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HIS is one of the simpler
chapters in the book of Ezekiel – and
most interesting. God showed Ezekiel a valley full of the bones of dead men.
Theses bones represented the dead nation of Israel. The resurrection of these
bones obviously represented the rebirth of that same nation. Beginning in verse
16, we have an account of Ezekiel miraculously joining two sticks into one
stick in his hand (representing the unity of Israel on the day of her
resurrection)
Who would expect the redevelopment of the ancient Assyrian
empire? Or, can you find a modern
Hittite. Would any geopolitical expert sincerely prognosticate a revival of the
Aztec or lnca empires, or of the Mayan civilization? Or, would
it be feasible to expect a great dominance of the
American Indians in the northern half of the western hemisphere someday in the
future. It would even be hard to reasonably forecast that the existing nations
of England, France, or Spain might someday regain the same global influence
which they once had during the age of imperialism. And yet, despite the many
centuries which have passed, during which the Jews have endured both dispersion
and abuse, they have retained their identity as a unique ethnic group. Can this
be incidental? Only by supernatural intervention could the accomplishment of
the recreation of the nation of Israel occur.
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