Broadcast
Dry Bones - Part 2
Ezekiel 37:3-6
04/09/2024
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. (ESV)
Ezekiel, a prophet who lived and worked while the children
of Israel were exiled in Babylon, received a vision of a valley
of dry bones.
And [the Lord GOD] 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.
Without the working of the Holy Spirit, all people are
spiritually dead, spiritually dry bones lying bleached in the
sun. Faith in God, faith in Jesus Christ, comes from God as He
causes His Word to be proclaimed over the lifeless bones.
As God sends His prophets, His pastors, out into the world,
He gives the promise that the dry bones will live. Certainly
Ezekiel is speaking of the restoration of the people to
Jerusalem, and the restoration of their faith. He is also
talking about the Church throughout all the ages. God gives His
promise that the dead in faith will be resurrected spiritually,
even as the resurrection of Jesus proves we will be resurrected
physically.
In the days where we despair that our Lord seems far away,
may He comfort us with His promise of faith and eternal life.
Amen.