The Corridor: Can these bones dance?

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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Can these bones dance?



We read in Ezekiel 37 today about the vision of dry bones which from our modern context can conjure up spooky images of the "undead" that come out and play at night. What is interesting though is that in images, like the one from this cartoon, the skeletons that come to "life" and dance around are not alive at all; they never actually become un-dead because they stay dead. It is also interesting to notice in the cartoon that the skeletons run for their graves at day break.

As entertaining as it is to watch these Disney skeletons dance, I can't help but to notice the contrast between the reanimation (per Disney animation) of the bones in the cartoon with the dry bones that God breaths life back into in Ezekiel's vision. Actual life returns to Ezekiel's bones as God promises to breathe his life back into the his people in this vision. This is the kind of life that embraces the light of the sunrise and does not run away from it and return to the grave. This is the kind of life that truly reflects God because it is God's breath that calls it to life and sustains it. This is the kind of life that will truly inspire us to dance for joy.

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