Ezekiel 37 Isn’t About Resurrection. It’s About Exile.
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Ezekiel 37 has everything: a valley full of bones, rattling skeletons, sinew and skin, and a vast army brought to life by breath.
On this Chapter and Verse, Dan McClellan explains what the vision meant to Judahites exiled in Babylon, why 'ruach' can be breath, wind, or spirit, and how the "boring" second half (two sticks joined into one) shows a southern vision of a reunited Israel under a Davidic king.
Plus: how Latter-day Saints have read those sticks.
(Audio only this week. Our video recording glitched!)
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro (audio only)
1:30 Hearts, not brains
1:57 Ezekiel among the exiles
3:02 Who wrote Ezekiel?
4:28 Two kingdoms, one exile
5:15 The valley of bones
7:31 "Mortal" or "son of man"?
8:55 Life begins with breath
10:27 Sinew, flesh, and skin
11:32 Ruach: breath, wind, spirit
12:59 An exceedingly great army
14:01 The bones are Israel
15:07 What "land of Israel" means
16:53 Ezekiel's graphic style
18:18 The two sticks
21:50 Reuniting the lost tribes
22:31 Apostasies or dwellings?
24:58 A Judahite power grab?
25:55 David, king forever
29:15 Ezekiel in art
30:12 The Latter-day Saint reading
31:33 Outro
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #Ezekiel #ValleyOfDryBones #HebrewBible
On this Chapter and Verse, Dan McClellan explains what the vision meant to Judahites exiled in Babylon, why 'ruach' can be breath, wind, or spirit, and how the "boring" second half (two sticks joined into one) shows a southern vision of a reunited Israel under a Davidic king.
Plus: how Latter-day Saints have read those sticks.
(Audio only this week. Our video recording glitched!)
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Explore every episode, searchable transcripts, and our book recommendations on the Data Over Dogma website:
https://www.dataoverdogmapod.com
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Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store:
https://data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com/
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Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron:
https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma
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Listen to the podcast on every app:
https://pod.link/1681418502
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Follow us:
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TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod
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Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So:
https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/
_______________________________________________
Chapters:
0:00 Intro (audio only)
1:30 Hearts, not brains
1:57 Ezekiel among the exiles
3:02 Who wrote Ezekiel?
4:28 Two kingdoms, one exile
5:15 The valley of bones
7:31 "Mortal" or "son of man"?
8:55 Life begins with breath
10:27 Sinew, flesh, and skin
11:32 Ruach: breath, wind, spirit
12:59 An exceedingly great army
14:01 The bones are Israel
15:07 What "land of Israel" means
16:53 Ezekiel's graphic style
18:18 The two sticks
21:50 Reuniting the lost tribes
22:31 Apostasies or dwellings?
24:58 A Judahite power grab?
25:55 David, king forever
29:15 Ezekiel in art
30:12 The Latter-day Saint reading
31:33 Outro
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #Ezekiel #ValleyOfDryBones #HebrewBible
