In the previous post, I followed the holy people being overcome and the witnesses being killed. Those accounts led me beyond what the opposing power appeared to accomplish.
Now I want to pause over what happens next: life from God enters the witnesses, and they stand on their feet.
That wording brings me back to Ezekiel’s valley.
Can these bones live?
In Ezekiel 37:1–6, Jehovah brings Ezekiel into a valley filled with very dry bones and asks whether they can live. Ezekiel places the answer with Him.
He is then instructed to speak Jehovah’s word to the bones. Read Ezekiel 37:1–6.
The condition before Ezekiel offers no visible reason to expect recovery. Yet the question directs his attention to what Jehovah can do.
As I read, I wonder how often an appearance of finality becomes the limit of what I am willing to consider.
Assembled, then alive
The bones come together, followed by sinews, flesh, and skin. At that stage, there is still no breath in them. Ezekiel speaks again as commanded; breath enters, they live, and they stand. Read Ezekiel 37:7–10.
I want to preserve that progression. Coming together and receiving life are distinguishable moments in the vision.
The explanation identifies the bones as the whole house of Israel, expressing lost hope and feeling cut off. Jehovah promises to open their graves, bring them into their land, and put His Spirit within them. Read Ezekiel 37:11–14.
The witnesses stand
In Revelation 11:11–12, life from God enters the two witnesses after the three and a half days. They stand on their feet, fear falls on those watching, and a heavenly voice calls them upward. Their enemies see their ascent. Read Revelation 11:11–12.
The shared imagery is striking: life enters those who were dead, and they stand.
Ezekiel identifies the whole house of Israel; Revelation describes two witnesses. I can follow the relationship between the images while keeping those identifications distinct.
I am comparing the imagery of receiving life and standing, without identifying this group as the two witnesses. Similar language can connect passages while describing distinct participants and stages. I want to preserve those distinctions as the study develops.
The observers in Revelation also matter. Those who witnessed the apparent defeat now encounter something their celebration had not anticipated.
Standing at the end
Daniel’s closing promise adds another passage to consider. He is told that he will rest and stand for his allotted portion at the end of the days. Earlier, the chapter speaks of those sleeping in the dust awakening, with different outcomes. Read Daniel 12:2, 13.
Rest, awakening, and standing belong within Daniel’s account alongside distress and the shattering of power.
These comparisons do not yet give me a complete chronology. They do keep me from ending the study at the moment of desolation.
What has been scattered can be gathered. What appears beyond hope remains within Jehovah’s knowledge and ability. As I follow these passages, I want to notice both the condition being described and the source of the life that changes it.
Ezekiel identifies these bones as the whole house of Israel. In the progression I have been following—Jesus, the Woman, the remnant, and then the large crowd—I understand this restored group as belonging with the large crowd.
I am comparing the imagery of receiving life and standing, without identifying this group as the two witnesses. Similar language can connect passages while describing distinct participants and stages. I want to preserve those distinctions as the study develops.
Threads to Follow
Ezekiel’s question about the dry bones.
Assembly, breath, and life in their stated order.
The whole house of Israel and the two witnesses.
Those who observe the reversal.
Daniel’s rest and standing for his allotted portion.
The books were opened…
🌿 By Maria Emilia
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