Friday, July 22, 2016

Ezekiel 37

The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones...Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!'... So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. " vv.1,4,7

Read chapter 37
Did you know there are zombies in the Bible?!  Ok just kidding but I did do a devo once on halloween on this chapter about zombies in the Bible, but to talk about the real dead people that come back to life.  
Ezekiel is brought to a valley of dry bones; this is a graveyard although not buried under the ground but lying on top all over the ground.  He is told to prophesy to the bones that breath will enter them to cause them to live again, that is the breath of life or the spirit.  This is God say that the house of Israel will have restoration, they will be resurrected into a holy nation and restore the promise land to them, God's promise to them.  The people of Israel that had died weren't up in heaven but were dead and God gives them the hope and promise of the resurrection of them all.  Ezekiel wasnt just looking at these dry bones from up above but was in the midst of them; definitely not an "on-top-of-the-mountain-experience" I'd say.  And he doesn't just prophesy to them with no response, but the bones start to dance yet still no breath in them so he then prophesies to the breath to enter.  These bones may have been moving but they were still dead without the breath of life, the spirit.  
How are you living among a valley of dry bones, people who are dead to God, and how can you be a witness to them that the spirit may enter in?

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