From 5a632bf77dd14cf9be8a2f3f43ebdadafa305bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:03:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 37:1-14 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_37:1-14.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_37:1-14.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_37:1-14.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_37:1-14.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02e4a97 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_37:1-14.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 37:1–14" +date = "2023-06-19" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel37.1-14) + +Ezekiel's vision of dry bones is one of the major texts in the Old Testament to +deal with the topic of resurrection. However, like the other texts, it doesn't +explain very much about it besides stating it will happen. Even still, there are +some things we can learn from it. + +In the same way the Lord showed him a vision of Jerusalem, Ezekiel is shown a +vision of a valley, or plain. All over this valley are many human bones, and +Ezekiel emphasizes how dry they are. Bones are not particularly dry, normally. +They are full of marrow and blood vessels, and while the outsides are hard, +the insides are soft and spongy. Thus, we know these bones have been out in +the open for a long time. How did they get there? Why weren't they buried? Does +this vision represent a real future event, or is it a set-piece merely to convey +God's message? Each of the possible answers have implications, but there seems +to be no way to know for sure. + +More important in any case is what the Lord intends for us to know and learn +from this vision. He tells Ezekiel to tell the dry bones to live again, and be +covered in sinew and flesh once more. In Hebrew, there is only one word to mean +"breath", "spirit", and "wind". Our English translations use context to decide +which meaning to use, but I think it is useful to mentally overlay all three +words in the verse whenever you see one of them. + +In the same way that God breathed life into Adam when he was created, the Lord +breathes life into these previously dry bones. We are then told these people +represent the house of Israel, and this vision is given to provide hope to those +who think the Lord has punished them so severely that they can never recover. +These bones were not buried, but the Lord will open up the graves of His people +to bring out their dry bones and fill them up with His Spirit (breath/wind) +so that they will live again. And because they live, He will put them back in +the land He promised to them, where they shall be a memorial to His mighty and +glorious Name. + +* * * + +Only You can create life and only You can defeat death.