Ezekiel was a prophet to the exiled people of God. From a spiritual and national point of view they were dead. They were dry bones. The spirit of God entered them and they stood up-an exceedingly vast army! Imagine what he can do with us baptized and redeemed!
On the occasion we observe our Lord’s Ascension we rejoice with the whole church on earth. We are all led by the same Holy Spirit to preach God’s Word and to make disciples of all nations. We teach and preach repentance and forgiveness.
There simply is nothing we can do to free ourselves from sin. Only God can take away our sins. The Israelites learned this in the desert. The more they fought the fiery serpents-the more they were bitten! Only God’s solution to sin frees us.
Truly, God’s justice makes no sense to us. He sends his Son to save us-even though we did not even acknowledge him as God. His Son, Jesus, fulfills the law and then dies on the cross for us. God’s love is really beyond our grasp!
What God has done through His Son Jesus Christ in biblical times, he still does today. His heart longs for each person that is alienated from him.
We speak of “mountaintop” times we had in our lives. A convention, a presentation, a special event may all bring great satisfaction, but nothing can top what Peter, James and John experienced.