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.