What did Ezekiel's dry bones vision picture about Israel coming back to life and returning to their homeland?
Ezekiel 37's dry bones vision pictured the nation of Israel, long out of the land of promise, away from temple worship, and blinded, being brought back to life by God. It pictured Israel returning to their homeland, shaking and rattling back to life from every nation, though still spiritually dead.
Les teaches that Ezekiel 37's dry bones were merely a picture. Ezekiel saw a valley filled with dry bones, very dry and white as snow, representing 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, picturing Israel returning to their homeland, as seen over the last 48 years. Les explains that the nation has been shaking and rattling and coming back to life, returning to Israel from every nation under heaven. The muscle has come back on the bones and the skin is coming back, but there is still no spiritual life; they are still spiritually dead. Les says this is the same analogy Paul uses in Romans 11: the whole nation of Israel coming back to their homeland, coming back to life, waiting for the second coming as we look at it, their first coming they think.
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Is Ezekiel's dry bones vision about Israel returning to their homeland?
God is going to bring Israel back to life; the dry bones were a picture of the nation of Israel coming back to their homeland, which has been happening over the last 48 years.
What Old Testament chapter should I think of when thinking about Israel coming back from the dead?
When thinking about Israel coming back from the dead, the Old Testament chapter to think of especially is Ezekiel 37.