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—Ezekiel 37:11-14
by: Dale Rood.
In Ezekiel’s vision, we find the restoration of life. Verse 11 gives an understanding of what is meant by being dead in this passage—not physical death so much as hopelessness. Paul put it this way in Ephesians 2:1: “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins” (NKJV). It will be as if people are actually coming out of the grave (v.12). Here I believe God is speaking more of spiritual Israel, though we also can find in this a promise of the restoration of physical Israel, but under the Messiahship of Jesus Christ. As you read this passage, take to heart what Paul says in Romans 11.