20260806 [새벽묵상] 심판도 회복도 모두 하나님의 이름을 위하여 For the Sake of His Name: Both Judgment and Restoration (겔/Ezk 36:16~31)

에스겔 36:16–31 (NKRV)

이스라엘을 정결하게 하시다

16      여호와의 말씀이 또 내게 임하여 이르시되

17      인자야 이스라엘 족속이 그들의 고국 땅에 거주할 때에 그들의 행위로 그 땅을 더럽혔나니 나 보기에 그 행위가 월경 중에 있는 여인의 부정함과 같았느니라

18      그들이 땅 위에 피를 쏟았으며 그 우상들로 말미암아 자신들을 더럽혔으므로 내가 분노를 그들 위에 쏟아

19      그들을 그 행위대로 심판하여 각국에 흩으며 여러 나라에 헤쳤더니

20      그들이 이른바 그 여러 나라에서 내 거룩한 이름이 그들로 말미암아 더러워졌나니 곧 사람들이 그들을 가리켜 이르기를 이들은 여호와의 백성이라도 여호와의 땅에서 떠난 자라 하였음이라

21      그러나 이스라엘 족속이 들어간 그 여러 나라에서 더럽힌 내 거룩한 이름을 내가 아꼈노라

22      그러므로 너는 이스라엘 족속에게 이르기를 주 여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시기를 이스라엘 족속아 내가 이렇게 행함은 너희를 위함이 아니요 너희가 들어간 그 여러 나라에서 더럽힌 나의 거룩한 이름을 위함이라

23      여러 나라 가운데에서 더럽혀진 이름 곧 너희가 그들 가운데에서 더럽힌 나의 큰 이름을 내가 거룩하게 할지라 내가 그들의 눈 앞에서 너희로 말미암아 나의 거룩함을 나타내리니 내가 여호와인 줄을 여러 나라 사람이 알리라 주 여호와의 말씀이니라

24      내가 너희를 여러 나라 가운데에서 인도하여 내고 여러 민족 가운데에서 모아 데리고 고국 땅에 들어가서

25      맑은 물을 너희에게 뿌려서 너희로 정결하게 하되 곧 너희 모든 더러운 것에서와 모든 우상 숭배에서 너희를 정결하게 할 것이며

26      또 새 영을 너희 속에 두고 새 마음을 너희에게 주되 너희 육신에서 굳은 마음을 제거하고 부드러운 마음을 줄 것이며

27      또 내 영을 너희 속에 두어 너희로 내 율례를 행하게 하리니 너희가 내 규례를 지켜 행할지라

28      내가 너희 조상들에게 준 땅에서 너희가 거주하면서 내 백성이 되고 나는 너희 하나님이 되리라

29      내가 너희를 모든 더러운 데에서 구원하고 곡식이 풍성하게 하여 기근이 너희에게 닥치지 아니하게 할 것이며

30      또 나무의 열매와 밭의 소산을 풍성하게 하여 너희가 다시는 기근의 욕을 여러 나라에게 당하지 아니하게 하리니

31      그 때에 너희가 너희 악한 길과 너희 좋지 못한 행위를 기억하고 너희 모든 죄악과 가증한 일로 말미암아 스스로 밉게 보리라

Ezekiel 36:16–31 (ESV)

The Lord’s Concern for His Holy Name

¹⁶ The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁷ “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. ¹⁸ So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. ¹⁹ I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. ²⁰ But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ ²¹ But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

²² “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. ²³ And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. ²⁴ I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. ²⁵ I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. ²⁸ You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. ³⁰ I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. ³¹ Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.

                이번에 아이들을 한국에 잠시 보내면서 아이들에게 몇가지 한국 예절에 대해서 가르쳐야 했던 적이 있습니다. 특별히 아이들에게 사람들이 너희한테 집안 어르신의 이름을 물어보면 너희는 이렇게 대답해야 한다고 가르쳤었죠. 예를 들어 할아버지의 성함이 ‘김철수’라면 “할아버지 이름은 ‘김철수’예요” 라고 대답하는 것이 아니라 “할아버지 성함은 ‘김,’ ‘철’자, ‘수’자 되십니다” 라고 대답을 해야한다고 말입니다. 한국에서 어른의 이름에 높임말, 또는 함자를 쓰는 이유는 그 이름의 대상에 대한 존경과 예의를 표현하기 위해서입니다. 그 이름을 직접 부르는 것조차 무례한 행동이라고 여겨지기 때문이지요. 사람의 이름이 이러할진대, 하나님의 이름은 어떠할까요? 앞 단락에서 당신의 백성들에게 회복을 선언하셨던 하나님, 그런데 오늘 말씀은 그들이 왜 심판을 받았었는지 또 하나님께서 그들을 왜 회복하시는 지에 대해 말씀해주십니다. 하나님께서 분명히 말씀해주시는 이유는 그들을 위함이 아니었습니다. 오직 하나님의 거룩한 이름을 위함이셨습니다. 어찌보면 모순같은 이 이유, 그러나 바로 이 이유 때문에 우리에게는 희망이 있습니다. 오늘은 “심판도 회복도 모두 하나님의 이름을 위하여”라는 제목으로 말씀을 나누기 원합니다.

Introduction: The Value of a Name

When I recently sent my children to Korea for a short visit, I had to teach them a few rules of Korean etiquette. In particular, I instructed them on how to answer if someone asked for the name of a family elder. For example, if their grandfather's name were "Chul-Soo Kim," they shouldn't simply say, "His name is Chul-Soo Kim." Instead, they were taught to say, "His honorific name is Kim, Chul, and Soo."

In Korean culture, using honorific language and enunciating each character of an elder's name is a way to express reverence and respect, as directly blurting out an elder's name is considered impolite.

If even human names require such reverence, how much more so the name of God?

In yesterday's passage, God declared a glorious restoration for His people. Today's text explains why they were judged in the first place and why God now chooses to restore them. God explicitly reveals that He acts not for their sake, but solely for the sake of His holy name.

Though this reason might seem paradoxical at first, it is precisely why we have unshakeable hope. Today, I want to share a message titled: "For the Sake of His Name: Both Judgment and Restoration."

                 첫번째, 이스라엘의 실패가 하나님의 이름을 더럽힙니다. 이스라엘이 어떻게 실패하였습니까? 17-18절의 말씀을 보니 “그들의 고국땅에 거주할 때에 그들의 행위로 그 땅을 더럽혔나니 그들이 땅 위에 피를 쏟았으며” 라고 말씀하십니다. 그들의 행위가 하나님께서 허락하신 약속의 땅을 더럽혔는데 그들이 이웃에게 행하였던 불의와 악행이 그 땅 위에 다 쏟아졌다고 말씀하십니다. 창세기에서도 무고히 살해당한 아벨의 피가 땅에 쏟아져서 땅은 그 피로 인하여 하나님께 소리친다는 말씀이 있지요. 땅 뿐만이 아닙니다. 18절을 보니 “그 우상들로 말미암아 자신들” 까지도 더럽혔습니다. 마치 배우자를 두고 불륜을 행하여 자신의 몸을 더럽힌 자와 같이 그들은 하나님의 두고 우상숭배를 하여 스스로를 더럽혔습니다. 그래서 그들은 19절의 말씀과 같이 그들의 “그 행위대로 심판”을 받아 고국 땅에서 쫓겨나서 여러 나라로 흩어지게 되었습니다. 즉, 하나님의 백성들이 약속의 땅에서 쫓겨난 것은 이들이 철저히 실패했기 때문이었습니다. 그런데 20절을 보니 하나님의 “거룩한 이름이 그들로 말미암아 더러워졌”습니다. 주변 여러나라들이 그들을 가르켜 “이들은 여호와의 백성이라도 여호와의 땅에서 떠난자라” 라고 조롱합니다. 이 말이 무슨 뜻입니까? 당시의 통념으로 신이란 수호신, 즉 한 지역을 영역으로 삼고 그 땅의 백성들을 보호하는 존재입니다. 그렇다면 이방인들이 보기에 이스라엘이 열방의 포로가 된 것은 여호와 하나님이 자기 백성을 지킬 힘이 없거나 자기 영토안의 백성이 쫓겨나는 것을 막지 못하는 무력한 신이기 때문이라는 것입니다.

1. Israel's Failure Profaned the Name of God

How did Israel fail? Verses 17 and 18 say:

“When the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like the uncleanness of a woman's monthly period in my sight. So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land...”

Their sinful actions defiled the land God had promised them. Unrighteousness and violence were poured out upon the land. Just as in Genesis, where the blood of innocent Abel cried out to God from the ground, the land groaned under Israel's injustice.

Furthermore, verse 18 tells us that they defiled themselves "with their idols." Like a spouse committing adultery, they turned away from God and defiled themselves through idolatry.

Consequently, as verse 19 describes, they were judged "according to their conduct and their actions"—driven from their homeland and scattered among the nations. Israel's exile was the direct result of their thorough moral and spiritual failure.

However, verse 20 reveals the tragic consequence of their exile: God's "holy name was profaned among the nations where they went." The surrounding nations mocked them, saying: "These are the Lord's people, and yet they had to leave his land."

What did this mean in the ancient worldview? People believed gods were localized deities who protected their own territory and populace. To the surrounding nations, Israel's captivity implied that the Lord God was either too weak to protect His people or helpless to prevent them from being expelled from His land.

두번째, 그러나 하나님께서는 당신의 이름을 아끼십니다. 21절, 이들이 “더럽힌 내 거룩한 이름을 내가 아꼈노라”라고 말씀하십니다. 그렇기 때문에 하나님께서 이제 행하실 일들은 22절을 보니 “너희를 위함이 아니요 너희가 들어간 그 여러 나라에서 더럽힌 나의 거룩한 이름을 위함이라” 라고 선포하십니다. 그리고 23절에서 이렇게 말씀하십니다. 함께 읽겠습니다. “여러 나라 가운데에서 더럽혀진 이름 곧 너희가 그들 가운데에서 더럽힌 나의 큰 이름을 내가 거룩하게 할지라 내가 그들의 눈앞에서 너희로 말미암아 나의 거룩함을 나타내리니 내가 여호와인 줄을 여러나라 사람이 알리라 주 여호와의 말씀이니라.” 당신의 큰 이름을 당신께서 직접 거룩하게 하시겠다고 선포하십니다. 모든 이들 앞에서 당신의 거룩함을 나타내심으로 당신만이 창조주 여호와이심을 알게 하시겠다고 하십니다. 이 말씀이 우리에게는 가장 큰 소망입니다. 왜 그렇습니까? 만약 회복이 이스라엘의 회개나 공로에 달려있었다면, 그것은 언제든지 무너질 수 있습니다. 그러나 그 회복의 역사가 하나님의 이름에 달려있다면 그것은 결코 취소될 수 없습니다.

2. God Cares for the Honor of His Holy Name

Yet verse 21 declares: "I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone."

Therefore, God announces what He is about to do in verse 22:

“It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.”

And in verse 23, God proclaims:

“'I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.'”

God Himself declares that He will vindicate and sanctify His great name! By manifesting His holiness before all nations, He will make it known that He alone is Jehovah, the Sovereign Creator.

This truth is our greatest source of hope. Why? If our restoration depended on Israel's—or our own—repentance, merit, or performance, it could crumble at any moment. But because the work of restoration rests on the unchangeable character and honor of God's Name, it can never fail or be revoked!

세번째, 그 이름을 위하여 당신의 백성을 회복시키십니다. 어제의 회복의 말씀이 이들의 생태적 회복을 약속하셨던 것이라면 오늘의 말씀은 약속의 땅에서 거주할 언약 백성의 내면적, 영적인 갱신을 약속하십니다. 24절, 마치 새로운 출애굽기처럼 하나님께서 이들을 여러 민족 가운데에서 인도하여 내셔서 약속의 땅으로 다시 들어가게 하십니다. 25절 이들에게 맑은 물을 뿌려서 모든 더러운 것과 모든 우상 숭배에서 정결하게 하십니다. 26절, 이들에게 새 영과 새 마음을 부어주십니다. 여러분 이 물과 성령, 익숙하지 않으십니까? 네, 바로 요한복음에서 말하는 ‘물과 성령’으로 거듭나야 한다는 말씀과 일치하는 말씀이지요. 물과 성령을 통하여 하나님께서 이들을 거듭나게 하실 것이라는 약속의 말씀인 것입니다. 그리하여 이들의 육신에서 굳은 마음을 제거하고 부드러운 마음을 주신다고 합니다. 우리가 이 말씀을 통해서 알 수 있는 것은 우리의 굳은 마음이 부드러운 마음이 되는 것은 인간의 노력이 아니라 하나님의 주권적인 사역에 의한 것이라는 것입니다. 27절을 보십시오 하나님의 영을 우리 속에 두실 때에야 비로소 우리는 하나님의 율례와 규례를 지켜 행할 수 있습니다. 28절, 그렇게 될 때에 우리는 하나님의 백성이 되고 하나님께서는 우리의 하나님이 되시는 것입니다. 또한 31절을 보니 우리에게 그런 완전한 회복이 임할 때에 우리 안에 진정한 회개가 나타나게 된다고 말씀하십니다. 31절 함께 읽겠습니다. “그때에 너희가 너희 악한 길과 너희 좋지 못한 행위를 기억하고 너희 모든 죄악과 가증한 일로 말미암아 스스로 밉게 보리라” 

3. For His Name's Sake, God Restores His People

While yesterday's passage promised physical and environmental restoration, today's text promises the internal, spiritual renewal of the covenant people living in the promised land.

• Verse 24: Like a new Exodus, God will gather them from all countries and bring them back into their own land.

• Verse 25: He will sprinkle clean water upon them, cleansing them from all their impurities and idolatry.

• Verse 26: He promises to give them a new heart and put a new spirit in them—removing their heart of stone and giving them a heart of flesh.

Does this language of "water and the Spirit" sound familiar? Yes! It directly corresponds to Jesus' words in John 3 about being "born again of water and the Spirit." Through water and the Holy Spirit, God promises to bring about true spiritual rebirth.

This passage teaches us that softening a hardened heart is not accomplished through human effort, but through the sovereign work of God. As verse 27 states, it is only when God puts His Spirit within us that we are empowered to follow His decrees and keep His laws.

Then verse 28 affirms: "You will be my people, and I will be your God."

Furthermore, verse 31 reveals that when this complete restoration takes place, true repentance will overflow within us:

“'Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.'”

말씀을 맺습니다. 하나님께서 당신의 이름을 위하여 우리에게 물과 성령의 거듭남을 허락하십니다. 그 성령께서 우리 안에 역사하시며 하나님의 백성으로 그 규례를 따라 살게하십니다. 그 언약이 다시 갱신 될 때에 우리에게는 완전한 회복이 임하며 그 때에 우리는 하나님의 넘치는 풍요 안에서 진정한 회개를 하게 될 것입니다. 모든 것이 무엇을 위한 것입니까? 하나님의 이름을 위한 것입니다. 자격없는 우리를 용서하시고 먼저 은혜를 베풀어주시는 이유, 우리의 어떠함이 아닌 하나님 당신의 이름 때문입니다. 그렇기에 우리는 하나님의 그 크신 이름, 그 거룩한 이름을 의지하여 하나님께 나아갈 수 있습니다. 이 약속은 반드시 이루어집니다. 그 사실을 믿으며 우리의 굳은 마음을 내어드리는 가난한 마음으로 하나님께 나아갑시다. 기도하시겠습니다.

Conclusion: Approaching Him for the Sake of His Name

Let us conclude. For the sake of His own Name, God grants us spiritual rebirth through water and the Holy Spirit. His Spirit works within us, enabling us to live as His true people according to His word.

When this covenant is renewed, complete restoration visits our lives, leading us into genuine repentance amidst His overflowing abundance.

Why does He do all of this? All for the sake of His Name!

The reason God forgives us—unworthy as we are—and extends His grace first is not because of anything in us, but because of Who He is: His holy Name.

Therefore, we can boldly approach God today, relying entirely on His great and holy Name. This promise will surely be fulfilled. Believing this truth, let us draw near to Him with humble spirits, surrendering our hardened hearts to His sovereign grace.

Let us pray.