Asleep in the Woods

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Asleep in the Woods

2456.—"Asleep in the Woods." Eze. 34:25.
Please explain Eze. 34:25. Does it mean that the angels will sleep in the new earth?
The text says nothing about angels, nor does it speak of the new earth. All the latter chapters of Ezekiel were God's promises to Israel if they would only return. He would have fulfilled for them then and there chapters 34 and 35 and so on to the last. They were fulfilled to them only in a very faint measure. All future fulfilment will be in harmony with the promises laid down in the New Testament. The sanctuary of Ezekiel will not be built, for Christ ministers in a far more glorious temple. Palestine will not be renovated as suggested by Ezekiel, but the earth will be completely renewed. In the plan proposed by the prophet, Israel still would have been mortal and would have needed sleep, but there would have been safety everywhere. In the new heavens and the new earth, God's people will be immortal. Whether they will sleep there or not, we do not know. Sleep may be the means of pleasure and joy outside of the recovering from weariness. We may not judge all conditions in the new earth by conditions here.