1. During the May 2004 Operation Imminent Trumpet Expedition
in Israel our group was taken to a mysterious valley in
the wilderness of Zion where the burial place of Aaron
is located on the mountain seen in the background. It
was here that the children of Israel wandered for forty
years in this harsh desert and thus did not enter the
promises because of unbelief. What is so mysterious about
this valley and what has baffled archeologists and geologists,
was how did these hundreds of thousands of rounded stones
get here at the base of this mountain? With this seen
nowhere else in Israel, how did this placement of smooth
large stones come about? Did the ancient Israelites place
them here to commemorate the death of their families or
did God supernaturally create this valley for a future
purpose?
2. You will notice that this valley is exclusively covered
with rounded stones and rarely is one stone found on top
of another! Our youngest daughter Ronit Joy is sitting
here to give you a better viewing perspective. One Israeli
archeologist believes that this is the Valley of Dry Bones
(Ezekiel 37) and that this is the location not only to
commemorate the burial place of Aaron, but also of the
entire generation of Israelites that were laid low in
the wilderness by God. This site is located just a few
kilometers away from where is the entry point that the
12 spies were sent by Moses into the Promised land.
3. "The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought
me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the
middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. And He
caused me to pass among them round about, and behold,
there were very many on the surface of the valley; and
lo, they were very dry." (Ezekiel 37:1-2)
4. "And He said to me, "Son of man, can these
bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, Thou
knowest." Again He said to me, "Prophesy over
these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word
of the Lord.' So I prophesied as He commanded me and the
breath came into them, and they came to life, and stood
on their feet, an exceedingly great army. 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
God, '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."
(Ezekiel 37:3-4;10-12)
These unusual stones are made up of calcium and phosphate
(exactly what is contained in human bones)...and since
this is the same area that the Children of Israel could
not enter the Promised Land, and later died in this wilderness
during their forty year march, then this is a very special
and mysterious valley indeed!
