Prophecy of Ezekiel's Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel described how this would be done through the prophecy of the Valley of the Dry Bones. The interpretation of this passage is found in verse 11, in that it is a prophecy concerning all of Israel - all twelve tribes - not just the ten northern tribes or the two southern tribes, but it is a prophecy concerning the whole house of Israel. This prophecy was made 2,534 years before the beginning of its fulfillment. Some people have tried to convince others that the church is spiritual Israel, therefore taking the place of the Israeli nation, this is not true. The church is the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Israel still is, and always will be, the elect nation of God.
On August 16, 1967, the Israelis published a postage stamp with the picture of the wailing wall and quoted in Hebrew on the tab of the stamp is 1 Kings 9:3 “And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that
thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built,
to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.”
This is a reminder to the Israelis
that God has not left them nor forsaken them. Today we know that God has not done away with the Israeli nation. This prophecy in Ezekiel 37 of the valley of the dry bones is about Israel; let us examine its fulfillment.
In Ezekiel 37:7 we have the order of events in which the nation of Israel would be organized: “So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.”
There are three parts to the forming of the skeleton, the organization of the nation. The three parts are: a noise, a shaking, and bone to his bone.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
“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,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
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.
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.
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.
13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.”
