Covering the Bones “And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them” (Ezekiel 37:8). by Leonard Griehs In this second stage of Ezekiel’s vision, he sees lifeless skeletons growing and changing into bodies. Sinews — tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone, commonly called tendons or ligaments — appearfrom nowhere and tie those bones together. Yet the skeletons still do […]
The Enlivening Moment “Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live” (Ezekiel 37:9). by Benjamin and Gabriella Stein The prophecy to the wind is easily overlooked in the study of the Prophecy of the Valley of Dry Bones. In the progression of events surrounding verse 9, the bones have come together, […]
Bringing the Breath of Life to Israel “Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life’” (Ezekiel 37:5, all scriptures from the New American Standard Bible). by Ernie Kuenzli The valley of dry bones prophecy actually contains two related but separateprophecies regarding the recovery of Israel. The first prophecy concerns re-assembling the bones, causing sinews to join them, flesh to grow upon them, and then skin to cover them […]