What did the dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent?
They pictured the nation of Israel, which had been out of the land of promise, away from temple worship, and blinded. The bones represented Israel’s national revival and return to their homeland, with muscle and skin restored, yet still spiritually dead and awaiting life from God.
Les explains that Ezekiel 37’s dry bones were merely a picture of the nation of Israel. Ezekiel saw a valley filled with dry bones, very dry and white as snow. This pictured Israel as a nation that had been out of the land of promise, away from their temple worship, and blinded. But God was going to bring them back to life, and it pictured Israel coming back to their homeland, as seen in recent decades. Les notes that 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. He 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 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 does the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent for the nation of Israel?
Ezekiel 37's valley of dry bones depicts a future day when the nation of Israel will experience life, which corresponds to 'life from the dead' in Romans 11:15.
How does Ezekiel 37's valley of dry bones explain the 'life from the dead' in Romans 11:15?
The 'life from the dead' of Romans 11:15 is pictured in Ezekiel 37's valley of dry bones, where the bones come together, flesh and skin come on them, and one day in the future the nation of Israel is going to experience life.