291. Remember the World no more
Ezekiel 23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Egypt is symbolic of the World with all of its idols and false gods, demons and devils. The promise is that we will be freed from bondage to the world with its sin and death. The Exodus from Egypt is the type of our Deliverance from the world through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The premier event of the OT prefigures the premier event of the NT. The promise is that Jesus will liberate us from slavery to the world with its lies and empty promises. This has happened.
The lewdness and whoredom is a graphic symbol of adultery in our marriage bond relationship with the Lord. It is adultery to have other gods than the Lord alone. Adultery is idolatry. The world with its glitzy allure tempts us to seek after the money, pleasures and power that the world offers. To seek after these offerings from the world is idolatry (lewdness and whoredom), instead of seeking all good from the Lord alone. This is an extremely hard lesson to learn, but the Lord promises that we will learn it. Adultery and idolatry will cease. We will never again look to the world for satisfy our desires ever again. The power of God’s Word is strong enough to make this sin to stop. The Gospel will so change our hearts that we will fear, love and trust in the Lord alone for all good. The Holy Spirit, whom Jesus has given us, will accomplish this impossible task. The love of God, exhibited on the cross and assured at the empty tomb, turns our attention away from the world and to the Lord.
The amazing part of this promise is that in all eternity we will never again remember the world. We will forever remember the good things God has done for us in our lifetime while we were in the world, but we will not remember al the bad things the world has done to us. The world will be gone from memory when sin, death and devil are cast into the lake of fire. Then will come the new heavens and the new earth, where righteousness endures forever. Our first thought, all the time, every second, will be God and His goodness, never the world.