Free Implosion by Joel C. Rosenberg Page A

the Spirit of the L ORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. . . . Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, “Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.” Therefore prophesy and say to them, “Thus says the Lord G OD , ‘Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the L ORD , when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the L ORD , have spoken and done it,’ declares the L ORD .”’”
    • Ezekiel 38:8, 12 —“After many days you [Gog, a key enemy of Israel] will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them . . . the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.”
    Ezekiel and Auschwitz
    In January 2010, my wife, Lynn, and I traveled to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where I was to address an evangelical Christian conference. I was teaching on the prophecies of Ezekiel 36–39, on the centrality of Israel in God’s plan and purpose for mankind in the last days, the threat of radical Islam, and the importance of building a global movement of Christians committed to showing the people of the epicenter unconditional love and unwavering support. As I prepared to teach, I happened to read news coverage of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address in Poland, commemorating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Speaking at the actual site of the Nazi death camp, the prime minister delivered a major address warning the world of new genocidal threats against the Jewish people and the importance of acting early enough to prevent such devastations. He also declared to the people of Europe and the world that the prophecies of Ezekiel had been fulfilled.
    The most important lesson of the Holocaust is that a murderous evil must be stopped early, when it is still in its infancy and before it can carry out its designs. The enlightened nations of the world must learn this lesson. We, the Jewish nation, who lost a third of our people on Europe’s blood-soaked soil, have learned that the only guarantee for defending our people is a strong State of Israel and the army of Israel. We learned to warn the nations of the world of approaching danger but at the same time to prepare to defend ourselves. As the head of the Jewish state, I pledge to you today: we will never again permit evil to snuff out the life of our people and the life of our own country.
    [After the Holocaust,] the Jewish people rose from ashes and destruction, from a terrible pain that can never be healed. Armed with the Jewish spirit, the justice of man, and the vision of the prophets, we sprouted new branches and grew deep roots. Dry bones became covered with flesh, a spirit filled them, and they lived and stood on their own feet. As Ezekiel prophesied, “Then He said unto me, These bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone; we are doomed.’ Prophesy, therefore, and say to them, Thus said the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and lift you out of your graves, O My people, and bring you to the land of Israel.” I stand here today on the ground where so many of my people perished—and I am not alone. The State of Israel and all the Jewish people stand with me. We bow our heads to honor your memory and lift our heads as we raise our flag, a flag of blue and