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"Behold, O My people"

Text: Ezekiel 37:12

A NEEDED EXPLANATION

The vision of the valley of dry bones was most poignant. The Lord had to use this vision to help Ezekiel understand the true spiritual state of the nation of Israel.

“Then He said to me,
‘Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel.
They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost,
and we ourselves are cut off!’
Therefore prophesy and say to them,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, O My people,
I will open your graves
and cause you to come up from your graves,
and bring you into the land of Israel.”'”
Ezekiel 37:11-12

1. Israel in the past.

a) The people were stubborn.

b) They were unrepentant.

c) They believed that they could easily overcome their setbacks.

d) They did not feel that they needed the Lord’s help much.

e) They held fast to their idolatry.

2. What the bones represented.

a) They represent the whole house of Israel.

b) The people had recognised their true spiritual state at this point of time.

i) They knew that their bones were dry.

ii) Their hope for the nation’s future was lost.

iii) They knew also that they were cut off from the Lord their God.

c) They were now:

i) Remorseful.

ii) Repentant.

iii) Ready for a revival from God.

3. God’s response to His people.

a) He knew the people were spiritually dead.

b) They were like corpses lying in their graves.

c) The Lord urged them to behold this new thing that God would do.

d) He would open up their graves and the corpses would come alive.

e) He would bring a revived people into their homeland in Israel.