How does Ezekiel 37:2 illustrate God's power to restore and renew life? The scene Ezekiel witnessed “He led me all around the valley, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and they were very dry.” (Ezekiel 37:2) Hopelessness made unmistakable • Bones scattered everywhere, not corpses with sinews • “Very dry” stresses long-term death, total absence of life • Human ability offers no remedy—there is nothing to resuscitate Why God walked Ezekiel among the bones • A guided tour let the prophet feel the depth of loss before announcing hope • The more impossible the scene, the clearer God’s restoring power would appear (Jeremiah 32:17) • Ezekiel’s eyewitness testimony removes any doubt about the miracle to come God’s pattern of revival in Scripture • Calls “things that are not as though they were” (Romans 4:17) • Raises the widow’s son through Elijah (1 Kings 17:17-24) • Commands Lazarus to come out, and he obeys (John 11:43-44) • Makes believers alive who were “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1) Foreshadowing ultimate resurrection • Israel’s national restoration (Ezekiel 37:11-14) • Bodily resurrection promised to all who belong to Christ (1 Corinthians 15:20-22) • Cosmic renewal when the One seated on the throne says, “Behold, I make all things new” (Revelation 21:5) Personal encouragement today • No heart, relationship, or circumstance is too “dry” for the Lord • The same Spirit who breathed life into those bones now indwells believers (Romans 8:11) • God delights in turning graves into gardens of testimony (1 Peter 1:3) |
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