What did Ezekiel see in the valley in Ezekiel 37?
Ezekiel saw a valley filled with dry bones that were very dry and white as snow. This vision pictured the nation of Israel, long out of the land of promise and away from temple worship, as spiritually dead but awaiting God’s promised restoration to life and homeland.
Les explains that in Ezekiel 37 Ezekiel saw a valley filled with dry bones, bones so dry they had been there long and were white as snow. Les says this was merely a picture of the nation of Israel, which had been out of the land of promise, away from temple worship, and blinded. God was going to bring them back to life. Les connects this to Israel’s return to the homeland, describing the nation as shaking, rattling, and coming back to life from every nation under heaven. The muscle and skin are coming back on the bones, yet there is still no spiritual life; they remain spiritually dead. Les says this is the same analogy Paul uses in Romans 11, with the whole nation of Israel coming back to their homeland and waiting for the second coming.