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RAISING DRY BONES (2 OF 2)
by Marion Clark
Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14
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Raising Dry Bones (2 of 2)
Series: Ezekiel
D. Marion Clark
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Introduction
We have more in common with dry bones than we might think. What Ezekiel saw in the valley is what God saw in our souls. And what God did in the valley is what he has done or can do is us.
Text
Verses 1-6 set the stage.
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. 2 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. 3 And he said to me, ''Son of man, can these bones live?'' And I answered, ''O Lord God, you know.'' 4 Then he said to me, ''Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6 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.''
''The hand of the Lord was upon me,'' is Ezekiel's way of saying that he was taken into a vision by the Holy Spirit. This happens seven times in his book. He sees in this valley thousands of skeletons, indicating that the bodies had been dead for a long time, enough to be reduced to bones parched in the sun. These are not bodies that can merely be resuscitated. They are but bones, dry bones, no longer even connected together.
Can they live? Ezekiel gives a wise reply: (v 3) ''O Lord God, you know.'' If anyone else asked, the answer is obvious - of course not! But when the Lord God asks…well, as Jesus once said, ''With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God'' (Mark 10:27).
Now, what is going to be significant is not only what God is about to do, but how he does it. Ezekiel is to prophesy; he is to proclaim the word of the Lord. That is wh ...
Series: Ezekiel
D. Marion Clark
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Introduction
We have more in common with dry bones than we might think. What Ezekiel saw in the valley is what God saw in our souls. And what God did in the valley is what he has done or can do is us.
Text
Verses 1-6 set the stage.
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. 2 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. 3 And he said to me, ''Son of man, can these bones live?'' And I answered, ''O Lord God, you know.'' 4 Then he said to me, ''Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6 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.''
''The hand of the Lord was upon me,'' is Ezekiel's way of saying that he was taken into a vision by the Holy Spirit. This happens seven times in his book. He sees in this valley thousands of skeletons, indicating that the bodies had been dead for a long time, enough to be reduced to bones parched in the sun. These are not bodies that can merely be resuscitated. They are but bones, dry bones, no longer even connected together.
Can they live? Ezekiel gives a wise reply: (v 3) ''O Lord God, you know.'' If anyone else asked, the answer is obvious - of course not! But when the Lord God asks…well, as Jesus once said, ''With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God'' (Mark 10:27).
Now, what is going to be significant is not only what God is about to do, but how he does it. Ezekiel is to prophesy; he is to proclaim the word of the Lord. That is wh ...
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