11.23.2025 | Ezekiel Gave Hope
Ezekiel 37
Have you ever been to a museum that has a skeleton of an extinct animal? It’s incredible to see how the creature might have looked when it was alive. The museum usually puts the animal skeleton in an exhibit that shows where it might have lived and what it might have eaten. But no matter how hard people try, they can never bring that set of bones back to life. It’s just not going to happen!
Ezekiel was a prophet who spoke God’s message to the people who were exiled. Although this was a hard job for Ezekiel, God gave him a vision. In this vision, God showed Ezekiel a valley of dry bones. The bones represented the people of Israel. Ezekiel prophesied that God would put muscles, tendons, and skin on the bones. He would put breath in them so they would come to life.
Ezekiel encouraged the exiles. Apart from God, they were dead in their sin. But God was offering them life. He would restore their future. We too are dead in our sin. Apart from Jesus, we are like the dry bones Ezekiel saw. God showed Ezekiel His power to make dead people alive. We see God’s power at the cross, where Jesus died to save sinners. God raised Jesus from the dead, and He gives us eternal life to those who believe in Him.
God breathed life into dead bones in front of Ezekiel. The apostle Paul said that we are dead in our sins, but God gives us new life in Him when we trust in Jesus. God will forever be the God of all people who trust in Jesus.
