Ezekiel:37

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* Verse 1-14 - No created power could restore human bones to life . God alone could cause them to live . Skin and flesh covered them , and the wind was then told to blow upon these bodies ; and they were restored to life . The wind was an emblem of the Spirit of God , and represented his quickening powers . The vision was to encourage the desponding Jews ; to predict both their restoration after the captivity , and also their recovery from their present and long-continued dispersion . It was also a clear intimation of the resurrection of the dead ; and it represents the power and grace of God , in the conversion of the most hopeless sinners to himself . Let us look to Him who will at last open our graves , and bring us forth to judgment , that He may now deliver us from sin , and put his Spirit within us , and keep us by his power , through faith , unto salvation . * Verse 15-28 - This emblem was to show the people , that the Lord would unite Judah and Israel . Christ is the true David , Israel 's King of old ; and those whom he makes willing in the day of his power , he makes to walk in his judgments , and to keep his statutes . Events yet to come will further explain this prophecy . Nothing has more hindered the success of the gospel than divisions . Let us study to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace ; let us seek for Divine grace to keep us from detestable things ; and let us pray that all nations may be obedient and happy subjects of the Son of David , that the Lord may be our God , and we may be his people for evermore . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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