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The Bible In Paintings, #203: EZEKIEL'S VISION OF DRY BONES, 1
Bing Images ^ | c.2200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

Posted on 02/12/2021 6:21:36 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6

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Image Source
by DAVID PALOMBO, 1966
"Palombo Gates"
Bone sculpture in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem.
The dry bones of Israel become alive as
the Prophet Ezekiel foretold in Chapter 37

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EZEKIEL 37

New International Version, emphases added
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CHAPTER 37

1 The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath[a] enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.’”

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3 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BENNO ELKAN
"Ezekiel and the Vision of Dry Bones"
Knesset Menorah, West Jerusalem, Israel

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4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Vision des Ezechiel"
Paderborn Cathedral,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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"Vision des Ezechiel"
Paderborn Cathedral,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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6 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Vision of Ezekiel and the Resurrection of the Dead"
City museum, Wels, Austria

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7 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Vision of Ezekiel"

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8 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LEONHARD KERN, 1645
"Vision of Ezekiel"

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9 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GRINLING GIBBONS
"Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones"
St. Nicholas' Church,
Deptford Green, London, England

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by RICK WIENECKE
"Valley of Dry Bones"

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11 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel"

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12mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Prophet Ezekiel Surrounded by Bodies
Surfacing from the Earth "

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13 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCISCO COLLANTES, 1630
"The Vision of Ezekiel"

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14 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by TINTORETTO, 1577
"The Vision of Ezekiel"

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15 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones"

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16 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ILSE KLEYN
"Dry Bones"

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17 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CATHERINE SALDANA
"Dry Bones"

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18 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by KARA MAIN
"Healing"

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19 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by AMY STAUFF
"Ezekiel and the Valley of the Dry Bones"

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20 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MARTY McWILLIAMS
"Dry Bones"

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21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ABRAHAM RATTNER
"Ezekiel`s Valley of Dried Bones"

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22 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by DAVID BOMBERG, 1912
"Ezekiel`s Vision"

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23 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JEAN BONDOLE, 1372
"Valley of the Dry Bones"

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24 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JANET SHAFNER, 2000
"Ezekial's Vision"

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25 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel, the Camps "

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26 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel"

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27 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel's Camps"

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28 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel Resurrection"

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29 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RICHARD McBEE
"Ezekiel's Bones"

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30 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GOTTHARD RINGGLI
"Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones"

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31 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JOHN RODDAM SPENCER STANHOPE
"The Vision of Ezekiel
The Valley of Dry Bones"

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If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:

Ezekiel

Image Sources are provided for most individual works.
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE

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Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA

A r t
Q u a l i t y
The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." Indeed, occasionally photographs illustrate the text. So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.

Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.

T e x t
S e q u e n c i n g
The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!

P a c i n g
The pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).

Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?

The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!

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Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.

Hebrews 11:6
Dan Lewis
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TOPICS: Apologetics; General Discusssion; History; Theology
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LINKS TO ALL PAST EPISODES
The Bible in Paintings

GENESIS
GOD CREATING ADAM
GOD CREATING EVE
THE TEMPTATION OF ADAM & EVE
ADAM & EVE HIDING FROM GOD
GOD BANISHES ADAM & EVE
CAIN AND ABEL
GOD'S FLOOD & NOAH'S ARK
THE TOWER OF BABEL
GOD CALLS ABRAM
ABRAM RESCUES LOT; MELCHIZIDEK
SARAI, HAGAR & ISHMAEL
ISAAC, THE SON OF THE PROMISE
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
GOD TESTS ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM FINDS ISAAC A WIFE!
JACOB & ESAU, Part 1
JACOB & ESAU, Part 2
JACOB & ESAU, Part 3
JOSEPH – DREAMS, AND REALITY
JOSEPH – EGYPT, OR BUST!
JOSEPH AIDS PHARAOH
JOSEPH AIDS HIS BROTHERS
EXODUS
GOD PREPARES MOSES
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
PASSOVER!
EXODUS!
STAINED GLASS INTERLUDE - AMIENS
STAINED GLASS INTERLUDE – CHARTRES
PARTING THE RED SEA
REJOICING IN SONG!
MANNA!
WATER FROM THE ROCK!
Mt. Sinai #1 – GOD SHOWS OFF
Mt. Sinai #2 – MOSES CLIMBS
Mt. Sinai #3 – 10 COMMANDMENTS!
Mt. Sinai #4 – 10 COMMANDMENTS!
Mt. Sinai #5 – 10 COMMANDMENTS!
Mt. Sinai #6 – 10 COMMANDMENTS!
THE GOLDEN CALF, Part 1
THE GOLDEN CALF, Part 2
GOD SHOWS MOSES HIS GLORY
MISCELLANY
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
THE TABERNACLE
LEVITICUS
AARON’S CONSECRATION
NADAB & ABIHU, TOASTED
THIS & THAT
NUMBERS
Want PLAGUE with Your QUAIL?
A SPY STORY
KORAH’S SINKING FEELING
AARON’S FINAL ADVENTURES
THE BRONZE SNAKE, & THE CROSS
JESUS EXPLAINS THE BRONZE SNAKE
“GREATEST HITS”
BALAAM AND HIS TALKING DONKEY
MOSES ENTERS REAL PROMISED LAND
JOSHUA
RAHAB AND THE TWO SPIES
ISRAELCROSSES THE JORDAN RIVER
ISRAEL MARCHING AROUND JERICHO
GOD FLATTENS JERICHO
PAINTED BIBLES!!! – THE BOOK OF KELLS
PAINTED BIBLES! LINDISFARNE GOSPELS
PAINTED BIBLES!!! – HODGEPODGE
SPECIAL EDITION – BEST COMMENTS!
JUDGES
THE SUN STANDS STILL!
DEBORAH AND BARAK WIN A WAR
JAEL'S TENT-PEG THRU NOGGIN TRICK
GIDEON 1: ANGEL, ALTAR, FLEECE
GIDEON 2-CHOICE TRUMPETS TRIUMPH
GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON GETS A WIFE: MARRIED LIFE!
SAMSON LOSES WIFE, GETS REVENGE
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
SAMSON AND DELILAH, Part 1
SAMSON AND DELILAH, Part 2
SAMSON’S FINAL REVENGE
MISCELLANY 2
MISCELLANY 3
RUTH
RUTH, Chapter 1
RUTH CLINGS TO NAOMI
RUTH GLEANS
BOAZ CARES FOR RUTH
RUTH PROPOSES, BOAZ ACCEPTS!
BOAZ REDEEMS & WEDS RUTH: OBED!
RUTH ART “SPECIALTIES”
1 SAMUEL
HANNAH’S MISERY, AND HER PRAYER
HANNAH’S MIRACLE SON, SAMUEL
SAMUEL IN THE LORD’S HOUSE WITH ELI
MISCELLANY 4
ARK, ARK — WHO’S GOT THE ARK?
ARK, ARK — ISRAEL’S GOT THE ARK!
STAINED GLASS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Part 1
STAINED GLASS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Part 2
ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING, GETS SAUL
GOD REJECTS ISRAEL’S NEW KING
SAMUEL MEETS DAVID
SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID AS KING
SAUL HIRES A HARPIST
DAVID AND GOLIATH
DAVID OR GOLIATH
DAVID'S BIG, FAT HEAD
SAUL ATTACKS DAVID
DAVID RUNS FOR HIS LIFE
DAVID SPARES SAUL’S LIFE – TWICE!
DAVID, ABIGAIL, AND NABAL THE FOOL
FEARFUL SAUL CONSULTS A WITCH
SAUL DIES, JUST AS FORETOLD
2 SAMUEL
DAVID, THE NEW KING
DAVID JOYOUSLY RETRIEVES THE ARK
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA – & URIAH
DAVID MURDERS TO COVER ADULTERY
AMNON RAPES HIS SISTER TAMAR
ABSOLOM MURDERS AMNON
ABSALOM OVERTHROWS DAVID
ABSALOM’S DEATH
1 KINGS
WHO SUCCEEDS DAVID AS KING?
DAVID IN STAINED GLASS
MISCELLANY 5
GREATEST HITS! Volume 2
GOD WISES UP SOLOMON, Part 1
GOD WISES UP SOLOMON, Part 2
GOD WISES UP SOLOMON, Part 3
SOLOMON BEGINS GOD’S TEMPLE
SOLOMON CONTINUES GOD’S TEMPLE
SOLOMON FINISHES GOD’S TEMPLE
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 1
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 2
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 3
REVIEW, GENESIS THRU SAMUEL, Part 1
REVIEW, GENESIS THRU SAMUEL, Part 2
SOLOMON’S 700 WIVES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
ISRAEL DIVIDES FROM JUDAH
GOD SENDS RAVENS TO FEED ELIJAH 1
GOD SENDS RAVENS TO FEED ELIJAH 2
A GENTILE WIDOW FEEDS ELIJAH
ELIJAH RAISES THE WIDOW’S SON
ELIJAH vs. BAAL’S 450 PROPHETS
ELIJAH, RAINING AND RUNNING Part 1
ELIJAH, RAINING AND RUNNING Part 2
THE LORD APPEARS TO ELIJAH
2 KINGS
ELIJAH'S CHARIOT OF FIRE, Part 1
ELIJAH'S FIERY CHARIOT-RIDE, Part 2
ELIJAH'S FIERY CHARIOT-RIDE, Part 3
ELISHA'S MANY, MANY MIRACLES, Part 1
ELISHA'S MANY, MANY MIRACLES, Part 2
ELISHA'S MANY, MANY MIRACLES, Part 3
ELISHA'S MANY, MANY MIRACLES, Part 4
KING JEHU & JEZEBEL'S DEATH
BLOODY KING JEHU & QUEEN ATHALIA
BOY KING JOASH, DEAD QUEEN ATHALIA
ISRAEL REJECTS GOD, GETS BANISHED
ASSYRIANS vs KING HEZEKIAH
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS & FOLLY
KING JOSIAH FINDS GOD & HIS WORD
BABYLON CONQUERS JUDAH
1 CHRONICLES
DAVID & HIS MIGHTY MEN
"PRAISE THE LORD IN THIS MANNER"
EZRA
THE JEWS RETURN FROM BABYLON 1
THE JEWS RETURN FROM BABYLON 2
NEHEMIAH
THE JEWS RETURN FROM BABYLON 3
CHRISTMAS PROPHECIES
THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS
ESTHER
THE KING CHECKMATES THE QUEEN
ESTHER - IN THE HAREM, IN THE BED
ESTHER, THE NEW QUEEN
MORDECAI, HERO AND GOAT
ESTHER – "IF I PERISH, I PERISH", Part 1
ESTHER – "IF I PERISH, I PERISH", Part 2
MORDECAI'S TRIUMPH
ESTHER'S BANQUETS
ESTHER FAINTS
JOB
GOD'S MAIN MAN: JOB
JOB SUFFERS
MRS. JOB MOCKS HIM
JOB STILL HAS "FRIENDS"
FRIENDS ACCUSE, JOB DEFENDS
GOD INTERVENES, QUIZZES JOB
PSALMS
#8—HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME!
#19–HEAVENS DECLARE GOD'S GLORY
#22—"WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
#23–THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
#65—PRAISE AWAITS YOU, OUR GOD
#69–SAVE ME, O GOD
#104-PRAISE THE LORD, MY SOUL
#105-GIVE PRAISE TO THE LORD
#136-HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER
#147-SING PRAISES TO OUR GOD
#148-PRAISE THE LORD
PROVERBS
SELECTED PROVERBS, Ch. 1-4
SELECTED PROVERBS, Ch. 6-24
SELECTED PROVERBS, Ch. 24-31
ECCLESIASTES
A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
SONG OF SONGS
SONG OF SONGS—THE TEXT
SONG OF SONGS—THE ART, 1
SONG OF SONGS—THE ART, 2
SONG OF SONGS—THE "ART", 3
ISAIAH
THE DAY OF THE LORD
"HERE AM I, SEND ME!"
EZEKIEL
Prelude–TRIBUTES TO EZEKIEL
EZEKIEL'S FIRST VISION OF GOD
THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES
















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1 posted on 02/12/2021 6:21:36 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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2 posted on 02/12/2021 6:25:08 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Dem bones, dem bones, dem DRY BONES!...................

3 posted on 02/12/2021 6:27:22 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

https://www.drybones.com/

Israel’s Famous Political Cartoonist.


4 posted on 02/12/2021 6:39:13 AM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Red Badger

Thank you.


5 posted on 02/12/2021 6:47:06 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: left that other site

Was unaware of him.


6 posted on 02/12/2021 6:50:37 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I’ve been looking at his ‘toons for years.

They often hit the mark, but are, of course, from an Israeli perspective, so not always in line with my own beliefs.


7 posted on 02/12/2021 6:54:18 AM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Hebrews 11:6

# 7 is very beautiful. In our lifetime we have been witness to the fulfillment of a biblical prophesy, the resurrection of a Nation in its ancestral land.


8 posted on 02/12/2021 8:21:18 AM PST by etabeta
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To: etabeta
In our lifetime

I was conceived on or about August 1, 1948, which IIRC was a couple of months after modern Israel's formation. That was certainly colossal!

9 posted on 02/12/2021 8:36:53 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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Everything before 16...


10 posted on 02/12/2021 11:00:37 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

I agree, but I’d add 20 & 31.


11 posted on 02/12/2021 11:33:08 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Red Badger; Hebrews 11:6
Because the prophecies of bones and trees are joined together in chapter 37, there is an especially nifty word play between trees and bones:

tree: etz [עץ]

trees: etzim: [עצים]

bone: etzem [עצם]

bones: atzamot [עצמות]

... the common meaning relating to framework, structure, essence, constitution, ..

"Bones" -- the essential framework of a plot [e.g. of a book].

4. And he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord:
5. Thus says the Lord God to these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live:

Hmmm, Etsy... "etz" crafts from wood/sticks/trees:

18. And when your people shall speak to you, saying; Will you not tell us what you mean by these:
19. Say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand:
20. And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes:

DEM Bones. Dem for "them", dem for people.

Everyone knows who's responsible for teaching the dead how to vote. If the "harvesters" knew what they were doing, they wouldn't do that.

"Dem Bones" (also called "Dry Bones" and "Dem Dry Bones") is a spiritual song. The melody was composed by author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson.[1] First recorded by The Famous Myers Jubilee Singers in 1928. Both a long and a shortened version of the song are widely known. The lyrics are inspired by Ezekiel 37:1–14, where the prophet Ezekiel visits the "Valley of Dry Bones"[2] and prophesies that they will one day be resurrected at God's command, picturing the realization of the New Jerusalem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones

Delta Rhythm Boys - Dem Bones Dem Bones Dem Dry Bones

Plainsmen Quartet with Rusty Goodman - Dry Bones

John 12

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

Puns:

1 Corinthians 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

"Men as trees, walking:"

Exo 3
16. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
17. And I have said, I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey:

Gen 50
24. And Joseph said to his brothers, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob:
25. And Joseph took an oath from the people of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here:
26. So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt:

Mark 12
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bUSh God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Fools rush in where wise men never go...

Fools Rush In - Ricky Nelson

When we met, I felt my life begin...

"In the beginning, GO--"

("203" is the sum of the first three letters of the Torah, which are repeated as the second word - bara, created)

12 posted on 02/12/2021 3:07:18 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Ezekiel
Your posts make me chuckle. That's a good thing.

My first question is, how did you achieve such profound mastery of Hebrew?

13 posted on 02/12/2021 3:26:03 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Mastery?

More like the way up up and away is paved with puns. Levi-ty. Simple meanings. The Levites were put in charge of the services! It all "connects".

"Pun"iel is where Israel was born (named).

JOHNNY RIVERS - Secret Agent Man 1966

Remember back when Rush Limbaugh played Secret "Asian" Man?

Exodus 3

3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bUSh, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

moshi moshi:

>>>

It is actually a contraction/doubling of the word 申す mousu, which is the humble form of 言う iu – “say”.

So “moshi moshi ” is really a polite, humble way of saying “speaking, speaking” or “I say, I say”.

Moshi moshi is not only used on the telephone. It can also be used to call someone’s attention in person. Kind of like saying “Is anyone home?” when someone doesn’t seem to be listening.

https://learnjapaneseonline.info/2016/11/14/moshi-moshi-what-does-it-really-mean/

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It goes on. Secret Asian man... Tora! Tora! Tora!, waking a sleeping giant..

The point is that everything is linked in microscopic detail in the weirdest ways, yet people tend to act like or assume that God is sound asleep at the switch.

I catch what I can.

14 posted on 02/12/2021 5:50:54 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Ezekiel
everything is linked in microscopic detail in the weirdest ways, yet people tend to act like or assume that God is sound asleep at the switch.

Like you, I glory in seeing those connections. My best friend, with whom I've met weekly for Christian accountability for twenty-five years, has unshakable faith but blinders to God's subtlety. What a contrast.

One aspect of heaven I anticipate eagerly is the unveiling of God's fullness: now we see in a mirror darkly....

15 posted on 02/12/2021 6:05:46 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
One aspect of heaven I anticipate eagerly is the unveiling of God's fullness: now we see in a mirror darkly....

It's like the sign in front of Lyon Estates:

"Live in the Home of Tomorrow -- Today!"

Egypt aka "house of bondage" is also a mindset metaphor, and

Moshi moshi is not only used on the telephone.

Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of (from) Egypt.

00 - Exit code for Egypt, and is needed for making any international call from Egypt

:)

Why Didn’t Yosef “Phone Home”?

No cell coverage, no emergency call boxes... that's okay, Yankee ingenuity saves the day...

"His main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items. The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly unsolvable problems‍—‌often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes‍—‌were a major attraction of the show..." (Wiki)

16 posted on 02/13/2021 10:22:42 AM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Ezekiel
Very interesting article. I've never even wondered about Yosef not contacting his father.

The clever solutions MacGyver...

God is the ultimate MacGyver.

17 posted on 02/13/2021 1:34:16 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

One of my favorite prophecies in the Bible. It gives so much hope to the billions of dead.


18 posted on 02/13/2021 2:26:46 PM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: Ezekiel

I like the exegesis about why Joseph didn’t contact his father. I had wondered why he didn’t send a letter or a messenger.

A court of intrigue is a perfect explanation.


19 posted on 02/13/2021 2:35:07 PM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: Ezekiel

Root bone connected to the trunk bone.
Trunk bone connected to the limb bone.................


20 posted on 02/15/2021 5:13:52 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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