Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-09


READ John Bills
LIGHT FROM OTHER SCRIPTURES
The Holy Spirit.-Isa. 9:2l: Joel 2:2S %.
Zech. 4:6: l2:lo: Matt. 3:ll: John 5:25: I3s
H;io. IL; Acts S:l9 The Resurrection
Lte-lsa. 26:l9: 44:3. 4: Rom. Gill: S:l9-2l
l Cor 10 AZ. IL. 52-54; Dan. l22: Eph. &c; Col
TlME.-This prophecy was written dur.
ing the early part of the exile (5S6-57 u. CO
ana refers TO the return from the exile
PLACE.-It was written on the banks O,
the Chebar. near Babylon.
EXPLANATORY.
l. The Vision of Dry Bones.-Vs. l.
Z, IL. vi. The hand of the Lord was
upon me:" The hand is the instru-
ment and symbol of active exertion
OF strength. jehovah laid hold of the
prophet, took possession OF him. in
order to send the cXiles n message
through him."-Prof. c. II. Toy. Car.
ried me out in the Spirit OF the Lord"
He was inwardly transported. in an
ecstaic state, from the things around
him.-Lange. I'm the midst of the
valley: Not any real valley, but one
seen in the vision. (Which was full
of bones:" Such as doubtless the
prophet had seen more than once after
the devastations of Nebuchadnezzar.
w. Caused me TO pass by them round
about: Through the whole collection
In every direction, so that he could see
and realize that there were very
many (vast numbers) in the open val
ley" Literally, ION the face" or sur
face of the valley, exposed to view.
And, 10, they were very dry" This lis
mentioned % show they were utterly
ri 4
any human power. Prof. Toy. V. IL.
these bones are the whole house of
Israeli" The nation was dead as a
nation, as dead as the dry bones in
the valley of vision. AS these bones
were scattered everywhere over the
valley, so the Jews were scattered over
the wide regions of the Babylonian en-
pire. Our bones are dried" Each
individual was like dry bone, far
apart from the other bones of the man
of which each bone was part, so that
they say 1--WE are cut oil for our PARTS"
i. G., for our part, as for us, separated
from the rest; and our hope is lost:"
They had no more hope OF becoming a
nation again in their own land than
n dry and Parched bone OF becoming
a part of living animal again.
ii. The Prophets Summons.-Vs.
30, -. V. 3. son of man, can these
bones livc?" Is it possible? Is there
any hope? OF course to human power
and human view it was impossible.
And l answered, O Lord God, Thou
knowest:" Thou hast powers we can
not comprehend. Nothing is impos-
sib!e TO God. V. 4. "Prophcsy:" Not
predict, but speak Gods message. 20
ye dry bones, hear the word of the
Lord" They were to hear not the
prophets opinion, but Gods message
V. 5. Behold, l." the Lord Jehovah.
the source of all power, the controller
of all nations, will cause breath to
enter into you:" As into the first man
when God created him. " G. Lay
sinews flesh skim" |
Will restore you to the form of the
perfect and complete nan YOU once
were. And put breath in you:" You
shall not only have the form but the
soul of a man, and become LIVING.
thinking, loving, acting being. And
We shall know that | am the Lord"
The wonder will be so great that they
shall realize that no being but Jehovah
could have performed the miracle.
III. The Rcstoration.-Vs :. s. 10.
H. Y. 7. AS | prophcsied. there was
a noisc:" "Thundcrinp." or the rust-
ling or rafting of the bones as they
came together. ~ shaking" Il. v. an
earthquake, as at the resurrection of
Christ. Bones came together" i. e..
those which belonged to one BODY;
wEtle bone to his bone" specializes
sing.e bone in relation to another
LANCE. Y. 70. IL will open your
graves:" The figure is slightly varied
here. This marks the rnarvelousness of
the return from Babylon. V. s. THE
sinews and the flesh came up upon
them This corresponds 10 the words
in '. -, and bring you into the land
OF Israeli" When the eNiles should re-
turn 10 their own land. rebuild .Jerusa-
lem, restore the temple and it's worship.
and set up government, then they
would be like scattered bones coming
together, clothed i'm flesh. and having
the form of man. 1T would he a res
direction from the dead. But there
was no breath in them" AS yet it
was only form. There was need of n
new spirit, new life, before the res
toration would be perfect
". The New Lifc.-Ns. o, 1914. V.O.
prophecy unto the wind" The same
word is used for wind. and breath. and
spirit, as in the New Testament.
Come from the four winds:" ~ SYM
Dol OF the universal fe-giving Spirit
OF God. Cambridge Bible. V. 10.
They lived an exceeding great
army The nation. on its return, was
inspired with new life. Ezra's time
was one OF great religious and literary
activity. The Bible then became new
book. And though the nation declined.
yet in Christ there was n new graft i'm
the old stock, so that now the kingdom
OF God, which the returned cxiles repre-
Seutcd, has indeed already becorne cor,