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God was speaking to him through his mother. ๐โค๏ธ
God was speaking to him through his mother. This scene is so powerful! โค๏ธ
God is not dead. God does exist!
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God was speaking to him through his mother. This scene is so powerful! โค๏ธ
God is not dead. God does exist!
#Godproject #godisnotdead #bible #faith #christianity #youtubeshorts
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ยค ยค ยค โ ยค ยค ยค
A Lioness' Story ๐ฏ
Jamila Shafi'i, a 66-year-old mother and grandmother from Arak in Iran.
According to witnesses, Jamila threw herself in front of the Islamic Republic regime agents to protect the young people from their bullets. Khamenei's ruthless agents shot her body with bullets.
Like a lioness protecting her cubs,
Jamila's action is one of true love...
She will always be remembered ๐
Lฯัตฮต Lเนษ ษฆฦญ Eษณฮตษพษ แง ๐๐ฆ๐
A Lioness' Story ๐ฏ
Jamila Shafi'i, a 66-year-old mother and grandmother from Arak in Iran.
According to witnesses, Jamila threw herself in front of the Islamic Republic regime agents to protect the young people from their bullets. Khamenei's ruthless agents shot her body with bullets.
Like a lioness protecting her cubs,
Jamila's action is one of true love...
She will always be remembered ๐
Lฯัตฮต Lเนษ ษฆฦญ Eษณฮตษพษ แง ๐๐ฆ๐
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Pray for everyone in Iran, please ๐๐ฝ
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We tend to look at Life like a jigsaw puzzle
When you tip the box out
And see every piece at once
It feels overwhelming
So many details
So many shapes
Some parts are hard to recognise
And you wonder where to even begin
But no one builds a jigsaw by staring at the whole picture
You start small
The house
The fence
One corner
One piece that fits
And here's the freedom we often forget...
You don't have to build the borders first if that feels too hard
You don't have to follow other people's rules for how progress should look
You just need to start where you can
And before you know it...
You look back and realise...
You've built far more than you thought possible
God rarely asks us to see the whole picture
He asks us to take the next faithful step
Jesus said...
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
Meaning...
Part 1 / 2
When you tip the box out
And see every piece at once
It feels overwhelming
So many details
So many shapes
Some parts are hard to recognise
And you wonder where to even begin
But no one builds a jigsaw by staring at the whole picture
You start small
The house
The fence
One corner
One piece that fits
And here's the freedom we often forget...
You don't have to build the borders first if that feels too hard
You don't have to follow other people's rules for how progress should look
You just need to start where you can
And before you know it...
You look back and realise...
You've built far more than you thought possible
God rarely asks us to see the whole picture
He asks us to take the next faithful step
Jesus said...
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
Meaning...
Part 1 / 2
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Part 2 continues...
Don't be consumed by anxiety about the future
As each day brings its own challenges
And we should trust God
To provide for daily needs
Focusing on living faithfully in the present
Rather than fretting over potential future troubles
It's a call to live one day at a time
Addressing current needs with faith
Not a command to avoid all planning
The phrase...
"tomorrow will worry about itself"
Emphasizes that God is sovereign
And will handle future concerns as they arise
One day
One decision
One act of obedience
Don't rush the process
Don't compare your puzzle to someone else's
Keep placing the next piece in trust
The picture is coming together
Whether you can see it yet or not
HAVE A BLESSED DAY
Don't be consumed by anxiety about the future
As each day brings its own challenges
And we should trust God
To provide for daily needs
Focusing on living faithfully in the present
Rather than fretting over potential future troubles
It's a call to live one day at a time
Addressing current needs with faith
Not a command to avoid all planning
The phrase...
"tomorrow will worry about itself"
Emphasizes that God is sovereign
And will handle future concerns as they arise
One day
One decision
One act of obedience
Don't rush the process
Don't compare your puzzle to someone else's
Keep placing the next piece in trust
The picture is coming together
Whether you can see it yet or not
HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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Gentle Captor
He captured my attention with the promises He spoke He caught my curiosity with questions He evoked I found my mind consumed with Him My heart began to long For the whisper of His gentle voice And the music of His song
This One Whom I had hid from In the darkness of the night Had pursued me without faltering And caught me in His light No refuge from those piercing eyes No secrets left to hide Everything laid bare to Him He could not be denied
As I yielded to Him at last My will did finally break All that I had ever been Was fully His to take
This Conqueror of my weary mind This Captor of my soul Reached out to me with tenderness And made my spirit whole
He touched me with a purging touch My blood-stained garments gone And clothed me in His righteousness With the radiance of the Son
No more will I seek freedom From the chains He's put me in But I'll strive to make my every thought Obedient to Him
Vicki Baird
He captured my attention with the promises He spoke He caught my curiosity with questions He evoked I found my mind consumed with Him My heart began to long For the whisper of His gentle voice And the music of His song
This One Whom I had hid from In the darkness of the night Had pursued me without faltering And caught me in His light No refuge from those piercing eyes No secrets left to hide Everything laid bare to Him He could not be denied
As I yielded to Him at last My will did finally break All that I had ever been Was fully His to take
This Conqueror of my weary mind This Captor of my soul Reached out to me with tenderness And made my spirit whole
He touched me with a purging touch My blood-stained garments gone And clothed me in His righteousness With the radiance of the Son
No more will I seek freedom From the chains He's put me in But I'll strive to make my every thought Obedient to Him
Vicki Baird
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People get really worked up about the 144,000 in Book of Revelation
Like thereโs a heavenly clipboard
Like heaven has a fire code
Like Peter is standing at the gate saying...
โ Sorry... We hit capacity yesterday "
That is not what is happening here
Revelation is not written like a spreadsheet
Itโs written like a thunderstorm
It uses symbols, pictures, numbers, patterns, echoes, and repetition
To say things that plain language just canโt carry without breaking
And if we read it like a math problem
We are going to miss the point so hard
It will take several comment sections to recover
In ~ Revelation 7...
John hears a number
One hundred forty-four thousand. Twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel
Very organized
Very intentional
โ God is not confused and no one slipped through the cracks "
And then immediately after that.......
Part 1 of 3
Like thereโs a heavenly clipboard
Like heaven has a fire code
Like Peter is standing at the gate saying...
โ Sorry... We hit capacity yesterday "
That is not what is happening here
Revelation is not written like a spreadsheet
Itโs written like a thunderstorm
It uses symbols, pictures, numbers, patterns, echoes, and repetition
To say things that plain language just canโt carry without breaking
And if we read it like a math problem
We are going to miss the point so hard
It will take several comment sections to recover
In ~ Revelation 7...
John hears a number
One hundred forty-four thousand. Twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel
Very organized
Very intentional
โ God is not confused and no one slipped through the cracks "
And then immediately after that.......
Part 1 of 3
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Part 2 / 3 continues...
John looks and sees a crowd so large no one can count them
From every nation, tribe, people, and language
Which should already be our first clue that Revelation is doing its classic move again
Hear the symbol
See the reality
Same people
Two perspectives
The 144,000 are described as sealed
That matters
In Scripture...
Sealing is about ownership and protection
Not evacuation
This is not a VIP pass out of suffering
Itโs a mark that says...
โ You are Mine "
Right in the middle of it
Then in ~ Revelation 14...
They show up again
Still with the Lamb
Still marked as His
Still faithful
Still standing
This is victory imagery
Not enrollment paperwork
Now letโs talk numbers...
Because Revelation loves numbers the way Jerseys love mischief
Twelve shows up everywhere
Twelve tribes
Twelve apostles
Twelve gates
Twelve foundations
Twelve is the number of Godโs covenant people
Always has been
So when you see twelve times twelve times one thousand
~ Revelation is not asking you to grab a calculator
Itโs saying fullness times fullness times a big biblical way of saying
โ complete โ
In Scripture...
A thousand is rarely about precision
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills
Not hill number 1001 where He suddenly runs out
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord
Not literally 365,000 hours
The number is doing theology
Not math
Which means the 144,000
Are not Godโs final draft with limited seating
They are a symbolic picture of Godโs people
Fully known
Fully accounted for
Fully sealed
No one forgotten
No one miscounted
No one missing
Because heaven lost the spreadsheet...
Now, people often notice something else in
~ Revelation 7...
One tribe is missing from the list
And youโll sometimes hear the explanation that they were kicked out for idol worship...
That idea isnโt random
In the Old Testament...
The tribe of Dan becomes closely associated with idolatry
In Judges...
Dan sets up its own carved image and priesthood
Later...
When Israel splits into northern and southern kingdoms...
One of the golden calves is placed in Dan
So Dan becomes a symbolic hotspot for compromised worship
โ Yes... We worship Godโฆ But also this "
Because of that history...
Some early Jewish and Christian writers believed Danโs absence in
~ Revelation was intentional
A warning sign
A theological signal flare
Not because God permanently deletes tribes
But because ~ Revelation is relentlessly serious about who you worship
And hereโs where it really matters that we donโt turn symbolism into a weapon
Because the same Jesus who inspired ~ Revelation...
Is the one who told His disciples to forgive seventy times seven
And...
He very clearly did not mean...
" Once you hit 490, congratulations, youโre out of mercy and Iโm out of patience "
That number was doing theology too
It meant forgiveness without a calculator
Forgiveness that doesnโt keep a tally
Forgiveness that refuses to say...
โ That was the last straw "
Which makes it very hard to argue that ~ Revelation is secretly about God running out of grace
If you want proof...
Look at the thief on the cross...
One minute heโs mocking Jesus
Literally joining in
No lifetime of good behavior
No theological resume
No chance to clean things up
Then something shifts...
He asks Jesus to remember him
And Jesus says...
โ Today you will be with Me in paradise "
No probation period
No trial membership
No waiting list
That guy probably opened his eyes in paradise thinking...
โ I amโฆgenuinely unsure how I got here, but I am not asking questions "
That is the heart behind
~ Revelation too
~ Revelation draws a sharp line between true worship and false worship
Between being sealed by God
And marked by allegiance to something else
Between the Lamb
And every counterfeit savior offering a cheaper shinier deal
But it is not trying to shrink Godโs mercy
It is trying to sharpen our loyalty
Part 3 / 3 continues below ...
John looks and sees a crowd so large no one can count them
From every nation, tribe, people, and language
Which should already be our first clue that Revelation is doing its classic move again
Hear the symbol
See the reality
Same people
Two perspectives
The 144,000 are described as sealed
That matters
In Scripture...
Sealing is about ownership and protection
Not evacuation
This is not a VIP pass out of suffering
Itโs a mark that says...
โ You are Mine "
Right in the middle of it
Then in ~ Revelation 14...
They show up again
Still with the Lamb
Still marked as His
Still faithful
Still standing
This is victory imagery
Not enrollment paperwork
Now letโs talk numbers...
Because Revelation loves numbers the way Jerseys love mischief
Twelve shows up everywhere
Twelve tribes
Twelve apostles
Twelve gates
Twelve foundations
Twelve is the number of Godโs covenant people
Always has been
So when you see twelve times twelve times one thousand
~ Revelation is not asking you to grab a calculator
Itโs saying fullness times fullness times a big biblical way of saying
โ complete โ
In Scripture...
A thousand is rarely about precision
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills
Not hill number 1001 where He suddenly runs out
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord
Not literally 365,000 hours
The number is doing theology
Not math
Which means the 144,000
Are not Godโs final draft with limited seating
They are a symbolic picture of Godโs people
Fully known
Fully accounted for
Fully sealed
No one forgotten
No one miscounted
No one missing
Because heaven lost the spreadsheet...
Now, people often notice something else in
~ Revelation 7...
One tribe is missing from the list
And youโll sometimes hear the explanation that they were kicked out for idol worship...
That idea isnโt random
In the Old Testament...
The tribe of Dan becomes closely associated with idolatry
In Judges...
Dan sets up its own carved image and priesthood
Later...
When Israel splits into northern and southern kingdoms...
One of the golden calves is placed in Dan
So Dan becomes a symbolic hotspot for compromised worship
โ Yes... We worship Godโฆ But also this "
Because of that history...
Some early Jewish and Christian writers believed Danโs absence in
~ Revelation was intentional
A warning sign
A theological signal flare
Not because God permanently deletes tribes
But because ~ Revelation is relentlessly serious about who you worship
And hereโs where it really matters that we donโt turn symbolism into a weapon
Because the same Jesus who inspired ~ Revelation...
Is the one who told His disciples to forgive seventy times seven
And...
He very clearly did not mean...
" Once you hit 490, congratulations, youโre out of mercy and Iโm out of patience "
That number was doing theology too
It meant forgiveness without a calculator
Forgiveness that doesnโt keep a tally
Forgiveness that refuses to say...
โ That was the last straw "
Which makes it very hard to argue that ~ Revelation is secretly about God running out of grace
If you want proof...
Look at the thief on the cross...
One minute heโs mocking Jesus
Literally joining in
No lifetime of good behavior
No theological resume
No chance to clean things up
Then something shifts...
He asks Jesus to remember him
And Jesus says...
โ Today you will be with Me in paradise "
No probation period
No trial membership
No waiting list
That guy probably opened his eyes in paradise thinking...
โ I amโฆgenuinely unsure how I got here, but I am not asking questions "
That is the heart behind
~ Revelation too
~ Revelation draws a sharp line between true worship and false worship
Between being sealed by God
And marked by allegiance to something else
Between the Lamb
And every counterfeit savior offering a cheaper shinier deal
But it is not trying to shrink Godโs mercy
It is trying to sharpen our loyalty
Part 3 / 3 continues below ...
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Part 3 / 3 continues...
John never actually says...
โ This tribe is excluded forever because of past sins "
He doesnโt spell that out
Which tells us again...
This isnโt about ancestry charts or sin scorecards...
Itโs about allegiance Faithfulness
Who you follow
Thatโs exactly how...
~ Revelation 14 describes the 144,000
They follow the Lamb wherever He goes
Undivided
Uncompromised
Faithful
And just in case weโre tempted to turn this into an exclusion list...
John zooms out and shows us the uncountable multitude
Which is ~ Revelationโs way of saying...
โ If youโre trying to keep people out, you are reading this wrong โ
The point of the 144,000...
Is not who gets left out
The point is that God knows exactly who belongs to Him
Not approximately
Not statistically
BUT EXACTLY
God does not lose His people
God does not miscount His people
God does not seal 143,999
And then shrug
The numbers in ~ Revelation...
Are preaching
They are not tallying
They are telling us who God is not
Asking us to solve for x
And honestly ?
There are a lot of ways to interpret the book of
~ Revelation
Faithful people land in different places
And truthfullyโฆ
I donโt know
None of us do
Because we are not meant to fully understand God
What we do know is this...
The Bible is a redemption story from beginning to end
Godโs ways are not our ways
He made us in His image
And yet we constantly try to remake Him in ours
We like tidy systems
Checklists
Boxes
Limits
God does not fit in a box
And if He doesโฆ
Weโre doing it wrong
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS BLESSED
John never actually says...
โ This tribe is excluded forever because of past sins "
He doesnโt spell that out
Which tells us again...
This isnโt about ancestry charts or sin scorecards...
Itโs about allegiance Faithfulness
Who you follow
Thatโs exactly how...
~ Revelation 14 describes the 144,000
They follow the Lamb wherever He goes
Undivided
Uncompromised
Faithful
And just in case weโre tempted to turn this into an exclusion list...
John zooms out and shows us the uncountable multitude
Which is ~ Revelationโs way of saying...
โ If youโre trying to keep people out, you are reading this wrong โ
The point of the 144,000...
Is not who gets left out
The point is that God knows exactly who belongs to Him
Not approximately
Not statistically
BUT EXACTLY
God does not lose His people
God does not miscount His people
God does not seal 143,999
And then shrug
The numbers in ~ Revelation...
Are preaching
They are not tallying
They are telling us who God is not
Asking us to solve for x
And honestly ?
There are a lot of ways to interpret the book of
~ Revelation
Faithful people land in different places
And truthfullyโฆ
I donโt know
None of us do
Because we are not meant to fully understand God
What we do know is this...
The Bible is a redemption story from beginning to end
Godโs ways are not our ways
He made us in His image
And yet we constantly try to remake Him in ours
We like tidy systems
Checklists
Boxes
Limits
God does not fit in a box
And if He doesโฆ
Weโre doing it wrong
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS BLESSED
Forwarded from NavigatingTheLies
There comes a point in research where everything begins to point to Jesus Christ. It starts to become clear that this is all a war on Him
For this war is not an intellectual war, but a spiritual war. Thus, no amount of research or โnoticingโ can save, only the precious blood of the Lamb poured out at the Cross. One could investigate all the so called โconspiraciesโ in the world and analyze all the occult dogma the internet has to offerโif the search for truth doesnโt lead one to the foot of the Cross and to calling upon the name of the Lord (the Truth), then those research efforts are futileโฆ
Because it is the truth of Christ, not the truths of how the world operates, that sets us free [John 8:32]
It can be assumed this is why the enemy often deliberately exposes himselfโin an effort to keep individuals entangled with uncovering the schemes of darkness and diverted from ever seeking the true Light of Christ [John 8:12]
Seek the Truth [John 14:6] above all
For this war is not an intellectual war, but a spiritual war. Thus, no amount of research or โnoticingโ can save, only the precious blood of the Lamb poured out at the Cross. One could investigate all the so called โconspiraciesโ in the world and analyze all the occult dogma the internet has to offerโif the search for truth doesnโt lead one to the foot of the Cross and to calling upon the name of the Lord (the Truth), then those research efforts are futileโฆ
Because it is the truth of Christ, not the truths of how the world operates, that sets us free [John 8:32]
It can be assumed this is why the enemy often deliberately exposes himselfโin an effort to keep individuals entangled with uncovering the schemes of darkness and diverted from ever seeking the true Light of Christ [John 8:12]
Seek the Truth [John 14:6] above all
Forwarded from Carli โข Saved by Grace
Who was stoned for taking spoils from Jericho?
Anonymous Quiz
66%
Achan
11%
Korah
10%
Absalom
6%
Gehazi
7%
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~ William Temple
Wishing everyone a blessed Sunday! May you have an abundance of good health, peace, love, and happiness in your life.
I love you all!
#inspirational #faith #sunday #church
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๐ The VALLEY OF DRY BONES isn't โsymbolicโ โ it's GODโs WARNING to dead churches
Ezekiel didnโt walk into a peaceful desert. He was carried by the Spirit into a graveyard without graves โ a valley filled with bones, โvery many,โ and โvery dry.โ Not fresh, not recent. Not tragic, but recoverable. Dry means time had already done its work. Hope had already evaporated. This wasnโt a crisis, this was a verdict.
And God asked the question that exposes every generation: โSon of man, can these bones live?โ (Ezekiel 37:1โ3)
ยฐ แตแตแต แตโฟ แตสฐแต โฑแตแตแตแต แตแต หขแตแต โฑแต โฑโฟ แถ แตหกหก ยฐ
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Ezekiel didnโt walk into a peaceful desert. He was carried by the Spirit into a graveyard without graves โ a valley filled with bones, โvery many,โ and โvery dry.โ Not fresh, not recent. Not tragic, but recoverable. Dry means time had already done its work. Hope had already evaporated. This wasnโt a crisis, this was a verdict.
And God asked the question that exposes every generation: โSon of man, can these bones live?โ (Ezekiel 37:1โ3)
ยฐ แตแตแต แตโฟ แตสฐแต โฑแตแตแตแต แตแต หขแตแต โฑแต โฑโฟ แถ แตหกหก ยฐ
#BibleStudy #ChristianTruth #HolySpirit
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๐ VALLEY of DRY BONES prt. 2
Most people read the Valley of Dry Bones like itโs a motivational poster. โGod can bring your dreams back.โ โGod can revive your purpose.โ But thatโs not what the text is doing first. The valley is a mirror. Itโs God dragging His prophet into the true condition of His people when theyโve been crushed, scattered, and spiritually emptied. Israel had already said it out loud: โOur bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.โ (Ezekiel 37:11)
Thatโs not therapy language, thatโs spiritual death language.
And hereโs what should shake modern Christianity: the bones represent Godโs covenant people, not pagans. The valley isnโt โthe world.โ Itโs what happens when Godโs people lose the fear of God, lose hope, and reduce faith to survival. Itโs what happens when religion keeps the rituals but the Spirit leaves the room. You can have structure and still be dead. You can have sermons and still be dry. You can have crowds and still be bones.
Then God does something that destroys the โself-help gospel.โ He doesnโt tell Ezekiel to gather the bones himself. He doesnโt tell him to strategize, brand, repackage, or make it more โrelevant.โ God tells the prophet to preach to the bones. Preach to what canโt respond. Preach to what has no pulse. Preach to what cannot applaud you, follow you, or validate you. โProphesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.โ (Ezekiel 37:4)
In other words: the Word comes first. Not emotion. Not vibe. Not music. Not momentum. The Word.
And something happens that should terrify every person who thinks God is obligated to bless whatever they call โchurch.โ There is movement. There is noise. There is assembling. Bone to bone. Sinews. Flesh. Skin. It looks alive. It looks impressive. It looks like a revival.
But it still isnโt living.
Because Ezekiel says the part many Christians forget: โthere was no breath in them.โ (Ezekiel 37:8)
Do you see it? You can build a body without a life. You can have form without breath. You can have a congregation without the Spirit. You can have Christianity without Christ. And if you donโt think that happens, you havenโt been paying attention.
So God commands again. Not โtry harder.โ Not โbe positive.โ He commands breath. He commands Spirit. โCome from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.โ (Ezekiel 37:9)
The living God does what no human effort can do: He raises an army from a valley of death. Not a motivational crowd. An army. Because resurrection isnโt meant to produce fans โ it produces witnesses. It produces people who have seen what death really is and refuse to pretend.
This is where the passage becomes a warning shot to America and the West. We have more Bibles than any generation. More podcasts, more worship albums, more conferences, more Christian merch. And yet the fruit is often thin: less holiness, less repentance, less fear of God, more compromise, more addiction, more cowardice, more worship of comfort. If Ezekiel walked into many churches today, heโd recognize the building โ but he might not recognize the breath.
The Valley of Dry Bones is not God telling you to โbelieve in yourself.โ Itโs God proving that He is the only one who can resurrect what weโve allowed to die. Itโs God saying: your nation, your family, your faith, and your church cannot be sustained by sentiment. Only the Spirit gives life. And the Spirit is not a mascot for your plans โ He is the breath of the Holy God.
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Most people read the Valley of Dry Bones like itโs a motivational poster. โGod can bring your dreams back.โ โGod can revive your purpose.โ But thatโs not what the text is doing first. The valley is a mirror. Itโs God dragging His prophet into the true condition of His people when theyโve been crushed, scattered, and spiritually emptied. Israel had already said it out loud: โOur bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.โ (Ezekiel 37:11)
Thatโs not therapy language, thatโs spiritual death language.
And hereโs what should shake modern Christianity: the bones represent Godโs covenant people, not pagans. The valley isnโt โthe world.โ Itโs what happens when Godโs people lose the fear of God, lose hope, and reduce faith to survival. Itโs what happens when religion keeps the rituals but the Spirit leaves the room. You can have structure and still be dead. You can have sermons and still be dry. You can have crowds and still be bones.
Then God does something that destroys the โself-help gospel.โ He doesnโt tell Ezekiel to gather the bones himself. He doesnโt tell him to strategize, brand, repackage, or make it more โrelevant.โ God tells the prophet to preach to the bones. Preach to what canโt respond. Preach to what has no pulse. Preach to what cannot applaud you, follow you, or validate you. โProphesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.โ (Ezekiel 37:4)
In other words: the Word comes first. Not emotion. Not vibe. Not music. Not momentum. The Word.
And something happens that should terrify every person who thinks God is obligated to bless whatever they call โchurch.โ There is movement. There is noise. There is assembling. Bone to bone. Sinews. Flesh. Skin. It looks alive. It looks impressive. It looks like a revival.
But it still isnโt living.
Because Ezekiel says the part many Christians forget: โthere was no breath in them.โ (Ezekiel 37:8)
Do you see it? You can build a body without a life. You can have form without breath. You can have a congregation without the Spirit. You can have Christianity without Christ. And if you donโt think that happens, you havenโt been paying attention.
So God commands again. Not โtry harder.โ Not โbe positive.โ He commands breath. He commands Spirit. โCome from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.โ (Ezekiel 37:9)
The living God does what no human effort can do: He raises an army from a valley of death. Not a motivational crowd. An army. Because resurrection isnโt meant to produce fans โ it produces witnesses. It produces people who have seen what death really is and refuse to pretend.
This is where the passage becomes a warning shot to America and the West. We have more Bibles than any generation. More podcasts, more worship albums, more conferences, more Christian merch. And yet the fruit is often thin: less holiness, less repentance, less fear of God, more compromise, more addiction, more cowardice, more worship of comfort. If Ezekiel walked into many churches today, heโd recognize the building โ but he might not recognize the breath.
The Valley of Dry Bones is not God telling you to โbelieve in yourself.โ Itโs God proving that He is the only one who can resurrect what weโve allowed to die. Itโs God saying: your nation, your family, your faith, and your church cannot be sustained by sentiment. Only the Spirit gives life. And the Spirit is not a mascot for your plans โ He is the breath of the Holy God.
#BibleStudy #ChristianTruth #HolySpirit
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๐ VALLEY of DRY BONES prt. 3
If youโre offended by this story, it might be because youโve made peace with dryness. Youโve learned to live with dead prayer. Dead awe. Dead conviction. Dead obedience. Youโve called it โmaturity.โ God calls it bones.
But here is the hope that punches through the horror: God goes into valleys. God speaks into death. God resurrects what is beyond human repair. Not for your comfort, but for His glory. Not to make you safe, but to make you alive.
So the real question isnโt whether the bones can live. The real question is whether youโre willing to admit youโve been dry โ and whether youโll stop settling for a form of godliness without power. Because God is still asking His people the same question, and Heโs still giving the same answer: My Spirit. My Word. My life.
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If youโre offended by this story, it might be because youโve made peace with dryness. Youโve learned to live with dead prayer. Dead awe. Dead conviction. Dead obedience. Youโve called it โmaturity.โ God calls it bones.
But here is the hope that punches through the horror: God goes into valleys. God speaks into death. God resurrects what is beyond human repair. Not for your comfort, but for His glory. Not to make you safe, but to make you alive.
So the real question isnโt whether the bones can live. The real question is whether youโre willing to admit youโve been dry โ and whether youโll stop settling for a form of godliness without power. Because God is still asking His people the same question, and Heโs still giving the same answer: My Spirit. My Word. My life.
#BibleStudy #ChristianTruth #HolySpirit
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