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"Prophesy to these bones"

Text: Ezekiel 37:4

PREACHING TO DRY BONES

This was an astonishing word to Ezekiel. He was not tasked to bury the bones. He was not asked to organise a clean-up operation to clear the valley of dry bones. He was urged to prophesy or to preach to the dry bones!

“Again He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them,
‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
Thus says the Lord God to these bones:
‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you,
cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”'”
Ezekiel 37:4-6

1. Addressing the dry bones.

a) Ezekiel was to speak to the dry bones.

b) He was to say, “Hear the word of the Lord!”

c) It would take a lot of faith to obey this word of God.

2. A further word was to be added.

a) God will cause the breath of life to come to these bones.

b) We are reminded of how God first breathed life into Adam.

c) The breath of God brings life to Man.

d) This was what God was going to do for these dry bones.

3. Three other things would be done.

a) Sinews would be given.

b) Flesh would be added.

c) Skin would also be given.

d) The bones were already mentioned.

e) God would make these dry bones come alive.

4. The valley of dry bones.

a) This was a symbol of a spiritually dead Israel.

b) God would breathe new life to the nation.

c) He would give the breath of life to Israel.

d) Then Israel would know that the God they had forsaken is indeed the Lord!