I've only recently begun to study Ezekiel. I'm kinda of surprised at the broad disparity of interpretations....but I wanted to try to discuss those variations.
To get us started.....here's one overview interpretation:
Ezekiel 37:5 seems to undeniably be about when God poured out His Spirit on Old Covenant Israel (recorded in Acts 2). To me....that offers us insight into the entire prophecy and its timing. Why is this ignored or denied?
To get us started.....here's one overview interpretation:
Ezekiel 37:5 seems to undeniably be about when God poured out His Spirit on Old Covenant Israel (recorded in Acts 2). To me....that offers us insight into the entire prophecy and its timing. Why is this ignored or denied?
Ezekiel 37:5 ~ This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.
Acts 2:16-24 ~
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know. He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
Acts 2:16-24 ~
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out My Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.18Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.19I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.20The sun will be turned to darkness,
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.’(e)
I will pour out My Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.18Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.19I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.20The sun will be turned to darkness,
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.’(e)
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know. He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.