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RESTORATION TO THE LAND
    Ezekiel locates Israel’s final restoration to the land and her rebirth as a nation in the “Last Days.” It is imperative to note the sequence of this prophecy. It clearly shows that God will restore the Israelites to the land and cause them to be reborn as a nation
before
they repent and believe in their true Messiah:
    Therefore, say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘It
is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for my holy name
, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord. God, when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. For
I will
take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and
bring you into your own land
. (emphasis added)
    Then I will
sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean;
I will
cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.Moreover,
I will
give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and
I will
remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And
I will
put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. And you will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and
I will
be your God.’” 24
    This prophecy clearly adds a new dimension to all of the predictions about Israel’s restoration to the land. It emphasizes that it is not being done because the people deserve it. They are returned to the land and reborn as a nation
before
they are cleansed and reborn spiritually.
    The paragraph beginning with
“Then I will
” clearly marks out the sequence of events. It is only after they are returned to the land that they are brought to spiritual restoration. In every way the prophecy declares that all of this will be done by sovereign unconditional acts of God despite the unworthiness of the Israelites. God swears an oath that He will do all of this with seven sovereign
“I Wills
.”
EZEKIEL’S PROPHETIC OUTLINE OF TODAY’S EVENTS
    Ezekiel lays out more clearly than any other prophet the sequence of events in the Last Days. He shows that a restored Israel is the key to all Last Days prophecy.
    Ezekiel chapter 36 emphasizes the miracle of the land’s restoration when God returns His people to it. The prophecy focuses on the desolate condition brought upon the land by the surrounding nations (all of them Muslim today). God warns of terrible judgment upon these Muslim nations who have “taken His land.” The fact that it is God’s land is emphasized several times.
    Ezekiel chapter 37 emphasizes the miracle of returning the dispersed Israelites from all the nations where they have been scattered for centuries. Ezekiel describes this miraculous nationalrebirth of the people in an allegory about disjointed skeletons lying in a desert full of open graves. He interprets the scattered bones as the whole house of Israel. He reveals that the open graves are the nations where the people have been scattered. The miracle of Israel’s national rebirth is illustrated by all of the bones coming out of the graves and joining together. Then sinews, muscle, and flesh come upon them—and finally, breath is breathed into them. They then stand up as a mighty army. But they are still not reborn spiritually.
    Ezekiel chapter 38 reveals the momentous event of history that will finally bring the Israelites to faith in their true Messiah. It will be a massive invasion against them led by a mighty nation to the extreme north. This northern commander (who can only be Russian since they are the only nation to Israel’s extreme north) will lead a confederacy of people who today are all Muslim. Chief among those named is