"Son of man, can these bones live?"--_Ezekiel 37:3._
THE great prophet Ezekiel was shewn by God how the Jews should be
brought back after all their troubles. The Lord made him have a sort of
dream, when he saw a whole valley spread over with dry bones, and the
Lord said, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And Ezekiel said, "Lord,
Thou knowest."
Then the Lord bade Ezekiel sing; and as he sung there was a shaking,
and the bones came together again and joined in their right places;
and as he sung on, the flesh came back on them; and then the Lord bade
him call to the winds of heaven, and they came and filled them with
breath again, and they rose up and lived.
Just so God said the kingdom of Judah was dead and scattered, but He
would breathe on it, and wake it, and join it together again, like the
dead bones rising to life.
And just so, we know, when all our bodies are dead, and our bones lie
in the grave, the call of the Lord's voice will wake them up, and we
shall rise on our feet, and His breath will come to us, and we shall
stand before Him an exceeding great army. For that is the resurrection
of the body which we look for.