Ezekiel 36-37, James 3, Proverbs 17: 5-14
Ezekiel 37: 5-6 (ESV)
“Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause
breath to enter you, and you shall live. 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.”
Verses 5 and 6 from Ezekiel 37 is the story of God taking
Ezekiel to the valley of the dry bones. I love this story in Ezekiel because it
shows the power of God. God tells us he can take dry bones and turn them into
people. I love to imagine Ezekiel looking at the valley of the dry bones, and
God telling him of his power to give life to the bones. I would have loved to see
Ezekiel’s face when God gave him the power to reanimate the bones and make them
into people.
It must have been such an amazing vision for Ezekiel to have
because it calls back to Genesis on how God created Adam and Eve. The story of
the dry bones will also remind Bible readers of Revelations because you can
start to visualize God coming back and raising people from the dead. I think
this is why these verses from Ezekiel resonate so much with me, because I am
reminded both of Genesis and Revelations.