24/05/2015 AM: Where Is God?
2 Kings 2:13
New King James Version (NKJV)
13 He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had
fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.”
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Wyn Hughes
2 Kings
Morning Service
24/05/2015 PM: A Work Of God
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Ezekiel 37
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Dry Bones Live
37 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of
the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley;
and it was full of bones. 2 Then He
caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in
the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones
live?”
So I answered, “O Lord God, You
know.”
4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and
say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thus says
the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause
breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put
sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall
live. Then you shall know that I am theLord.”’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to
bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came
upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in
them.
9 Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these
slain, that they may live.”’” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded
me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great
army.
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we
ourselves are cut off!’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to
them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will
open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of
Israel.13 Then you shall know that
I am the Lord, when I have opened your
graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. 14 I will
put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall
know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and
performed it,” says the Lord.’”
One Kingdom, One King
15 Again
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 16 “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself
and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another
stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house
of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them one to another for
yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.
18 “And when the children of your people speak to you,
saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’— 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph,
which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and
I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one
in My hand.”’ 20 And the sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes.
21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their
own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two
nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their
idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will
deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them.
Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
24 “David My servant shall be king
over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and
observe My statutes, and do them. 25 Then they
shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and
they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My
servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them,
and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and
I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My
tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My
people. 28 The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forevermore.”’”