Chapter xxxvi.
With this chapter the great prophetic utterances of Ezekiel begin which
have for a topic the future restoration and blessing of the people
Israel. From chapter xxxvi to the end of this book all is unfulfilled.
How Jehovah will deal with the enemies of His people in judgment, and
then turn in grace and mercy to His own nation to bless them with
spiritual and national blessings is the message of this chapter. In
chapter xxxvii we find the vision of the dry bones, typical of the
national and spiritual resurrection of Israel. The house of Judah and
the house of Israel will be united into one, to dwell in the land of
their fathers. The great blessings will then be theirs under the
covenant of peace, while the tabernacle of God is in the midst of them
and the true King reigns over them. Chapters xxxviii and xxxix show the
final enemies of Israel, Gog and Magog, and their complete overthrow.
Chapters xl-xlviii are millennial, giving a description of the future
temple to be built in Jerusalem, its worship and glory.