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THE NATION OF ISRAEL RESTORED

CONSIDER: What are the odds that a people could lose possession of their land for almost 2,000 years—and return to reestablish their nation? Moreover, what is the probability that men of antiquity could accurately predict this historic event?

THE PROPHECY OF EZEKIEL

The prophet Ezekiel wrote one of the most famous prophecies of Israel’s rebirth. In chapter 37, he describes a vision of dead, dried bones. In this vision, these bones come together, and God resurrects a great army from them. In the interpretation that follows, God tells the prophet that these bones represent the nation of Israel, which will be restored:

EZEKIEL 37:21-28

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 AND they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

PROPHECY FULFILLED: The return of the Jewish exiles to Palestine is in the process of occurring today. According to Biblical prophecy, the Messiah will complete this second Zionist movement when He comes to reign as king over the entire world.

Since there are many descriptions of the Messiah’s kingdom in this prophecy, the context of Ezekiel’s prophecy cannot be the first return from Babylonia, but must refer to the return of the exiles in the end time. For instance, Ezekiel wrote that the exiles of Israel will be gathered when “David” would reign over them. Of course, this is a messianic term, because the Messiah is from the lineage of David. Since there are predictions of the Messiah’s reign in this passage, the context of this prophecy is the latter days.

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