SUBJECT:  Dry Bones of Ezekiel 37

QUESTION:  What is the meaning of the dry bones?  Who are they?

ANSWER:

The "dry bones" are the "whole house of Israel," which means those who are not of the 144,000 or the innumerable multitude, but who are among the "rest of the dead" who live not again until the 1,000 years are finished (Revelation 20:5).

Notice chapter 36.  These chapters are in a chronological sequence.  The 36^th shows the regathering and rebuilding of physical Israel which remains alive (perhaps 10% of them) following the tribulation; how the "waste places" are to be rebuilt.  This is the millennium.  The 37th chapter deals with the great white throne judgment.  David is literal.  He will be king over all Israel throughout the millennium, and obviously on into the future, since His throne was a "perpetual" throne, and not limited in time. 

The symbolism of the "dry bones" shows they are DEAD prior to the resurrection.  Since they are shown to be physical Israel, and not the church, they are obviously not a part of the "firsfruits" unto the Lamb, but are, instead, a part of the "rest of the dead" who lived not until the 1,000 years were finished.