David Spriggs concludes our "Resurrection People" series with "New Breath for Dry Bones", Ezekiel 37:1-14

1. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
• The resurrection of Jesus
• Our personal ‘resurrection’
– ‘alive with Christ’
• Global mission
• Now this!!!

2. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
• One of the great ‘writing’
prophets
• 575 – 625 BC?
• Babylonians capture and
destroy Jerusalem and the
Temple
• Deport leaders to Babylon
• THE END!

3. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
Strange vision – imagine you
had this experience?
How would you be feeling?
Pirates of the Caribbean

4. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
• Many strange and some
wonderful visions/commands
e.g. siege of Jerusalem
chapters 4 -5
• Dry bones? Our resurrection?
• ‘Resurrection’ equals God
bringing his people back from
Exile 37: 11 - 13.

5. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
• The Utterly impossible – BUT it
happened!
• They were totally powerless –
very dry dead bones –NO hope
• Trapped in Exile – punishment
and no temple for sacrifices for
atonement
• GOD DID IT

6. Ezekiel - Dry bones?
• The Church
• Luther, Wesley, Carey, Booth, Billy
Graham, Charismatic movement,
African Christians etc
• Ourselves
• Failed God, Broken promises,
• Spiritual dryness
• God is able ‘Hear the word of the
Lord’..…. Pentecost is coming