Ezekial
, whose name (Yehezq’el) signifies “strong is God” or “whom
God makes strong” [newadvent] was written during the first half of the six
century BC[Encarta], by himself for the people of God’s Kingdom
of Israel. Chapter 37 was written sometime between 586-571 BC and was
part of the oracles of hope and restoration for Judah, the healing of the
land of Israel and the new covenant in the land with a vision of a
restored Israel. [Boadt 388, 392].
Ezekial 37 was written during a time of exile from Judah in
Babylonia, where Ezekial settled in Tell-Abib on the edge of the Chebar
river, where he spent the rest of his life. [newadvent] The people of
Israel were living in captivity, scattered ...
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to liberty and peace; 3. The resurrection of the body at the great
day, especially the bodies of the believers to life eternal. [Wesley] As
Ezekial prophesied to the dead and dry bones, he heard a rattling of bones
in their motion. A shaking, trembling or commotion among the bones,
enough to manifest a divine presence, working among them. They came
nearer and nearer, till each bone met the bone to which it to be joined.
Of all the bones of all the numerous slain, not one was missing, not one
missed its way, not one missed its place, but each knew and found its
fellow. Thus is the resurrection of the dead, the scattered atoms shall be
arranged in their proper place and order, and every bone come to his bone,
by the same wisdom and power by which they first formed in the womb of her
that is with child. [Wesley] And behold the sinews and the flesh came upon
them, yet they had no breath. God told Ezekial to prophesy to the wind to
give them breath. Come from the four ...
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of all their dwelling
places, where they have sinned. The Lord will bring them out of
themselves and will cleanse, justify and sanctify them.
[Wesley] I will make David, my servant, king over them and they shall
have only one shepherd forever. Forever, meaning they shall dwell in the
land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have
dwelt; they shall dwell in it, their children and their children’s children
forever: an my servant David shall be their prince forever.
[Geneva] My tabernacle also shall be with them. The tabernacle wherein I
will show my presence among them. Their fathers had a tabernacle, but the
Messiah shall bring with him a better, a ...
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