Transcript EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE BELSHAZZAR CYRUS BABYLON DESTROYED DARIUS (605-562BC)? (597-586BC)? (586BC)? (541-523BC)? (559-529BC)? (536BC)? (511-475BC)?

EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
PROPHET - DATE
JONAH
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JOEL
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HOSEA
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MICAH
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AMOS
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ISAIAH
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NAHUM
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ZEPHANIAH
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JEREMIAH
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DANIEL
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HABAKKUK
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EZEKIEL
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OBADIAH
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EZRA
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HAGGAI
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ZECHARIAH
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ESTHER
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NEHEMIAH
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MALACHI
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KING / EVENT - DATE
TIGLATH-PILESER
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HEZEKIAH (JUDAH)
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SHALMANESER
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ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?
SENNACHERIB
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR
ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH)
JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE
BELSHAZZAR
CYRUS
BABYLON DESTROYED
DARIUS
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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
‘GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL’
V. 1-14
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
‘ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPHERD’
V. 15-28
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:1-2
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
1
The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought
me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the
midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
2
Then He caused me to pass by them all around,
and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and
indeed they were very dry.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:1-2
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
1
The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought
me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the
midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
2
Then He caused me to pass by them all around,
and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and
indeed they were very dry.
WHAT DID THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DO?
‘set me down in the midst of the valley’
WHAT VALLEY WAS THIS?
WHAT WAS IN THIS VALLEY?
‘it was full of bones’ – ‘indeed they were very dry’
HOW DID THE BONES GET THERE?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:1-2
WHAT VALLEY WAS THIS?
‘the Valley of Slaughter’
WHAT WAS IN THIS VALLEY?
‘it was full of bones’ – ‘indeed they were very dry’
HOW DID THE BONES GET THERE?
READ:
JEREMIAH 7:32-33
32
‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD,
‘when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the
Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will
bury in Tophet until there is no room.
33
The corpses of this people will be food for the
birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And
no one will frighten them away.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:1-2
WHAT VALLEY WAS THIS?
‘the Valley of Slaughter’
WHAT WAS IN THIS VALLEY?
‘it was full of bones’ – ‘indeed they were very dry’
HOW DID THE BONES GET THERE?
READ:
JEREMIAH 8:1-2
1
‘At that time,’ says the LORD, ‘they shall bring out
the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its
princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of
the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2
They shall spread them before the sun and the
moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved
and which they have served and after which they have
walked, which they have sought and which they have
worshiped. They shall not be gathered nor buried; they
shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:3-4
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
3
And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones
live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
4
Again He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones,
and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the
LORD!
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:3-4
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
3
And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones
live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
4
Again He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones,
and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the
LORD!
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
‘can these bones live?’
HOW DID EZEKIEL RESPOND?
‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
‘Prophesy to these bones’
SAY TO THEM:
'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:3
3
And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones
live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
‘can these bones live?’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 32:39
39
‘See, I am He, And there is no God besides Me;
I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any
who can deliver from My hand. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:3
3
And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones
live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
‘can these bones live?’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID HANNAH SAY?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 2:6
6
The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to
the grave and brings up.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:3
3
And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones
live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, You know.’
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
‘can these bones live?’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
READ:
JOHN 5:21
21
As the Father raises the dead and gives life to
them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:3
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
‘can these bones live?’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID PAUL SAY?
READ:
ROMANS 4:17
17
….. God gives life to the dead and calls those
things which do not exist as though they did; NKJV
READ:
2 CORINTHIANS 1:9
9
We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we
should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the
dead,
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:4
4
Again He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones,
and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the
LORD!
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
‘Prophesy to these bones’
SAY TO THEM:
'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!”
WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
READ:
JOHN 5:25
25
‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son
of God; and those who hear will live.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:5-6
5
Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: ‘Surely I
will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
6
I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you,
cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall
live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE BONES?
‘I will cause breath to enter into you’
‘I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you’
‘I will cover you with skin and put breath in you’
‘You shall live’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:5-6
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE BONES?
‘I will cause breath to enter into you’
‘I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you’
‘I will cover you with skin and put breath in you’
‘You shall live’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
HOW DID THE LORD GOD FORM MAN?
READ:
GENESIS 2:7
7
The LORD God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living being. (soul) NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:5-6
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE BONES?
‘I will cause breath to enter into you’
‘I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you’
‘I will cover you with skin and put breath in you’
‘You shall live’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
READ:
PSALMS 104:29-30
29
You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take
away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And
You renew the face of the earth.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:5-6
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE BONES?
‘I will cause breath to enter into you’
‘I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you’
‘I will cover you with skin and put breath in you’
‘You shall live’
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY?
READ:
ISAIAH 26:19
19
Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body
they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall
cast out the dead. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:5-6
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
CAN THE LORD DO THIS?
WHAT DID JOHN SAY?
READ:
REVELATION 11:7-11
7
When they finish their testimony, the beast that
ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against
them, overcome them, and kill them.
8
And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the
great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was crucified.
9
Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and
nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days,
and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.
11
After the three-and-a-half days the breath of life
from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and
great fear fell on those who saw them.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:7-8
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
7
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling;
and the bones came together, bone to bone.
8
Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came
upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there
was no breath in them.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:7-8
7
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling;
and the bones came together, bone to bone.
8
Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came
upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there
was no breath in them.
WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DRY BONES?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:7-8
WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
‘I prophesied as I was commanded’
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DRY BONES?
‘there was a noise and suddenly a rattling’
‘the bones came together, bone to bone’
‘the sinews and the flesh came upon them’
‘the skin covered them over’
BUT
‘there was no breath in them’
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
‘there was no breath in them’
ARE THEY STILL DEAD?
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:9-10
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
9
Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: ‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe on these slain, that they may live.’
10
So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath
came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet,
an exceedingly great army.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9-10
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
9
Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says
the Lord GOD: ‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe on these slain, that they may live.’
10
So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath
came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet,
an exceedingly great army.
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
‘Prophesy to the breath’ SAYING:
‘Come from the four winds’
‘breathe on these slain that they may live’
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
WHERE DID THE LORD SCATTER THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 5:10
10
…. I will execute judgments among you, and all of
you who remain I will scatter to all the winds.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 12:14
14
I will scatter to every wind all who are around him
to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the
sword after them. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
WHERE DID THE LORD SCATTER THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 17:21
21
All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the
sword, and those who remain shall be scattered to every
wind; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken.
READ:
ZECHARIAH 2:6-7
6
‘Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,’ says the
LORD; ‘for I have spread you abroad like the four winds
of heaven,’ says the LORD.
7
‘Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter
of Babylon.’
NKJV
FROM WHENCE WILL THE LORD GATHER THEM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
‘Prophesy to the breath’ SAYING:
‘Come from the four winds’
‘breathe on these slain that they may live’
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
FROM WHENCE WILL THE LORD GATHER THEM?
READ:
ISAIAH 43:5-6
5
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your
descendants from the east, And gather you from the
west;
6
I will say to the north, 'Give them up!‘ And to the
south, 'Do not keep them back!‘ Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth — NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
‘Prophesy to the breath’ SAYING:
‘Come from the four winds’
‘breathe on these slain that they may live’
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
FROM WHENCE WILL THE LORD GATHER THEM?
READ:
JEREMIAH 31:8
8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them
the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the
one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall
return there.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
‘Prophesy to the breath’ SAYING:
‘Come from the four winds’
‘breathe on these slain that they may live’
WHY THE FOUR WINDS?
WHAT DID DANIEL SEE?
READ:
DANIEL 7:2
2
Daniel spoke, saying, ‘I saw in my vision by night,
and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the
Great Sea.’ NKJV
WHAT DID THE FOUR WINDS REPRESENT?
WHAT IS THIS GREAT SEA?
‘MEDITERRANEAN SEA‘
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:9
‘Prophesy to the breath’ SAYING:
‘Come from the four winds’
‘breathe on these slain that they may live’
WHAT DID DANIEL SEE?
READ:
DANIEL 8:8
8
The male goat grew very great; but when he
became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place
of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of
heaven.
WHO WAS THIS GOAT? ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
WHAT DIRECTION DID THE FOUR NOTABLE ONES GO?
‘toward the four winds of heaven’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:10
WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
I prophesied as He commanded me
WHAT HAPPENED?
‘breath came into them and they lived’
‘and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army’
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
READ:
ISAIAH 25:8
8
He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord
GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of
His people He will take away from all the earth; For the
LORD has spoken.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:10
WHAT HAPPENED?
‘breath came into them and they lived’
‘and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army’
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
READ:
DANIEL 12:2
2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and
everlasting contempt.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:10
WHAT HAPPENED?
‘breath came into them and they lived’
‘and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army’
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
READ:
HOSEA 6:2
2
After two days He will revive us; On the third day
He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. NKJV
READ:
HOSEA 13:14
14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your
plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is
hidden from My eyes.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:10
‘breath came into them and they lived’
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
READ:
JOHN 5:25-29
25
Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son
of God; and those who hear will live.
26
For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has
granted the Son to have life in Himself,
27
and has given Him authority to execute judgment
also, because He is the Son of Man.
28
Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in
which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29
and come forth — those who have done good, to
the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to
the resurrection of condemnation. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:11-12
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
11
Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones
are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
12
Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, O My people, I will open your
graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and
bring you into the land of Israel.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:11-12
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
11
Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones
are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
12
Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says
the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, O My people, I will open your
graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and
bring you into the land of Israel.
HOW DID THE LORD EXPLAIN THIS?
‘these bones are the whole house of Israel’
WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:11
HOW DID THE LORD EXPLAIN THIS?
‘these bones are the whole house of Israel’
WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost’
‘we ourselves are cut off’
READ:
PSALMS 141:7
7
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 49:14
14
Zion said, ‘The LORD has forsaken me, And my
Lord has forgotten me.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:11
WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost’
‘we ourselves are cut off’
WHAT DID JOB SAY?
READ:
JOB 17:13-16
13
If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed
in the darkness,
14
If I say to corruption, 'You are my father,‘ And to
the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister,'
15
Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can
see it?
16
Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we
have rest together in the dust?’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:11
11
Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones
are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost’
‘we ourselves are cut off’
WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD?
54
off!’
55
pit.
READ:
LAMENTATIONS 3:54-55
The waters flowed over my head; I said, ‘I am cut
I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 6:8-9
8
Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have
some who escape the sword among the nations, when
you are scattered through the countries.
9
Then those of you who escape will remember Me
among the nations where they are carried captive,
because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which
has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the
harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the
evils which they committed in all their abominations.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
JEREMIAH 29:14
14
‘I will be found by you’, says the LORD, ‘and I will
bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from
all the nations and from all the places where I have driven
you,’ says the LORD, ‘and I will bring you to the place
from which I cause you to be carried away captive.’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
AMOS 9:14-15
14
‘I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They
shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They
shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15
I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall
they be pulled up From the land I have given them,’ Says
the LORD your God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
ZEPHANIAH 3:20
20
‘At that time I will bring you back, Even at the time I
gather you; For I will give you fame and praise Among all
the peoples of the earth, When I return your captives
before your eyes,’ Says the LORD.
NKJV
READ:
ZECHARIAH 8:8
8
‘I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people And I will be
their God, In truth and righteousness.'
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID JESUS SAY CONCERNING THE DEAD?
READ:
MATTHEW 22:31-32
31
Concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32
'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of
the living.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID JESUS SAY CONCERNING MOSES?
READ:
LUKE 20:37-38
37
Even Moses showed in the burning bush passage
that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord 'the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
38
For He is not the God of the dead but of the living,
for all live to Him. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:12
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
‘I will open your graves’
‘I will cause you to come up from your graves’
‘I will bring you into the land of Israel’
WHAT DID PAUL SAY CONCERNING ISRAEL?
READ:
ROMANS 11:15
15
If their being cast away is the reconciling of the
world, what will their acceptance be but life from the
dead?
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:13-14
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
13
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you
up from your graves.
14
I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I
will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that
I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the
LORD.’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:13-14
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
13
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you
up from your graves.
14
I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I
will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that
I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,’ says the
LORD.
WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL?
WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?
WHEN?
you shall know that I am the LORD
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:13
THE DRY BONES SHALL LIVE
13
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you
up from your graves.
WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
ISRAEL?
WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?
WHEN?
you shall know that I am the LORD
WHEN
‘I have opened your graves’
‘and brought you up from your graves’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:14
14
I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I
will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that
I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,’ says the
LORD.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
‘I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live’
‘I will place you in your own land’
HOW WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
READ:
ISAIAH 11:1-2
1
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of
Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
2
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The
Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of
counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:14
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
‘I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live’
‘I will place you in your own land’
HOW WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
READ:
EZEKIEL 36:27-28
27
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to
walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and
do them.
28
Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your
fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:14
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
‘I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live’
‘I will place you in your own land’
HOW WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
READ:
EZEKIEL 36:36
36
The nations which are left all around you shall
know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and
planted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken it,
and I will do it.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:14
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
‘I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live’
‘I will place you in your own land’
HOW WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
READ:
JOEL 2:28-29
28
It shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out
My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young
men shall see visions.
29
And also on My menservants and on My
maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
READ:
15
EZEKIEL 37:15-17
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
16
‘As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself
and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel,
his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it,
'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel, his companions.'
17
Then join them one to another for yourself into one
stick, and they will become one in your hand.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:15-17
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
15
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
16
‘As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself
and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel,
his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it,
'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel, his companions.'
17
Then join them one to another for yourself into one
stick, and they will become one in your hand.
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
WHY JOIN THEM TOGETHER?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
16
‘As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself
and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel,
his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it,
'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel, his companions.'
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
‘take a stick for yourself and write on it’
'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’
THEN
‘take another stick and write on it’
'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the house of Israel, his companions‘
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
READ:
GENESIS 48:17-19
17
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he
took hold of his father's hand to remove it from
Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18
Joseph said to his father, ‘Not so, my father, for
this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.’
19
But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I
know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall
be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude
of nations.’ NKJV
WHY DID ISRAEL PUT EPHRAIM BEFORE MANASSEH?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?
READ:
NUMBERS 17:2-3
2
Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a
rod from each father's house, all their leaders according
to their fathers' houses — twelve rods. Write each man's
name on his rod.
3
And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of
Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each
father's house. NKJV
WHAT DID EACH ROD REPRESENT?
the head of each father's house
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SOLOMON DIED?
WHO BECAME KING OF ISRAEL?
READ:
1 KINGS 12:20
20
It came to pass when all Israel heard that
Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called
him to the congregation, and made him king over all
Israel. There was none who followed the house of David,
but the tribe of Judah only.
NKJV
WHO REMAINED LOYAL TO DAVID?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BIRTHRIGHT OF REUBEN?
1 CHRONICLES 5:1-3
1
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel — he
was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his
father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of
Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not
listed according to the birthright;
2
Yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from
him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph's
WHO DID THE BIRTHRIGHT BELONG TO?
REUBEN? JUDAH? JOSPEH?
WHY DID JUDAH PREVAIL?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO REHOBOAM?
WHY?
READ:
2 CHRONICLES 10:17-19
17
Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who
dwelt in the cities of Judah.
18
Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in
charge of revenue; but the children of Israel stoned him
with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam
mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
19
So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of
David to this day. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
READ:
2 CHRONICLES 11:14-17
14
The Levites left their common-lands and their
possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for
Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving
as priests to the LORD.
15
He appointed for himself priests for the high
places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had
made.
16
After the Levites left, those from all the tribes of
Israel, such as set their heart to seek the LORD God of
Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of
their fathers.
17
They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and
made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three
years, because they walked in the way of David and
Solomon for three years.
NKJV
WHAT DID THE PRIESTS & LEVITES DO?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DID ASA DO?
READ:
2 CHRONICLES 15:8-9
8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of
Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the
abominable idols from all the land of Judah and
Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the
mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the
LORD that was before the vestibule of the LORD.
9
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those
who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and
Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from
Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with
him. NKJV
WHO CAME TO JOIN JUDAH & BENJAMIN?
Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
READ:
2 CHRONICLES 30:11-20
11
Some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun
humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
18
A multitude of the people, many from Ephraim,
Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what
was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, ‘May
the good LORD provide atonement for everyone
19
who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God
of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the
purification of the sanctuary’.
20
The LORD listened to Hezekiah and healed the
people.
NKJV
WHO CAME TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
Ephraim, Manasseh, Asher, Issachar and Zebulun
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
READ:
PSALMS 78:67
67
He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose
the tribe of Ephraim,
68
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He
loved.
NKJV
WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:16
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
READ:
HOSEA 5:4-5
4
They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to
their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And
they do not know the LORD.
5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also
stumbles with them.
NKJV
WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
WHY?
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:17
WHAT DO THESE TWO STICKS REPRESENT?
ISRAEL & JUDAH?JOSEPH & EPHRAIM?
17
Then join them one to another for yourself into one
stick, and they will become one in your hand.
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
‘join them one to another for yourself into one stick’
WHO WILL JOIN THEM TOGETHER? WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 11:12-13
12
He will set up a banner for the nations, And will
assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the
dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
13
Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, And the
adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not
envy Judah, And Judah shall not harass Ephraim. NKJV
WHY DID EPHRAIM ENVY JUDAH?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:17
WHY DID EPHRAIM ENVY JUDAH?
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT EPHRAIM?
WHO WAS CHOSEN FROM THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM?
READ:
NUMBERS 13:8 & 16
8
From the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
16
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent
to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of
Nun, Joshua.
WHERE DID ISRAEL SET UP THE TABERNACLE?
READ:
JOSUAH 18:1
1
The whole congregation of the children of Israel
assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle
of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT EPHRAIM?
WHERE DID JOSHUA DIVIDE THE LAND TO ISRAEL?
READ:
JOSHUA 18:10
10
Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the
LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the children
of Israel according to their divisions. NKJV
WHERE WAS SHILOH?
WHAT LAND WAS GIVEN TO JOSHUA?
READ:
JOSHUA 19:50
50
According to the word of the LORD they gave him
the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the
mountains of Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in
it.
NKJV
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT EPHRAIM?
WHERE WAS SHILOH?
WHAT DID REUBEN, GAD & MANASEH DO?
READ:
JOSHUA 22:9
9
The children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and
half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from
the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of
Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their
possession, which they had obtained according to the
word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
NKJV
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT EPHRAIM?
WHAT DID REUBEN, GAD & MANASEH DO?
READ:
JOSHUA 22:10-12
10
When they came to the region of the Jordan which
is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the
children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an
altar there by the Jordan — a great, impressive altar.
11
Now the children of Israel heard someone say,
‘Behold, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and
half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the
frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan
— on the children of Israel's side.’
12
When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole
congregation of the children of Israel gathered together
at Shiloh to go to war against them. NKJV
WHY DID GILEAD FIGHT AGAINST EPHRAIM?
READ:
JUDGES 12:1-4
1
The men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed
over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, ‘Why did you
cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did
not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down
on you with fire!’
2
Jephthah said to them, ‘My people and I were in a
great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I
called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.
3
So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I
took my life in my hands and crossed over against the
people of Ammon; and the LORD delivered them into my
hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight
against me?’
4
Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead
and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead
defeated Ephraim, because they said, ‘You Gileadites are
fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among
the Manassites.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:17
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SHILOH?
WHAT DID ALL ISRAEL KNOW?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 3:20-21
20
All Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel
had been established as a prophet of the LORD.
21
The LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD
revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the
LORD.
NKJV
WHAT HAPPENED TO SHILOH?
WHY?
READ:
PSALMS 78:60
60
He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He
had placed among men, NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:17
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EPHRAIM?
READ:
JEREMIAH 7:12-15
12
‘Go now to My place which was in Shiloh , where I
set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because
of the wickedness of My people Israel.
13
And now, because you have done all these works,’
says the LORD, ‘and I spoke to you, rising up early and
speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you
did not answer,
14
therefore I will do to the house which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I
gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh .
15
And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast
out all your brethren — the whole posterity of Ephraim.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EPHRAIM? WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:17
17
Then join them one to another for yourself into one
stick, and they will become one in your hand.
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
join them one to another for yourself into one stick
WHO WILL JOIN THEM TOGETHER? WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 50:4-5
4
‘In those days and in that time,’ says the LORD,
‘The children of Israel shall come, They and the children
of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall
come, And seek the LORD their God.
5
They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces
toward it, saying, 'Come and let us join ourselves to the
LORD In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.'
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:18-20
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
18
And when the children of your people speak to
you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by
these?' —
19
say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I
will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I
will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.’
20
And the sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes.
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:18-20
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
18
And when the children of your people speak to
you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by
these?' —
19
say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join
them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one
stick, and they will be one in My hand.’
20
And the sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:18
18
And when the children of your people speak to
you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by
these?' —
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 12:9-12
9
Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the
rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?'
10
Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘This
burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the
house of Israel who are among them.’
11
Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it
be done to them; they shall be carried away into
captivity.' NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:18
18
And when the children of your people speak to
you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by
these?' —
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 21:7
7
It shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you
sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news;
when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be
feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as
water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,'
says the Lord GOD.’
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:18
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
'Will you not show us what you mean by these?'
READ:
EZEKIEL 24:16-19
16
‘Son of man, behold, I take away from you the
desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither
mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.
17
Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead;
bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on
your feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat man's
bread of sorrow.
18
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at
evening my wife died; and the next morning I did as I was
commanded.
19
And the people said to me, ‘Will you not tell us
what these things signify to us, that you behave so?’
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:19-20
19
Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join
them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one
stick, and they will be one in My hand.’
20
And the sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
‘I will join them and make them one stick’
READ:
JEREMIAH 3:18
18
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with
the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of
the land of the north to the land that I have given as an
inheritance to your fathers.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:19-20
19
Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join
them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one
stick, and they will be one in My hand.’
20
And the sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
‘I will join them and make them one stick’
READ:
ZECHARIAH 10:6
6
I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will
save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back,
Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I
had not cast them aside; For I am the LORD their God,
And I will hear them.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:19-20
‘ I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions;
and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah,
and make them one stick,
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
‘I will join them and make them one stick’
HOW?
READ:
JEREMIAH 23:5-6
5
‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD,
‘That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment
and righteousness in the earth.
6
In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will
dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be
called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:21-22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21-22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21-22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 43:5-6
5
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your
descendants from the east, And gather you from the
west;
6
I will say to the north, 'Give them up!‘ And to the
south, 'Do not keep them back!‘ Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 20:42-43
42
You shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring
you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I
raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.
43
And there you shall remember your ways and all
your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall
loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the
evils that you have committed.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
HOSEA 1:11
11
The children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together, And appoint for themselves
one head; And they shall come up out of the land, For
great will be the day of Jezreel!
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:21
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
21
Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land;
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
MICAH 4:6-7
6
‘In that day,’ says the LORD, ‘I will assemble the
lame, I will gather the outcast And those whom I have
afflicted;
7
I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a
strong nation; So the LORD will reign over them in Mount
Zion From now on, even forever.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
WHAT DID THE GENTILES SAY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 33:24
24
Have you not considered what these people have
spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD has
chosen, He has also cast them off' Thus they have
despised My people, as if they should no more be a
nation before them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ:
EZEKIEL 17:22
22
Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘I will take one of the
highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will
crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender
one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 34:13-14
13
I will bring them out from the peoples and gather
them from the countries, and will bring them to their own
land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the
valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14
I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall
be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie
down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the
mountains of Israel.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 34:23-24
23
I will establish one shepherd over them, and he
shall feed them — My servant David. He shall feed them
and be their shepherd.
24
And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant
David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:22
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them
all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they
ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
WHY?
‘I will make them one nation on the mountains of Israel’
‘and one king shall be king over them all’
WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
READ:
JOHN 10:16
16
Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them
also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there
will be one flock and one shepherd. NKJV
WHO ARE THE OTHER SHEEP?
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:23
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
23
They shall not defile themselves anymore with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any
of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all
their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:23
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
23
They shall not defile themselves anymore with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any
of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all
their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
HOW DID THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES?
HOW WILL THE LORD CLEANSE THEM?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:23
23
They shall not defile themselves anymore with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any
of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all
their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
HOW DID THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES?
‘with their idols’
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEM?
READ:
JEREMIAH 7:23-24
23
But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey
My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My
people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded
you, that it may be well with you.'
24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but
followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil
hearts, and went backward and not forward. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:23
HOW DID THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES?
‘with their idols’
HOW WILL THE LORD CLEANSE THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 11:17-20
17
Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘I will gather you from
the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you
have been scattered, and I will give you the land of
Israel.’
18
And they will go there, and they will take away all
its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19
Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new
spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
20
that they may walk in My statutes and keep My
judgments and do them; and they shall be My people,
and I will be their God. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:23
HOW DID THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES?
‘with their idols’
HOW WILL THE LORD CLEANSE THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 36:25-27
25
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be
clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from
all your idols.
26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit
within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh
and give you a heart of flesh.
27
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to
walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and
do them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:23
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 36:28 & 33
28
Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your
fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
33
‘On the day that I cleanse you from all your
iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and
the ruins shall be rebuilt.’
NKJV
READ:
NAHUM 2:2
2
The LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like
the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied
them out And ruined their vine branches. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:24-25
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24-25
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24-25
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
WHERE WILL THEY DWELL?
WHO WILL BE THEIR PRINCE?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO SAUL? WHY?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 13:13-14
13
Samuel said to Saul, ‘You have done foolishly. You
have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God,
which He commanded you. For now the LORD would
have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
14
Now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD
has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the
LORD has commanded him to be commander over His
people, because you have not kept what the LORD
commanded you.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
READ:
PSALMS 78:70-71
70
He chose David His servant, And took him from the
sheepfolds;
71
From following the ewes that had young He
brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel
His inheritance.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
ISAIAH 55:3-4
3
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your
soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant
with you — The sure mercies of David.
4
Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
A leader and commander for the people.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 21:25-27
25
Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel,
whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,
26
thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Remove the turban, and
take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt
the humble, and humble the exalted.
27
Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown!
It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is,
And I will give it to Him.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 34:23-24
23
I will establish one shepherd over them, and he
shall feed them — My servant David. He shall feed them
and be their shepherd.
24
And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant
David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:24
24
David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
WHO WILL BE THEIR KING?
SHEPHERD?
David My servant shall be king over them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
HOSEA 3:4-5
4
The children of Israel shall abide many days
without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar,
without ephod or teraphim.
5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return and
seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall
fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:25
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
WHERE WILL THEY DWELL?
‘in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant’
IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?
WHY?
READ:
PSALMS 89:3-4
3
‘I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have
sworn to My servant David:
4
'Your seed I will establish forever, And build up
your throne to all generations.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:25
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
WHERE WILL THEY DWELL?
‘in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant’
IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?
WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 60:21
21
Your people shall all be righteous; They shall
inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands, That I may be glorified. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:25
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
WHERE WILL THEY DWELL?
‘in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant’
IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 28:25
25
Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘When I have gathered
the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they
are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the
Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I
gave to My servant Jacob.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:25
25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they
shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever; and My servant David shall be their
prince forever.
WHERE WILL THEY DWELL?
‘in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant’
READ:
JOEL 3:20
20
Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from
generation to generation.
NKJV
READ:
AMOS 9:15
15
‘I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall
they be pulled up From the land I have given them,’
Says the LORD your God.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 37:26-28
ONE KINGDOM, ONE KING
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NOAH?
READ:
GENESIS 9:16
16
‘The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look
on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.’
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHINEHAS?
READ:
NUMBERS 25:12-13
12
'Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;
13
and it shall be to him and his descendants after
him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he
was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the
children of Israel.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 29:14-15
‘I make this covenant and this oath, not with you
14
alone,
15
but with him who stands here with us today before
the LORD our God, as well as with him who is not here
with us today’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
JEREMIAH 32:40
40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that
I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put
My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from
Me. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ;
EZEKIEL 16:62-63
62
I will establish My covenant with you. Then you
shall know that I am the LORD,
63
that you may remember and be ashamed, and
never open your mouth anymore because of your shame,
when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,’
says the Lord GOD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:26
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I
will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My
sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
WHAT IS THIS COVENANT OF PEACE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 34:25-26
25
I will make a covenant of peace with them, and
cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will
dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
26
I will make them and the places all around My hill a
blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their
season; there shall be showers of blessing.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
WHY?
READ:
EXODUS 25:8-9
8
Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell
among them.
9
According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern
of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings,
just so you shall make it.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
WHY?
READ:
LEVITICUS 26:11-12
11
I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul
shall not abhor you.
12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you
shall be My people.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHERE DID ISRAEL SET UP THE TABERNACLE?
READ:
JOSHUA 18:1-2
1
The whole congregation of the children of Israel
assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle
of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHAT DID ISRAEL DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
READ:
JUDGES 18:31
31
They set up for themselves Micah's carved image
which he made, all the time that the house of God was in
Shiloh.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
WHY?
READ:
AMOS 9:11
11
On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David,
which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will
raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:27
27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
WHERE DID GOD SAY THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE?
My tabernacle shall be with them
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
WHY?
READ:
ACTS 15:16-17
16
'After this I will return And will rebuild the
tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild
its ruins, And I will set it up;
17
So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says
the LORD who does all these things.' NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
‘I, the LORD, sanctify Israel’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
READ:
EXODUS 31:13
13
Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely
My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me
and you throughout your generations, that you may know
that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
I, the LORD, sanctify Israel
WHEN?
My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
ZEPHENIAH 3:15
15
The LORD has taken away your judgments, He has
cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in
your midst; You shall see disaster no more. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
‘My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore’
WHERE IS THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD TODAY?
READ:
2 CORINTHIANS 6:16
16
What agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For you are the temple of the living God. As God has
said: ‘I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be
their God, And they shall be My people.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
‘My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore’
WHERE IS THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD TODAY?
WHO IS OUR HIGH PRIEST?
READ:
HEBREWS 8:1-2
1
Now this is the main point of the things we are
saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2
a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true
tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
‘My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore’
WHERE IS THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD TODAY?
WHO IS OUR HIGH PRIEST?
READ:
HEBREWS 9:11
11
Christ came as High Priest of the good things to
come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not
made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 37:28
28
The nations also will know that I, the LORD,
sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.’
NKJV
WHAT WILL ALL NATIONS KNOW?
‘My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore’
WHERE IS THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD TODAY?
READ:
REVELATION 21:3
3
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with
them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be
with them and be their God.’
NKJV