37 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.”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
I don't know how many people think their bones are dried up and their hope is lost, but for people doing hard labor and far away from home it has to be close. The people of Israel did think their hope was lost. They thought all was lost. Some of the people may have remembered the promises of the prophets that they would return, but God seemed to take a long time.
There are many of us today that still think God has been taking his time before the return of Jesus Christ. It would be wonderful to know that God was going to come next week. When he comes he will take these dried up old bones and make new bodies for them. They will become a people nobody can count.
Our bones are dried up, because of our unrighteous deeds. All people are unrighteous. All people have their bones dried up. They will all die, which is why it is called mortality. All of us have a terminal disease and it is called sin. We do not do as we ought, and thus deserve eternal damnation.
God has blessed you by offering this promise to you. God has promised to raise the dead. God has promised to put your bones back together and set you back up on your feet.
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