He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “O Sovereign LORD, you alone know.” Ezekiel 37:3 (Ezekiel 37)
God’s nation is dead and has been for ten years. They are scattered, becoming part of other cultures and forgetting who they were created to be, but God sends Ezekiel an exciting vision of what He alone can do; restore life where death was thought to be final.
In the valley of dry bones Ezekiel walks back and forth among bones with no flesh. They are very dry, completely separated from life for all eternity, AND THEN! A rattle is heard and new life begins. Hope is not gone. The best is yet to come!
A second vision pertains to the rejoining of Israel and Judah as a people of peace and victory. Both of these prophecies/visions are restoration prophesies and God shows that there will be a time when evil will be destroyed forever and those who believe will be led by The Good Shepherd, the Prince of Peace, Messiah.
There is far more than, “The leg bone connected to the thigh bone……” When it seems all hope has gone forever and we can’t fathom anything but misery, God is just beginning to really show out, and the best is just beginning. Death doesn’t ever get the last word. God does, and He is LIFE!
Love,
Gretchen