What does Ezekiel 37:22 promise about one king over Israel?
Ezekiel 37:22 promises that the regathered children of Israel will become one nation in their own land, upon the mountains of Israel, and that one king shall be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more at all.
Les teaches that after the two sticks become one, God says He will take the children of Israel from among the heathen—meaning the non-Jew or Gentile—gather them on every side, and bring them to their own land. Verse 22 then adds the promise of a coming government: they become one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations, nor divided any more at all. Les connects this to the covenant's third part, the promise of a government, and directs attention to 2 Samuel 7.
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: