The history of Israel is riddled with dry bones. They have been dispersed throughout the nations of the world and ravaged for centuries.. But just like the dry bones that God revealed to Ezekiel in the middle of a valley, they will come to life. Even as recently as the last century, the world has seen a time when Israel could have cried out: 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.' (Eze. 37:11)
Ezekiel saw the dry bones rise up. He saw tendons and flesh appear. He saw skin cover them and breath begin to come out of what had been only dry bones. Through Ezekiel, God made a promise to Israel that the skeleton they had become would rise again one day.
I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. - Eze. 37:21-23 NIV
That day is coming. The dry bones are beginning to come to life.
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