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Reproduction In A Place Of Devestation
Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 7, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: A PERFECT DEPICTION OF RESORATION AND REGENERATION. CAN THESE BONES LIVE AGAIN SHOWS US THE STATE OF MANY BELIEVERS AND WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO BRING FORTH LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Reproduction In a Place of Devestation
EZELIEL 37:3
3) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
TWO REVELATIONS CONTAINED IN THE SCRIPTURE
1) THERE IS A VISION OF THE RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL TO NEW LIFE.
2) HE WAS COMMANDED TO EXHIBIT BY MEANS OF A SYMBOLIC ACT ( OR FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS) (SPEAK) THE RE-UNION OF A DIVIDED KINGDOM INTO A SINGLE NATION UNDER ONE KING.
THIS TEXT GIVES A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW GOD HAD THE AUTHORITY TO PRONOUNCE JUDGEMENT UPON THE NATION OF ISRAEL, AND CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THERE WAS NO CREATED POWER THAT COULD RESTORE THESE HUMAN BONES TO LIVE AGAIN, ONLY GOD ALONE COULD PRONOUNCE THEM TO LIVE AS HE DID THEIR DEATH.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO LOOK UPON THIS SCRIPTURE; 1) CAN THE SPIRITUAL DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN WHOM GOD HAS PRONOUNCED DEAD FIND REGENERATION THROUGH GOD?
2)CAN THE DEATH OF A MINISTRY AND ITS NATION WHOM GOD HAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BE REVIVED THROUGH THE WORKS OF GOD?
IT WAS MOST CERTAIN THAT EZEKIEL COULD NOT ANSWER GOD’S QUESTION ("SON OF MAN CAN THESE BONES LIVE)WITHOUT GOD ALLOWING HIM TO SEE THE PROPHECY OF THIS RESTORATION COME FORTH; FURTHERMORE, IT IS WITHOUT ARGUMENT THAT NO MAN CAN REVEAL RESTORATION WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE LORD.
THIS PROPHECY IS TO GIVE THESE BONES (FAMILY) A PREDICTIVE ELEMENT OF THEIR PRESENT STATE. HENCEFORTH, HE CANNOT DENY THE JOB BUT HAS TO OWN THEIR CASE AND CAN NOT BE HELPED BY ANY POWER LESS THAN GOD. THE PROPHET CANNOT SAY THAT THEY CANNOT LIE THAT WOULD BE TO LIMIT GOD HIMSELF.
PROPHECY MEANS GOD’S COMMUNICATION TO THE CHURCH
THREE STAGES MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES
1) THERE HAS TO BE A NEW AWAKENING
2) THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER REUNION
3) THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNITY RESTORATION
Reproduction In a Place of Devestation
I SAMUEL 2:6 SAYS:
THE LORD KILLS AND MAKES ALIVE, HE BRINGS DOWN TO THE GRAVE AND BRINGS UP.
SO IT IS WITH MANY OF OUR CHURCHES AND SAINTS TODAY, WE HAVE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY WHETHER ONE WILL LIVE OR WHETHER ONE WILL STAY DEAD.
JUST AS THE LORD PUT THE BREATH OF LIFE IN THE BODIES OF THESE DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY YESTERDAY SO IT IS THAT HE CAN ORCHESTRATE THE SAME PLAN TODAY
WITH EVERY DRY BONE (FAMILY) IN THE VALLEY.
CERTAINLY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE DOWN BUT FOR CERTAIN THEY WERE NOT KNOCKED OUT.
Reproduction In A Place of Devestation
