Ezekiel 37:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 37:12

10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, ^aand breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the ^awhole house of Israel. They indeed say, ^b‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, ^aO My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and ^bbring you into the land of Israel.

13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.

14 I ^awill put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’ ”

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15 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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Ezekiel 37:12-13

What we see here is the resurrection of the Israelitish people to physical life. Did you notice (we did not cover it in great detail), that God pictured these people as slain. It does not mean that they all died in warfare, but as far as God was concerned, they were the hapless victims of Satan the Devil and his imposition of blindness, of slavery, and warfare.

Even the Israelitish people, though they had God's Word, though they had God's Temple, and though they had God's prophets, are still pictured as being born, living and dying, slain, killed by Satan the Devil without ever knowing God.

Excerpted from The Second Resurrection

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Now Ezekiel's vision of a valley of dry bones coming to life in Ezekiel 37:1-14 is a prominent instance of the metaphor of death and resurrection applied to Israel's exile and restoration.

Excerpted from Faithful Travelers on a Spiritual Journey

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