I came to one of the most well known passages in the book of Ezekiel today. Chapter 37 where Ezekiel is given a vision of a valley of dry bones and, in the vision, those bones miraculously return to life as full human bodies. Bones come together, sinews, ligaments, muscles, and skin until finally the breath, the ruach, of life is breathed into them and they are alive once more. It is a vision that I have heard shared on in so many different ways over the years. But this morning, I heard it not on its own but instead with the 36 chapters that have come before it. Thirty-six chapters that are filled mostly with condemnations of Israel, Judah, and the surrounding nations. It has been a hard thirty-six chapters. By the time I got to this chapter today, my Bible reading was feeling a bit like that valley. But there’s the promise here of what is to come.
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Bible in a Year - Ezekiel 1-37 - Dry Bones
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I came to one of the most well known passages in the book of Ezekiel today. Chapter 37 where Ezekiel is given a vision of a valley of dry bones and, in the vision, those bones miraculously return to life as full human bodies. Bones come together, sinews, ligaments, muscles, and skin until finally the breath, the ruach, of life is breathed into them and they are alive once more. It is a vision that I have heard shared on in so many different ways over the years. But this morning, I heard it not on its own but instead with the 36 chapters that have come before it. Thirty-six chapters that are filled mostly with condemnations of Israel, Judah, and the surrounding nations. It has been a hard thirty-six chapters. By the time I got to this chapter today, my Bible reading was feeling a bit like that valley. But there’s the promise here of what is to come.