Dry Bones…All Hope Is Gone

Sign posted on a path in Jerusalem.

Prayer – Lord, is Israel’s hope secure? Dry bones raising up. The bones on non-believers are dry and lifeless, whereas the bones of those who believe in You, Jesus, have strength and hope. Can the dry bones ever be filled with life? You haven’t forgotten that the Jews are Your chosen people—so there is hope for them. Please continue to fill their hearts with hope—even as they face battles with their enemies surrounding them today.

The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then he asked me, "Son of man, can these bones become living people again?" "O Sovereign LORD," I replied, "you alone know the answer to that." Then he said to me, "Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, 'Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'" So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them. Then he said to me, "Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'" So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army. Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, 'We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.' Therefore, prophesy to them and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD. I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the LORD has spoken!'" Ezekiel 37:1-14

 

Meditate. Consider God’s promises.

 

Do you have hope in God? Are you Jewish?

The predictions of the Jewish Homeland are falling into place—and started over 70 years ago when Israel became a nation, and the Jews started gathering there from all over the world. Whether they are only of Jewish heritage or are practicing their Jewish faith, it doesn’t matter. They are home—in the land of milk and honey—in the land that God had promised to their Father Abraham. Home.

Everyone needs a place they call home. The Jews have Israel…and they have fought since May 14, 1948, for that land to be theirs. It still isn’t the total area that God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That nation is not finished—they won’t give up easily. Yet, will it ever be without turmoil? Will dry bones raise up to defend their country?

There are exciting days ahead for the whole world. God has promises and predictions that He has given that haven’t been fulfilled. Keep your eyes and ears open. Choose today whom you will serve—just like Joshua challenged the Israelites before they crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! Habakkuk 3:17-18

 

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