Time: Ezekiel is carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a place--a valley with bones and then given another message.
What the Lord is Saying: The Lord takes Ezekiel to a valley of bones, all spread out and asks if the bones can have life again. Ezekiel replies that only the Lord knows the answer. So, the Lord gives Ezekiel a message to bring the bones to life. And the bones assembled into a skeleton, then had muscles, and then the winds came to give life to them. The bones represent the people of Israel. And this represents what will happen to the land of Israel, their graves of exile will open and they will rise again.
Then another message comes to Ezekiel. Take wood and carve on it the name of Judah and its allies. And take another piece of wood and carve on it Ephraim and the northern tribes. And then join the pieces of wood together signifying the coming together of Israel and Judah. And the message:
- The scattered people of Israel will come back to their home land and live there generation after generation.
- They will be unified with one king (David) over them all.
- No longer will their lives be polluted with idolatry or rebellion.
- They will be my people, I will be their God.
- They will obey and be careful to keep my decrees.
- God will make an everlasting covenant of peace with them.
- My temple will be among them.
Promise: All nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.
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