Thursday, March 09, 2023

Ezekiel 37:1-14 ~ they may Live

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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.”

Jeremiah and Peter asked the Lord to look away from them as being part of sinful mankind. So did Isaiah. And all of them changed their mind, to eternity.

Jeremiah 32:27

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh.

Is anything too hard for me?

Malachi 4:6

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children

and the hearts of children to their fathers,

lest I come and strike the land

with a decree of utter destruction.

A priest named Zechariah,a of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was

barren,

and both were advanced in years.

Luke 1

16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,

17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah,

to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,

and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,

to make ready for the Lord

a people prepared.

Matthew 19:26

Jesus looked at them and said,

"With man this is impossible,

but with God all things are possible."

1 Thessalonians 3:13

So that He may establish your hearts

without blame in holiness before our God

and Father

at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Ezekiel 36:26

Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;

and I will remove the heart of stone

from your flesh

and give you a heart of flesh.

Deuteronomy 30:6

“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart

and the heart of your descendants,

to love the Lord your God

with all your heart and with all your soul,

so that you may live.