WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.120 Beloved, always remember one thing. The word 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:17.179 of Israel's God cannot be broken. The word of 00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:27.000 God cannot be broken. You can stake your very 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:36.490 life. on God's word. Well, sir, in our last heart 00:00:36.490 --> 00:00:40.929 -to -heart talk regarding world condition and 00:00:40.929 --> 00:00:46.869 Israel's place in the world today, I left you 00:00:46.869 --> 00:00:50.710 with the reading of a portion of the word of 00:00:50.710 --> 00:00:53.710 God as found in the 36th chapter of Ezekiel. 00:00:55.369 --> 00:01:03.710 I will read the twenty -ninth verse and then 00:01:03.710 --> 00:01:08.549 continue without referring to anything that i 00:01:08.549 --> 00:01:16.469 have said previously i will call for the corn 00:01:16.469 --> 00:01:20.530 and will increase it and lay no famine upon you 00:01:20.530 --> 00:01:26.189 he is talking about israel now and remember something 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:33.319 That which I am giving you was prophesied 1400 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:38.579 years before Christ was born in Bethlehem. If 00:01:38.579 --> 00:01:42.120 you want to know something that is convincing, 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:48.799 that is inspiring, awe -inspiring, and that is 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:53.980 the fact that that which was prophesied by the 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:59.519 Holy Spirit More than 1400 years before Jesus 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:04.420 Christ was born in Bethlehem. And the thing that 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:09.199 was fulfilled. Remember something. This is prophecy 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:16.599 fulfilled in our generation. It is now a matter 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:21.759 of history. And yet it was prophesied. More than 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:27.780 1400 years before. the birth of Christ. I will 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:31.060 call for the corn and will increase it and lay 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:36.180 no famine upon you. This is God's promise, his 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:41.199 covenant to Israel, to Abraham and Abraham's 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:45.500 seed. I will multiply the fruit of the tree and 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:48.680 the increase of the field. I will also cause 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:52.319 you to dwell in the cities and the wastes shall 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:56.539 be builded. and the desolate land shall be tilled, 00:02:56.539 --> 00:03:00.020 whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that 00:03:00.020 --> 00:03:04.960 passed by. And they shall say, This land that 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:08.759 was desolate is become like the garden of Eden, 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:13.400 and the waste and desolate and ruined cities 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:19.539 are become fenced and are inhabited. So shall 00:03:19.539 --> 00:03:22.939 the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:31.460 And they shall know that I am the Lord. I had 00:03:31.460 --> 00:03:36.400 before me a paper that I have kept for years. 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:44.219 It's dated Wednesday, April the 13th, 1949. And 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:48.099 I shall never forget the thrill when I read it. 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:53.909 It's just the daily newspaper. That's all. And 00:03:53.909 --> 00:03:57.990 yet little did the millions of people who read 00:03:57.990 --> 00:04:03.610 it in their everyday reading of the newspaper 00:04:03.610 --> 00:04:12.990 realized what a wonderful fulfillment of Bible 00:04:12.990 --> 00:04:19.509 prophecy this one page really was. April the 00:04:19.509 --> 00:04:24.110 13th, 1949. It's a declaration that comes from 00:04:24.110 --> 00:04:29.050 the president of Israel. I read only the first 00:04:29.050 --> 00:04:33.490 paragraph. For many years, American Jews have 00:04:33.490 --> 00:04:36.089 played a prominent part in laying the foundation 00:04:36.089 --> 00:04:41.029 of the new life that is springing up in our ancient 00:04:41.029 --> 00:04:47.389 land, Israel. We have now obtained the status 00:04:47.389 --> 00:04:53.589 of national independence. We are now about to 00:04:53.589 --> 00:05:00.569 enter a new phase. What new phase? The very thing 00:05:00.569 --> 00:05:03.089 that was prophesied by the Holy Spirit through 00:05:03.089 --> 00:05:08.370 Ezekiel more than 1400 years before the birth 00:05:08.370 --> 00:05:13.410 of Christ. The word of Israel's God can never 00:05:13.410 --> 00:05:17.329 be broken. Now, pass, if you will, please, to 00:05:17.329 --> 00:05:23.750 the 37th chapter of Ezekiel. Open your own Bible. 00:05:24.649 --> 00:05:30.389 It will mean so much more to you. Instead of 00:05:30.389 --> 00:05:33.449 just having me read it and listening to me, open 00:05:33.449 --> 00:05:36.709 your own Bible. Begin the practice of reading 00:05:36.709 --> 00:05:41.680 your Bible. Mark it like I do mine. And here 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.939 in the 37th chapter of Ezekiel, we have Ezekiel's 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:50.620 vision of the Valley of Dry Bones. This, my friend, 00:05:50.839 --> 00:06:00.399 is a vision of the national restoration of Israel. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:06.819 Ezekiel's vision of the Valley of Dry Bones. 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.490 It's a strange vision. which God gave to the 00:06:11.490 --> 00:06:18.389 prophet. The Holy Spirit himself was the author 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:23.389 of it. And in detail, and this is what the most 00:06:23.389 --> 00:06:24.829 remarkable thing is so far as I'm concerned, 00:06:24.970 --> 00:06:30.990 the detail in which the Holy Spirit describes 00:06:30.990 --> 00:06:35.490 the national restoration of Israel. Oh, it's 00:06:35.490 --> 00:06:40.079 dramatic. It's intensely dramatic. Don't tell 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.600 me that you read the Word of God and you aren't 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:47.339 thrilled and you aren't moved by it. This is 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:52.560 one of the most dramatic scenes in the entire 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:59.100 Word of God. And it must have made a great impression 00:06:59.100 --> 00:07:05.540 upon the prophet. Listen to the story. Verses 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:10.540 1 and 2. The 37th chapter of Ezekiel. The hand 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:14.980 of the Lord was upon me and carried me out in 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:19.319 the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:23.939 midst of the valley which was full of bones and 00:07:23.939 --> 00:07:28.439 caused me to pass by them round about. And behold, 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:33.879 there were very many in the open valley and lo! 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:41.680 They were very dry. Get this picture. As Ezekiel 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.579 looked upon this valley, filled with the bones 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:51.180 of human skeletons, dry, bleached, it was horrible 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:56.399 desolation. Oh, look at the description. The 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:03.339 desolation was horrible. And it must have made... 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:09.439 an indelible impression upon the mind of Ezekiel. 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:17.379 And as Ezekiel was looking up on this valley 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:22.480 of dry bones, just bones, no flesh upon the bones, 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:29.240 just bleached bones, that's all, no sign of flesh. 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:38.269 And as he gazed, Upon this valley of dry bones, 00:08:38.490 --> 00:08:45.409 human skeletons, God spoke to the prophet. And 00:08:45.409 --> 00:08:53.330 he asked a question. Can these bones live? These 00:08:53.330 --> 00:08:58.649 human skeletons, bleached and dry, can these 00:08:58.649 --> 00:09:05.230 bones live? And I supposed if Ezekiel had been 00:09:05.230 --> 00:09:09.990 pressed for an answer, he would have said hopelessly, 00:09:09.990 --> 00:09:16.470 no. How can they live? It's impossible. Not even 00:09:16.470 --> 00:09:20.570 a miracle could put flesh on these bones now. 00:09:20.730 --> 00:09:27.289 They're bleached. They're dry. Humanly speaking, 00:09:27.690 --> 00:09:30.830 there wasn't the slightest possibility of bringing 00:09:30.830 --> 00:09:39.279 life. to this dismal sea. But instead of answering 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:47.600 in haste, Ezekiel gave these words as his answer, 00:09:47.860 --> 00:09:53.799 and it was a wise one. And he said, O Lord God, 00:09:54.340 --> 00:10:01.200 thou knowest. Was that a wise one? Of himself, 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:06.340 he would have said, no. But he took God into 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:09.799 consideration. That's the way it is with every 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:14.759 miracle. The man, you know, who doesn't take 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:19.940 God into consideration will say, no, it's impossible. 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:28.299 Scientifically, no, it cannot be. Reason says, 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:33.519 no, it cannot be. It is impossible. It's always 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.659 like that in the mind of a man who doesn't take 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:42.820 God into consideration. But Ezekiel, taking God 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:47.179 into consideration, when the thing looked absolutely 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:52.340 hopeless, gave a very wise answer, and he said, 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:59.690 oh, Lord God. Thou knowest. And God knew. And 00:10:59.690 --> 00:11:06.009 Ezekiel knew that God had a great plan. He didn't 00:11:06.009 --> 00:11:09.649 know what God intended to do. Ezekiel, I do not 00:11:09.649 --> 00:11:12.750 believe, knew at the moment what he was actually 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:21.669 seeing or God's plan in it all. Mm -hmm. Ye shall 00:11:21.669 --> 00:11:30.570 live. Oh, when God speaks those words. The same 00:11:30.570 --> 00:11:38.450 God who said to Abraham, I will, also gave these 00:11:38.450 --> 00:11:44.809 three important words, ye shall live. Watch it. 00:11:45.970 --> 00:11:49.830 And I'm reading the word of God. Prophesy upon 00:11:49.830 --> 00:11:54.039 these bones and say unto them, O ye dry bones, 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:58.799 hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:03.379 God unto these bones, Behold, I will cause breath 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:08.240 to enter into you, and ye shall live. I will 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:12.419 lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:16.519 upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:21.399 in you, and ye shall live. And ye shall know 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:29.440 that... I am the Lord. Oh, what a prophecy. What 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:35.419 a prophecy. And Ezekiel believed the word of 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:40.340 the Lord. He believed. And God knew that Ezekiel 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:42.700 would believe. That's the reason he chose him 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:45.539 in the first place. That was the reason the Holy 00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:49.740 Spirit used the vessel of Ezekiel. God knows 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:56.470 exactly. whom he can trust. And Ezekiel was obedient. 00:12:58.389 --> 00:13:03.149 God said, prophesy upon these bones and say unto 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:07.129 them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 00:13:08.129 --> 00:13:13.190 And Ezekiel obeyed God and he did exactly that. 00:13:13.289 --> 00:13:18.710 And what happened? A miracle was wrought. And 00:13:18.710 --> 00:13:24.409 that miracle that Ezekiel saw take place in the 00:13:24.409 --> 00:13:27.970 Spirit. And remember, all of this was done in 00:13:27.970 --> 00:13:33.029 the Spirit. It was the word of prophecy given 00:13:33.029 --> 00:13:38.029 centuries ago. What Ezekiel saw take place in 00:13:38.029 --> 00:13:41.009 the Spirit more than 1 ,400 years before Jesus 00:13:41.009 --> 00:13:46.190 was born in Bethlehem, you and I saw fulfilled 00:13:46.190 --> 00:13:51.639 in our generation. That's exactly what the president 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:55.879 of Israel was saying in his proclamation of April 00:13:55.879 --> 00:14:00.519 the 13th, 1949, when he said we have now obtained 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:05.779 the status of national independence. We are now 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:15.679 about to enter a new phase. Israel had become 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:24.629 a nation. had become a nation recognized by every 00:14:24.629 --> 00:14:31.190 nation in the world except Russia. Ezekiel, in 00:14:31.190 --> 00:14:36.669 the spirit, was obedient to God when God said 00:14:36.669 --> 00:14:38.909 unto him, prophesy upon these bones and say unto 00:14:38.909 --> 00:14:41.110 them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 00:14:42.269 --> 00:14:45.129 And a miracle was wrought, and this is what he 00:14:45.129 --> 00:14:51.519 saw in the spirit. and the bones came together. 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:58.139 Mm -hmm. What was the president of Israel saying? 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:06.679 The bones have come together. And so I prophesied 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.940 as I was commanded, Ezekiel said. And as I prophesied, 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:13.059 there was a noise, and behold, a shaking, and 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:16.899 the bones came together, bone to his bone. and 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:22.440 when i beheld lo the sinews and the flesh came 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:27.159 upon them and the skin covered them above but 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:31.779 there was no breath in them skin came upon the 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:37.960 bones these parched dry bones he saw skin come 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:43.960 upon the bones but only skin there was no breath 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:49.730 in them That's exactly where Israel is today, 00:15:49.889 --> 00:15:57.110 right now. Flesh upon the bones, they are again 00:15:57.110 --> 00:16:01.809 in their land, Israel, even as God promised. 00:16:02.129 --> 00:16:09.529 But remember, the breath, the power of the Holy 00:16:09.529 --> 00:16:15.940 Spirit is not yet in them. The Spirit, the living 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:23.700 God, that new birth experience has not yet come 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:28.159 within them. The day is coming. The greatest 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.019 revival the world has ever known is going to 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:35.779 come to Israel, the Jew, when they as a whole, 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:41.279 as one, will accept the Christ as their true 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:46.460 Messiah. Here they are today. There's been a 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:50.379 great shaking. And the bones have come together, 00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:56.679 bone to bone. Sinu and flesh have come upon them. 00:16:58.379 --> 00:17:06.359 Skin covers them. But there is no breath. The 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:11.539 thing that gives life, spiritual life, they have 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:17.299 not. yet as a nation. They will, but not yet 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:22.000 have they accepted the Christ as the true Messiah. 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.160 And the prophet looked out upon a valley full 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:29.759 of dead bodies of human beings. Don't stop now. 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:36.400 Something happened. And breath came into them. 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:43.539 It's coming. this is yet future and breath came 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:48.420 into them let's continue now that ninth and tenth 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:50.940 verses and i'm reading from the 37th chapter 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:56.130 of ezekiel thus saith the lord god come Come 00:17:56.130 --> 00:18:01.269 from the four winds, O breath, breathe upon these 00:18:01.269 --> 00:18:04.849 slain that they may live. And so I prophesied 00:18:04.849 --> 00:18:07.890 as he commanded me, and the breath came into 00:18:07.890 --> 00:18:10.470 them, and they lived, and they stood up upon 00:18:10.470 --> 00:18:17.490 their feet, and exceeding lay great army. Oh, 00:18:17.710 --> 00:18:22.490 what a sight to behold. Don't you ever underestimate 00:18:22.490 --> 00:18:30.130 the power of Israel? because God is with them, 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:35.990 and God will protect them, and God is on their 00:18:35.990 --> 00:18:41.029 side. What a sight to behold! Oh, how the prophet 00:18:41.029 --> 00:18:43.109 must have wondered at the meaning of so strange 00:18:43.109 --> 00:18:45.849 a miracle. But God did not leave him in doubt. 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:51.309 He gave to Ezekiel the interpretation of the 00:18:51.309 --> 00:18:55.640 vision. Lest there should be any doubt in your 00:18:55.640 --> 00:19:06.980 mind. The 11th verse. Watch. These bones are 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:15.680 the whole house of Israel. Why haven't we seen 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:20.259 it all these years? My friend, why haven't you 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:25.680 seen it? Why haven't our statesmen seen it? Why 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.779 have we passed over this important part of the 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:32.740 word of God? Lest there should be any doubt, 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:42.420 the Lord said, These bones are the whole house 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:46.839 of Israel. God bless you.