What does Ezekiel 37 prophesy about Israel becoming a nation again?
Ezekiel 37 prophesies that Israel will awaken nationally: after being buried among the Gentiles in complete obscurity, the nation will come alive, return to the land, and become a viable nation again. The beginnings are visible now, but the full culmination is still future.
Les explains that before turning to Revelation and its timeline, he wants his listeners to look at Ezekiel 37, an event he believes is happening before our very eyes, especially in recent years. Ezekiel 37 deals with the awakening again of the nation of Israel. Israel had come out of complete obscurity as a nation and had been buried among the Gentiles, but the chapter prophesies that one day they will come alive, come back to the land, and again become a viable nation. Les says we are seeing at least the beginnings of that, though the full culmination is still future. He then begins reading the chapter at verse 1, where the hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel and carried him out in the Spirit, setting him down in the midst of a valley full of bones.
More Questions
Is the Ezekiel 37 prophecy being fulfilled today?
The beginning of the prophecy in Ezekiel 37 is happening now, but the full culmination has not happened yet and is still in the future.
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.