Yes — Ezekiel 37 prophesies that God will restore the scattered, lifeless nation of Israel to life, bring it back to its homeland, and reunite it as one nation.
In the vision, a valley of dry bones represents the whole house of Israel scattered among the Gentiles with no hope in themselves. God promises to open their graves and bring them into the land of Israel, and the two sticks are joined into one to picture the reunited nation. Les Feldick teaches that the modern regathering of Israel is the beginning of this fulfillment, while the full culmination is still future.
Ezekiel 37:11 — The Lord's own interpretation of the vision, explicitly stating that the dry bones are the whole house of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12 — The central promise for Israel's future — God will open their graves and bring them into the land of Israel.
In Ezekiel 37, the prophet is carried out in the Spirit of the Lord and set down in the midst of a valley full of bones (Ezekiel 37:1). As Ezekiel prophesies as commanded, the bones come together, receive sinews, flesh, and skin, and then the breath comes into them so that they live and stand upon their feet as an exceeding great army (Ezekiel 37:10). The Lord then interprets the vision for Ezekiel: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel" (Ezekiel 37:11). The people describe themselves as dried up and without hope, saying, "Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts." Yet the Lord promises, "Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel" (Ezekiel 37:12). The same chapter also foretells the reunification of the divided nation. Ezekiel is told to take two sticks — one for Judah and the children of Israel his companions, and one for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel his companions — and join them together into one stick (Ezekiel 37:16-17).
Les Feldick teaches that the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 is a symbolic picture of the nation of Israel scattered among the Gentile nations, away from its homeland and temple worship, with no hope of ever becoming a viable nation again. The bones coming together and receiving life picture God bringing this dead people back to life by restoring them to their promised land. He stresses that the chapter is a vision — a symbolic picture God is showing. Les explains the two sticks as the northern kingdom of the ten tribes and the southern kingdom of the two tribes, which God will join into one stick, one nation. He emphasizes that the prophecy concerns "the whole house of Israel" — all twelve tribes — and uses this to refute the idea that the ten tribes have been lost or destroyed. Les connects the prophecy to modern history. He describes the awakening beginning in the late 1890s, when a Jewish man (whom he recalls as "Herzog") began to dream of a homeland for the Jews, and Jewish leaders refused offers of territory outside the land, insisting on their own homeland. He sees Israel's regathering over the last several decades as the beginning of the fulfillment, while the full culmination is still future.
Les Feldick teaches that the dry bones are not literal skeletons but a symbolic picture of the nation of Israel scattered among the Gentile nations, away from their homeland and temple worship, with no hope of ever becoming a viable nation again. He stresses that the vision is simply a symbolic picture God is showing — a dead people whom God is going to bring back to life by restoring them to their promised land.
Les explains that the two broken sticks stand for the two divisions of the nation of Israel: one stick is for the northern kingdom of the ten tribes, and the other for the southern kingdom of the two tribes (Judah). God tells Ezekiel to put them together end to end, and they become one stick — the nation restored to unity.
Les says that Israel's return to the land in modern times is the beginning of the fulfillment of Ezekiel 37. He points to the late 1890s, when a Jewish man began to dream of a homeland for the Jews, and the Jewish people refused offers of territory elsewhere, insisting on their own homeland. What we are seeing now is the start; the full culmination is still future. He also connects the regathering to what Israel has experienced in the last several decades.
Israel's Dispersion and Hopelessness
Les introduces Ezekiel 37 as the familiar dry-bones passage, explaining that it pictures the nation of Israel dispersed among the Gentiles with no hope — only a dream of returning to Jerusalem and regaining its homeland.
Graves Opened; Two Sticks Joined
God brings Israel back to life by bringing them back to the promised land; Les then explains the two sticks as the northern ten tribes and the southern two tribes being joined into one stick.
The Awakening Began in the 1890s
Les describes the bones coming together, flesh and skin forming, and life entering them — symbolic language for Israel's regathering, which he connects to the late-1890s dream of a Jewish homeland.
Dry Bones as Israel Restored
Les says the dry bones picture the nation of Israel out of the land, away from temple worship, and blinded — but God is bringing them back to life and to their homeland, as Israel has been regathered in recent decades.
The Vision Is Symbolic
Les stresses that Ezekiel's valley of dry bones is a vision — a symbolic picture of God's promise to restore Israel.
Bones Are the Whole House of Israel
Les identifies the bones as the whole house of Israel, who say their hope is lost, and points to God's promise to open their graves.
Whole House of Israel Refutes Lost Tribes
Les emphasizes the phrase "the whole house of Israel" in Ezekiel 37:11, arguing it proves the ten tribes are not lost and that all twelve tribes are included in Israel's restoration.
Beginnings Now, Full Consummation Future
Les says Ezekiel 37 prophesies Israel awakening from obscurity and becoming a viable nation again — something we are seeing begin now, though the full culmination is still future.
Ezekiel 37:1: The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones.
Opens the prophecy: Ezekiel is set in a valley full of bones, the foundation of the vision.
Ezekiel 37:10: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
The climactic moment of the vision when the bones receive breath and stand as an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel 37:11: Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
The divinely given interpretation identifying the bones as the whole house of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12: Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
God's direct promise to open Israel's graves and bring them into the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:16: Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
The two-stick vision begins, naming Judah and Ephraim as the divided kingdoms.
Ezekiel 37:17: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
The joining of the two sticks into one pictures Israel's reunification.
The dry bones are a symbolic picture of the whole house of Israel scattered among the Gentile nations, away from their homeland, with no hope of becoming a nation again. They are not literal skeletons but a vision showing Israel's national death. God promises to open their graves and bring them back to the land of Israel.
Les Feldick says what we see in Israel's modern regathering is the beginning of the fulfillment; the full culmination is still future. He traces the awakening to the late 1890s, when the dream of a Jewish homeland began, and points to the return of Jews to the land in recent decades as the prophecy starting to come alive.
The two sticks represent the divided kingdoms of Israel: one for the northern kingdom of the ten tribes, the other for the southern kingdom of the two tribes. Ezekiel is told to join them together end to end, and they become one stick, showing that God will reunite the nation.
Yes. Les emphasizes that the bones are identified as "the whole house of Israel," not just the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He says the idea that the ten tribes are lost flies in the face of Scripture, since the vision includes all twelve tribes.
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