will, and that will is never worthy.

And now, for our verse. Bet you thought we weren t going to get there.

At the Second Advent, Christ will defeat the nations. Everyone in opposition to God, and to truth. He will then re-gather those citizens of His nation, believers, back to Himself.

This in effect sanctifies Himself, or sets Himself apart from all of the false beliefs of history. No other religion can save humanity or its followers. In fact all of the religions combined come very close to destroying humanity.

Sanctification is the action of setting apart, or separating out from the pack. We have lots of opinions in this world. And God has His opinion. His is right, all others are not.

With evil basically gone, then Gods judgment, which is an act of justice, will have cleansed all of the filth of sin and human opinion away from the world, and out from societies thinking.

Holy is what is left. The world will begin the Millennium without religion, without filth, without defects of any kind.

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