What did Ezekiel see in the valley of dry bones, and what did the dry bones picture?
Ezekiel saw a valley filled with very dry bones, white as snow. The dry bones were merely a picture of the nation of Israel, which had been out of the land of promise, away from their temple worship, and blinded. God would bring them back to life, returning to their homeland.
Les teaches that Ezekiel 37 is the chapter to think of when considering Israel coming back from the dead. Ezekiel saw a valley filled with dry bones; they were very dry and had been there so long they were white as snow. Les explains this was merely a picture of the nation of Israel, who had been out of the land of promise, away from their temple worship, and blinded. But God is going to bring them back to life, and it pictured the nation of Israel coming back to their homeland, as seen in recent years. Les notes Israel celebrated its 48th Independence Day, reminding them of being there a year earlier. 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 life spiritually; they are still spiritually dead. Les says this is the same analogy Paul uses in Romans 11, the same thing Ezekiel saw in chapter 37: 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.
More Questions
Is the Ezekiel 37 dry bones prophecy being fulfilled in Israel's return to their homeland?
Ezekiel's dry-bones vision was a picture of the nation of Israel coming back to their homeland, which is what has been happening for the last 48 years.
Who or what do the dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent?
The dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent the whole house of Israel—the Jews scattered among the Gentile nations—and being outside the land of promise is their grave, where they have no life.