of Israel had been split in two after Solomon’s death. Another promise unfulfilled—not broken necessarily, but not kept either. It had been nearly 600 years since God had told Jeremiah and Ezekiel that He would create a community of people who wouldn’t live God’s Law out of a sense of obligation but because of an internal desire. Again, this promise was so far from reality that people began to wonder if God would ever make good on His word. Perhaps you wonder about things like this. Jesus promised