Bible Prophecy and Inspiration

Ezekiel 37:1-14 – ¹ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. ² He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. ³ He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
      I said, “O Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”

 ⁴ Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! ⁵ This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. ⁶ I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ “

 ⁷ So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. ⁸ I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

 ⁹ Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’ ” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

 ¹¹ Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ ¹² Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. ¹³ Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. ¹⁴ I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.’ “

This is another detailed prophecy of Israel going back into their land in the last days.  It won’t be the last one I write on.  I will follow with a few more in the next coming weeks.

Why?  Because Israel is the time clock for recognizing the end times.

Without Israel back in the land, were not in the end times.  Israel is linked to many of the end time’s prophecies one way or another.

The Dry Bones in the valley signify a great nation that lived there, but it’s been a long time.

Verse 2 again says – ² He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

 However, Ezekiel’s ministry was believed to be 7 years before the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC and 15 years after it.  So the vision Ezekiel is getting reveals a desolate land for quite some time and then all the sudden, God brings the nation Israel back to life. 

This prophecy happened only 62 years ago.  These Dry Bones now live just as prophesied in Ezekiel 37.  God has brought His people back into their land.

³ He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
      I said, “O Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”

Ezekiel was right, God alone knows.  He shared it through Godly men such as Ezekiel.  How privileged we are to have this available information.  We need to cherish it and study it.  Nothing helps you live for the Lord better than knowing you could be caught up with Him in the air at any second.

Zechariah 12:3 – ³ On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. – NIV version

Zechariah 12:3 –  3And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. – King James Version

I usually put the NIV version down in my posts.  In this case I think the King James Version might bring it a little more to life.

This is Jerusalem in the last days.  How do we know?  One, because all the nations have not all came against Jerusalem in the past.  They sure are all lining up against Israel now.  Who’s their ally?  The United States?  I don’t know if you have been paying attention, but this administration has abandoned Israel now.
Turkey?  For the last 10 years they have been getting more Muslim and the people are not for peace with Israel.  Also the European Union has shunned them to the point their going in a new direction.
France?  All right quit laughing. 🙂  

Second, in verse 9- 10 of this chapter it has the Lord coming back stating he is going to destroy all the nations that are trying to come against Jerusalem.  That’s prophetic and is in the last days.

There is a lot to write on here in this chapter and I am chomping at the bit to wander off into those areas, but I’m not….yet.  Those will be coming up in future days.

Jerusalem “a burdensome stone.”  Israel has been a burdensome stone to the world since it became a nation in May 14, 1948.  Ah, then in 1967 the Jews captured Jerusalem in the Six Days War and it has become the focal point of the Middle East controversy.  Ever since then every president has had the task or at least tried to deal with the situation.

Today a little tiny nation just a little bigger than the state of New Jersey is the world’s focal point. 

Now the world is saying, well it’s because the Arabs have the oil and they are mostly Islamic and they hate the Jews and now they’re getting close to nukes. 

?????? Uh, Yeah.  And the Bible predicted through Zachariah about 2500 years ago that Israel was going to be “a burdensome stone.”  When?  In the last days.

One of the most important end time prophecies is Israel becoming a nation again.

There are a lot of other end time prophecies to stem from that, but I will be doing only one end time prophecy at a time.  But since this is my first end time prophecy I’m writing about, I will mention that there must be another Jewish temple in Jerusalem, sacrifices will begin again at the temple, the antichrist will desecrate the temple and stop the sacrifices, etc. 

All these things indicate that Israel has to be in their land at the time.  To some that might not be a big deal on the surface.  So Israel has to become a nation, whatever.  But when you breakdown the history of the Jews, this is a miracle in itself.  They have been persecuted for over 2500 years.  They haven’t been a sovereign nation since 586 BC when they were conquered by Babylon.  They just went through a massacre from Hitler before settling again into their homeland back on May 14, 1948. 

A study of that, will show you that they were promised a lot from the British Government and received very little of the land by the time they declared their independence.  Once they did, the surrounding nations came to attack them right away and God helped them with their victory.  In 1967 in the six days war they had a miraculous victory while being outnumbered.  In 1973 the Yom Kippur happened and once again they were attacked, but God has made it clear that Israel is there to stay.  They will have a rough 3 and half years in the last half of the Tribulation, but then again so will everyone still on Earth.

The book of Daniel in the Old Testament has some of the most helpful end time prophecies in the Bible.  Many of them will be end time posts.  He mentions the abomination that causes desolation in Daniel 12:11.  That is one of the scriptures of the antichrist stopping the sacrifices and defiles the temple during the end times.      

The Fig Tree is mentioned many times in the Old and New Testament.  In many passages it is a symbol of Israel.

Matthew 24 is one of the chapters in the New Testament when Jesus talks about his second coming and the end of the age.  Jesus goes through many of these signs, of which will be future posts, which describe the End Times and His return.  Please note End Times does not in any way refer to the end of the world.  The End Times and His soon return refer to the days leading up to the Tribulation, the 7 year tribulation, and after the Tribulation the time leading up to his 1,000 year reign of Earth.

Jesus in Matthew 24:32-34 states:  ³²“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. ³³Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. ³⁴I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

My favorite teachers all feel this verse states that the generation that saw Israel become a nation in 1948 will not pass.  I have looked over other arguments for and against and have no reason to believe it doesn’t.  Those who state they don’t believe this verse says that, think it’s too vague.  Maybe.  But they do recognize that Israel is considered the Fig Tree throughout the Bible.  Why is the placement of this verse stating this generation shall certainly not pass, so close to the Fig Tree verse?

There is much to learn on this subject and the goal of my blog is to mainly get your feet wet so you will want to study more on it.  For more details visit the websites to the right of this blog.   

There is one thing I can tell you.  I’m seeing most of the end time prophecies coming together and Israel is now in the land.  If you ask my opinion, this generation will not pass.

UPDATE:  Since the search engine is hitting this page a lot lately I wanted to give it a quick update.  First I have started a new blog to serve as a daily inspirational to remind us that we need to get back to our first love which is Jesus and two, realize the time period we are living in.  When I did this page it was one small story of many I hope to write on end time prophecies.  Just in the last few weeks I have added more end time prophecies that you can view over in the Category section.  Just click on “End Times Prophecy” and all the ones I have to date will be in there.  Many of those I have done to date are Israel being back in the land in the last days.

I want to encourage you to bookmark my sight and visit it occasionally.  You can see if you like it or if it can help you in your search or walk with Jesus.