Today we are going to study Ezekiel 37. We find the Lord speaking to Ezekiel and verse 1 reads.
Eze.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,
Taken by the Spirit to a place of spiritually dead people. As John was taken to the end times and showed many things in Revelations, so is Ezekiel here.
Eze.37:2] 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.
Noting that there were “Many”. Ezekiel was brought in the spirit to today, and they are spiritually dead.
Eze.37:3] 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.
Prophesy is Teach, teach those that are spiritually dead. Teach them the word of the Lord.
Eze.37:5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
This breath is H7307 in the Strongs’ and is rûwach in the Hebrew. And is the Holy Spirit. From the Strongs’, g. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son.
Eze.37:6] 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.
Here we go, teaching brings the bones together.
Eze.37:8] 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.
The bodies are coming together but no life yet.
Eze.37:9] 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.
These four winds are prophetic of the end times, Dan.7 and Rev.7. But catch that he is saying, these slain, meaning they are spiritually dead but the Lord wants them to live. Keep teaching them Ezekiel.
Eze.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.
Not only will they live, but they will become his great army.
Eze.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.
This valley of dry bones is Israel, that is all twelve tribes. They were deceived by the antichrist at the 6th.trump. But when we are delivered up to Satan they will hear and their eyes will be opened. This is our job as the Elect. Teach those that are spiritually dead the word of God.
Eze.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.
[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.
You can go to Ezekeil 40-48 and read how each tribe has their own land. These chapters are for the millennium. That’s what’s being said here. Then he puts his Holy Spirit into them as he did with us. Continuing with verse 15 and it reads.
Eze.37:15] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[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:
[17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
This is very important to understand, these two sticks are the House of Israel and the House of Judah. They have been divided since king Rehoboam, son of Soloman took kingship. 1Kings12:16. But here they are brought back together as one. Ever wonder why Iran calls Israel “little Satan” and America “great Satan”. How is it that our enemies know who we are but we as a nation don’t. We are living in the valley of the dry bones.
Eze.37:18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
They are asking “what do you mean?” let’s go to Jeremiah 3:18 and it reads.
Jer.3:18] In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
In those days is today. In these end times. The House of Judah is there already, we will join them. Back to Ezekiel and verse 19 reads.
Eze.37:19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
[20] And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
They shall see, their eyes shall be opened. And they shall be united.
Eze.37:21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Divide yourselves from the heathen, the unbelievers. Jer.32:37-38 and it reads.
Jer.32:37] Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
[38] And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Back to Ezekiel and verse 22 reads.
Eze.37:22] 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:
Ezekiel is still in these end times spiritually, and the Lord is telling him to say to us we will be one nation again. And this king, is Jesus Christ.
Eze.37:23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Let’s not overlook this. How are we defiled today, he just said how. Idols, detestable things, and transgression (which is sins). He will cleanse us upon repentance.
Eze.37:24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
This David is Jesus, our true Shepherd. I love this “and do them”, we as the Elect will “Do” as Ezekiel did, we will teach the Word of God and the Lord will open their eyes and ears as he has done for us.
Eze.37:25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
This will be for eternity. Of course, this David is also Jesus.
Eze.37:26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Let’s go to Revelations 21 and read.
Rev.21:1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
[2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
[3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Come Lord Jesus come. Let’s go to his throne.
Father, we thank you for your word and for opening the eyes of your children. Bless all that love you in Jesus’s precious name, Amen.