How does the valley of dry bones relate to the coming days for the church?

Answer 1

This is the best question on R&S all day. If I could give you an award, I would!

Ezekiel 37 can only be understood if it's put into the context of Ezekiel 36, which prophesies the renewal of Israel. Most of Ezekiel 36 and 37 was fulfilled on May 154, when the physically and spiritually dead nation of Israel was reborn in one afternoon. Notice the "two sticks" part of Eze. 37; following Solomon's death, Israel was split up into two kingdoms: Judea (comprised of members of the Tribe of Judah only) and Israel (comprised of the rest of the Tribes). It was this way even at the time of the second dispursion, at 70 AD when the Second Temple was destroyed. This portion of the prophecy was also fulfilled on 5/14/48, since Israel is now one, unified nation (one "stick").

I see no applicability directly to the Church; however, Jesus tells us in Scripture that we are to view the regeneration of Israel as a definate sign that our time is almost up (see the parable of the fig tree).

Peace, brother.

p.s. -- we are now nearing fulfillment of Ezekiel 38 and 39, where Israel will be attacked by Russia, Iran, and other Muslim nations.

Answer 2

You can't say Ezekiel had to have the vision. God gave him the vision. God decided that is what He wanted to do. If you read the Scriptures, from Exodus through Ezekiel, Israel refused to follow God and turned to follow foreign gods, even offering their own babies to be burned to gods like Molech. There were kinds starting with Saul (bad), David(good), Solomon(good and bad), Rehoboam(bad), and many others. In Rehoboam's day, the kingdom split into two kingdoms, north and south. The south was known as Judah and the north Israel. All of the north's kings were wicked, and most (a bit over half) of Judah's kings were good. You read this in the books of 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles, as well as many of the books of the prophets like Isaiah, Ezekial and Jeremiah. You shouldn't have any trouble finding a good synopsis on the internet. KINGS OF ISRAEL: Jeroboam, bad, 930-909 BC Nadab, bad, 909-908 BC Baasha, bad, 908-886 BC Elah, bad, 886-885 BC Zimri, bad, 885 BC Tibni, bad, 885-880 BC Omri (overlap), extra bad, 885-874 BC Ahab, the worst, 874-853 BC Ahaziah, bad, 853-852 BC Joram, bad mostly, 852-841 BC Jehu, not good but better than the rest, 841-814 BC Jehoahaz, bad, 814-798 BC Joash, bad, 798-782 BC Jeroboam II (overlap), bad, 793-753 BC Zechariah, bad, 753 BC Shallum, bad, 752 BC Menahem, bad, 752-742 BC Pekahiah, bad, 742-740 BC Pekah (overlap), bad, 752-732 BC Hoshea, bad, 732-722 BC KINGS OF JUDAH: Rehoboam, bad mostly, 933-916 BC Abijah, bad mostly, 915-913 BC Asa, GOOD, 912-872 BC Jehoshaphat, GOOD, 874-850 BC Jehoram, bad, 850-843 BC Ahaziah, bad, 843 BC Athaliah, devilish, 843-837 BC Joash, good mostly, 843-803 BC Amaziah, good mostly, 803-775 BC Uzziah, GOOD mostly, 787-735 BC Jotham, GOOD, 749-734 BC Ahaz, wicked, 741-726 BC Hezekiah, THE BEST, 726-697 BC Manasseh, the worst, 697-642 BC Amon, the worst, 641-640 BC Josiah, THE BEST, 639-608 BC Jehoahaz, bad, 608 BC Jehoiakim, wicked, 608-597 BC Jehoiachin, bad, 597 BC Zedekiah, bad, 597-586 BC

Answer 3

The dry bones represent the lack of the Holy Ghost in the churches. And where the Holy Ghost is not satan is, that will mean that the churches are in an apostate state.

Answer 4

The dry bones of Israel are referring to the ten lost tribes of Jacob, headed by the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. The two tribes that stayed loyal to the throne of David, later became known as the Jewish people. In our modern times (May 14th 1948) we saw these two tribes, finally become a nation and be called Israel, but this is not the true, biblical Israel. The ten lost tribes (lost sheep) were taken captive, and absorbed into the Europian nations long before Jesus arrived. (Go out to the lost sheep of Israel.) The valley of dry bones is resurrection language for the lost Israel: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel.
A historical reality is indicated; the restoration of Israel to her own land and the renewal of the nation, effected by the power of the sovereign God.

Answer 5

Here is one way. Let me say there more than I can type.

When all the dry bones are put back together. What then? They are finished.

Then step two starts:

When Gods plain is all done. What happen, the Rapture.

Then step two starts.

Answer 6

dry bones-not having the gumption or desire to follow God,God said that in the end days men,as well as women would turn from God,the love of many will grow cold

Answer 7

The Valley of Dry Bones
In Our Lives
Ezekiel 37, Ephesians 2

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Ezekiel’s famous vision, The Valley of Dry Bones, was given to him more than 2500 years ago for the Babylonian exiles. However, God’s question to Ezekiel, "Can these dry bones live?" is a question still addressed to us at the end of the twentieth century. At times we ask it of our lives, our marriages, our churches, our nations, the world...

This striking vision is a prediction and a promise from God that He would deliver Israel out of captivity and return them to their home.

Are your bones tired? Do you feel lifeless? Only God can give us real life. We are dead in our sins until God, through His Holy Spirit, breaths life into us. By the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God was able to bring life not only to the Jews but to all the world. You, too, can have the life of God's Spirit breathed into you. It all starts by accepting the sacrifice of God's Son, Jesus Christ. He died that you might be freed from the dead life of sin. Will you not have His life fill you today?

Yes, this famous vision is a type of the work of Jesus Christ, as it is well recorded in Ephesians 2. We will look at both, Ezekiel 37 and Ephesians 2:

Ezekiel 37:

The prophecy has two acts, and each act three scenes:
First Act, the Vision (Ez.37:1-10):
1- The valley of dry bones, He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" (Ez.37:3..1-3).
2- The fragmented bones becoming bodies, Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD (Ez.37:4... 4-6).
3- The wind entering the bodies, they came to life and stood up on their feet-a vast army. (Ez.10... 9-10).
Second Act, Interpretation (Ez.37:11-14).
1- The interpretation identifies the bones as the House of Israel and their dryness as their loss of hope (v. 11).
2- Identifies the wind as the Spirit (v. 14).
3- Then you will know the Lord, Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD . (v.14)

The three scenes of each act provide the exemplar for the way God resurrects dry-bone saints... the way of evangelization, of revivals in the Church of Christ.

It is all about evangelization, restoration of lost lives:

1- "Can these bones live?" (Ez.37:3)... of course, Ezekiel though impossible!...but the LORD effects two virtues in Ezekiel. First, he forces him to become involved by answering the question. Second, in trying to answer it, Ezekiel turns away from the Valley of Dry Bones to the LORD himself. Whereas the LORD addressed him as "O Human Being," he addresses God as "O Sovereign Covenant Keeping LORD." His answer is classic: "You alone know." It says that nothing is impossible with God. Israel’s revival depends solely on God’s sovereign grace (Luke 5:12).
When you think something is impossible, just turn to the Lord... For nothing is impossible with God. (Lk.1:37).

2- Preach to the bones!: Then the Lord told Ezekiel to prophecy, to preach to the bones, Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD (Ez.37:4)... Then, again through the prophet, God now addresses the people: "This is what the LORD Sovereign LORD says to these bones."... and the dry bones listened!
We have to do the same... preach the Word of God even when things looks impossible, at time or off time... and something wonderful always happened.

3- The bones become alive with the Word: 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. (Ez.37:7-8).

4- The Spirit: He comes also with the preaching, 9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet-a vast army. (Ez.37:9-10)
The wind, which God equates with His Spirit in v. 14, transforms the Valley of Dry Bones into a vast and vital army. The LORD brings revival through both authoritative preaching and the giving of the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 1:4-6; 2:13; 1 Corinthians 3:14-18).

5- The Method: It was also prophesied by Ezekiel: 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. (Ez.36:26-27).

Ephesians 2:

This famous vision of Ezekiel is a type of the work of Jesus Christ, as it is well recorded in Ephesians 2.

1- As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins (Eph.2:1)... Paul says it bluntly, you were dead!... death, death!... like old dry rotten bones... you and I were death before Baptism.

2- Jesus saved us, made us alive, 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. (Eph.2:4-5).

3- Alive through Faith... to do good works: Faith in Christ!, that's all we have to do to become alive, saved... but we become alive to do good works!, 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Eph.2:8-10).

4- Through the Blood of Christ: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. (Eph.2:13).

5- Jesus Preached: He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. (Eph.2:17)... that's one of our good works we have to do, to Preach!... what Jesus did, what Ezekiel did.

6- By the Holy Spirit: For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. (Eph.2:18).

7- The Method... the Church: And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Eph.2:22), I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Heb.8:10).


The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel portrayed to us a preview of the rebirth of the state of Israel in a unique analogy that has become an epic twentieth century miracle of enormous significance... in 2000 years billions have become alive, saved, and doing good works, praise the Lord.

Are your bones tired? Do you feel lifeless? Only God can give us real life. We are dead in our sins until God, through His Holy Spirit, breaths life into us. By the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God was able to bring life not only to the Jews but to all the world. You, too, can have the life of God's Spirit breathed into you. It all starts by accepting the sacrifice of God's Son, Jesus Christ. He died that you might be freed from the dead life of sin. Will you not have His life fill you today?... You just have to have faith in Jesus Christ, and the Spirit is eager to come onto you... and you will see wonders, in yourself, in your family, in your church, in your town and nation, and yes, even in the world...