QT 05/09/2025 Fri. Ezekiel 37 Can These Dry Bones Live? 这些枯骨能复活吗？

QT 05/09/2025 Fri. Ezekiel 37 Can These Dry Bones Live?
READ http://www.esv.org/eze37

📖 Scripture Focus:

“And he said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ And I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, you know.’” — Ezekiel 37:3, ESV

Note that Ezekiel’s answer was not a straight forward uninhibited “yes”. But “you know”, seemingly revealing the struggle of the hopeless situation of human, especially that of Ezekiel’s own people and nation.

🔍 Background:

Ezekiel 37 takes place in the darkest season of Israel’s history — exile. The people are scattered, their land is ruined, and their hope is gone. Into this hopelessness, God gives Ezekiel a vision: a valley full of dry bones.

These bones represent the death of a nation, the loss of identity, and the sense that all is over.

But God speaks.
And when He speaks — even dead bones listen.

🔥 Reflection:

God asks Ezekiel: “Can these bones live?” It’s a haunting question — and maybe one we ask too:

Can my family be restored?

Can my heart heal after such pain?

Can the church be revived?

Can I overcome this sin?

Ezekiel’s answer is wise: “O Lord GOD, you know.”

Then God commands him to prophesy to the bones — to speak His Word over the dead and dry. As Ezekiel obeys, something miraculous happens:

Bones rattle and come together. Flesh and skin form. Breath enters — and what was once dead stands as a vast army.

This vision is both literal (for the exiled people of Israel) and spiritual:
It’s a picture of revival — not by human effort, but by God’s Word and Spirit.

“I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live…” (v. 14)

✝️ Gospel Connection:

This chapter echoes the resurrection power of Jesus. He didn’t come to make bad people better — He came to make dead people live.

“Even when we were dead in our trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ…” — Ephesians 2:5, ESV

Just as God breathed life into Adam in Genesis, He now breathes spiritual life into us through the Gospel. The cross is where death was defeated. The resurrection is where dry bones walked again.

🧭 Application:

(1) Do you feel spiritually dry or lifeless?
Ask God to breathe His Spirit into you again. Open His Word and let Him speak to the "dry bones" in your life.

(2) Are you speaking life to others?
Ezekiel didn’t raise the bones by his own power. He simply spoke what God told him. The same is true for us — we share the Gospel, and God brings life.

(3) Are you trusting God for the impossible?
If God can raise bones, He can restore marriages, heal hearts, break addictions, and revive churches.

🙏 Prayer:

Lord, I confess that at times I feel like dry bones — lifeless, hopeless, and weary. But I believe You are the God who gives life. Speak to me. Breathe into me. Fill me with Your Spirit. Help me to trust that You can restore what is broken and dead. Use me to speak life to others in need. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

💡 Key Takeaway:

No situation is too dry, too dead, or too far gone for God. When He speaks, dead things live again.

QT 05/09/2025 星期五. 以西结书 37 这些枯骨能复活吗？
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Eze/37/

📖 经文重点：

他问我：“人子啊！这些骸骨能活过来吗？”我回答：“主耶和华啊！唯有你才知道。”——以西结书37:3

需注意：以西结的回答并非直接而坦率的“是”。而是“你才知道”，这似乎揭示了人类绝望处境的挣扎，尤其是以西结自己民族和国家的处境。

🔍 背景：

以西结书37章发生在以色列历史上最黑暗的时期——流亡。人民四散，土地荒芜，希望破灭。在这绝望中，上帝赐予以西结一个异象：一个满是枯骨的谷地。

这些枯骨象征着一个民族的死亡、身份的丧失，以及一切都已结束的感觉。但上帝说话了。当祂说话时——就连枯骨也会倾听。

🔥 反思：

上帝问以西结：“这些枯骨能复活吗？”这是一个令人不安的问题——或许我们也会问：

• 我的家庭能恢复吗？
• 我的心在经历如此痛苦后能愈合吗？
• 教会能复兴吗？
• 我能战胜这罪吗？

以西结的回答是智慧的：“主耶和华啊，你知道。”

然后上帝命令他向骸骨预言——向这些枯干的骸骨宣告祂的话语。当以西结顺服时，奇迹发生了：

骸骨相互碰撞并聚合。肌肉和皮肤形成。气息进入——曾经死亡的骸骨如今成为一支庞大的军队。

这一异象既具有字面意义（对被流放的以色列人而言），也具有属灵意义：它描绘了复兴的景象——不是靠人的努力，而是靠上帝的话语与圣灵。

“我要把我的灵放在你们里面，你们就活过来……”（第14节）

✝️ 福音关联：

本章呼应了耶稣复活的大能。祂并非来使恶人变好——祂是来使死人复活。

就在我们因过犯死了的时候，使我们与基督一同活过来，（你们得救是靠着恩典，）——以弗所书2:5.

正如上帝在创世记中将生命气息吹入亚当，祂如今也通过福音将属灵的生命气息吹入我们。十字架是死亡被战胜的地方。复活是枯骨重新行走的地方。

🧭 应用：

(1) 你是否感到属灵上干涸或无生命？
求上帝再次将祂的圣灵吹入你。打开祂的话语，让祂对你生命中的“枯骨”说话。

(2) 你是否在向他人传递生命？
以西结并非凭自己的能力使骸骨复活，他只是说出神吩咐他的话。对我们而言也是如此——我们传讲福音，神便带来生命。

(3) 你是否信靠神成就不可能的事？
若神能使骸骨复活，祂也能修复婚姻、医治心灵、打破成瘾、复兴教会。

🙏 祷告：

主啊，我承认有时我感到自己像枯骨——无生命、绝望、疲惫。但我相信你是赐予生命的神。向我说话。向我吹气。用你的灵充满我。帮助我信靠你能修复破碎和死亡的事物。使用我向有需要的人传递生命。奉耶稣的名。阿门。