Dry bones….

 Dry bones…

Finally coming to a very unique scene and description in Ezekiel….dry bones….

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 

And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 

And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 

Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 

Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” 

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 

And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. 

But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived 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 is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ 

Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. 

And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 

And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord .”

Ezekiel 37:1-14

After visiting the Holocaust museums In Jerusalem and 

Washington, D.C., this picture was really vivid…photos of piles of Jewish people on wagons, the ground after starvation or gassing, inhumane treatment of millions of God’s chosen leaves a mark on your mind…

Or just dry deserts we all face in our lives…when we feel parched, even perishing from world events, local events and our own live events…our bones dry, our lives dry from a myriad of things…and we are so down there is no further to go…when we need that  breath breathed into our souls to give life again. We haven’t lost the Spirit, but need a refresher or reminder that He has never left us…a new song, a word of encouragement….knowing that God is still in control…

YOU are the giver of life….thank YOU….