Israel Reborn

One day, the Lord’s hand was on Ezekiel. In a sense, both of God’s hands were on him because the Spirit of the Lord and the Word of God came to him. The Spirit and the Word are like the two hands of the Heavenly Father to get His work done among us. The Lord showed him dry bones and asked him if the bones could live. His response was: “O Lord God, You know.” [1]

The Lord commanded Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones. The Lord’s Word to the bones was LIFE. God created the heavens and the earth by speaking words. When Ezekiel obeyed the Lord, and spoke His Word, flesh formed on the bones and breath came into them. They lived! They became an exceedingly great army. [2]

This passage reminds me of what the Lord said through His servant Paul, “God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” [3]

Israel had been saying, “Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!” The Word of the Lord to them was God was going to resurrect them by His Spirit. [4]

Ezekiel told them by the Word of the Lord that God would gather them from the nations where they had been scattered and bring them back into their own land. They would be one nation undivided. The Lord promised to appoint one King to reign over them and that their nation would never be divided again. [5]

This is quite a miracle, but God promised something even greater than these things to them. He promised to take idolatry from their hearts and cleanse them so that they would be happy to be His people, and He to be their God. God promised them one King and one Shepherd to guide them. In other words, the government would not be fragmented between secular and spiritual leaders. David, which means the Beloved, would be their prince forever. His everlasting covenant with Israel is peace. He will be their sanctuary. He will tabernacle among them. His holy place will be in Israel, and all the nations will know it. This is a reference to Jesus their Messiah.

“I will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.” “David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one Shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes and do them.” “My servant David shall be their prince forever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed, I will be their God, and they shall be My people. The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” [6]

I believe this day is close at hand. The time of the Gentiles is almost fulfilled. The time in which we Gentiles were the Lord’s predominant people to carry the Gospel to the nations! Israel is about to be reborn. They will embrace Jesus Christ, the Son of God as their Messiah, they will become a major force in the earth to proclaim Him and serve Him with great joy. He will do great exploits through them. Praise the Lord!

[1] Ezekiel 37:1-3
[2] Ezekiel 37:4-10
[3] Ephesians 2:4-6
[4] Ezekiel 37:11-14
[5] Ezekiel 37:21-22
[6] Ezekiel 37:23-28