Did the Dry Bones Already Rise—Or Is Something Greater Still Ahead?
Ezekiel 36–37: The Promise and the Picture of Israel’s Restoration
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A Prophetic Narrative
Out of Holocaust ashes and global exile, the Jewish people returned to the land of their fathers. The world watched the bones come together. But something’s missing… the breath.
God gave Ezekiel a shocking vision and a solemn promise:
He would regather, revive, and reunite Israel. Not spiritually. Not symbolically. Literally.
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake… but for the sake of My holy name…” (Ezekiel 36:22)
God is not done with Israel. He never was.
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Three-Stage Prophetic Fulfillment:
Regathering to the Land
“I will take you from the nations… and bring you into your own land.” (Ezekiel 36:24)
Fulfilled in 1948, ongoing today. Israel is back—but not yet redeemed.
Literal Fulfillment:
“You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers…” (Ezek. 36:28)
“The land will be cultivated and inhabited again…” (Ezek. 36:8–12)
Spiritual Revival Still to Come
“I will give you a new heart… I will put My Spirit within you…” (Ezekiel 36:26–27)
“Then you shall live… and know that I am the LORD.” (Ezekiel 37:13–14)
The bones have assembled. The Spirit has not yet entered. This revival is future, and massive.
Reuniting Under One King
“I will make them one nation… and My servant David shall be king over them.” (Ezekiel 37:22, 24)
Fulfilled when Jesus, Son of David, returns to reign from Jerusalem.
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New Testament support.
•Luke 1:32–33 – “The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David…”
•Romans 11:25–27 – “All Israel will be saved… the Deliverer will come from Zion…”
•Zechariah 12:10 – “They will look on Me whom they have pierced…”
•Jeremiah 31:31–34 – “I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel…”
•Acts 1:6 – “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (They were not rebuked for asking)
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False Views Refuted.
“The Church is Israel now.”
“God abandoned the Jews after they rejected Jesus.”
“All this was fulfilled in Christ.”
Wrong.
Paul asks directly:
“Has God rejected His people? By no means!” (Romans 11:1)
He goes on:
“Have they stumbled so as to fall beyond recovery? Absolutely not.” (Romans 11:11)
The dry bones are not the Church. The bones are “the whole house of Israel” (Ezek. 37:11). They are ethnic, national, and prophetically regathered.
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“The dry bones of Ezekiel’s vision are rattling today. The miracle of Israel’s rebirth is the prelude to revival. God is not finished with the Jewish people—He’s just getting started.”
—Dr. David Jeremiah
“Ezekiel 36 and 37 prove that Israel may pass through stages of rejection and disfavor, but she is never cast away.”
—J. Sidlow Baxter
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Closing Takeaway:
The miracle has begun.
The land is alive.
The people are returning.
The Word is moving.
But the Spirit is coming. And so is the King.
“Then the nations will know that I am the LORD… when I vindicate My holiness through you before their eyes.” (Ezekiel 36:23)
You are living in the generation watching Ezekiel 36–37 come to life.
Soon, the world will witness the Return of the King.
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