DEM BONES...GONNA RISE AGAIN

 Greetings O Ye Bones covered with flesh...

Back in the day...there was an old spiritual song...with the melody written by James Weldon Johnson called DEM BONES (aka Dry Bones or Dem Dry Bones). Another version was sung in the Scouts with the hook..."Dem Bones gonna rise again." 

The song was a song of interconnected CONNECTIVITY.

"The toe bones connected to the foot bone...the foot bones connected to the ankle bone...the ankle bone...the ankle bones connected to the leg bone...the leg bones connected to the knee bone...the knee bones connected to the thigh bone...the thigh bones connected to the hip bone...the hip bones connected to the back bone...the back ones connected to the shoulder bone...the shoulder bones connected to the neck bone...the neck bones connected to the head bone...NOW HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD."

The songs are based on Ezekiel 37:1-14 where the the hand of the Lord was upon the prophet was set down in the middle of a valley that was full of bones that were very DRY.  The question asked was..."Can these bones LIVE?"  The prophet's answer to the Lord..."O Lord God...Thou knowest."

                                                                         
As human beings we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:14)  Not only did God form our "inward parts" (Psalm 139:13)...our frame/BONES "was not hidden from Thee." (Psalm 139:15)  This thing called our BODY (soma)...flesh, blood, and bones...along with all the nerves and visceral organs...covered with mucosal lining and skin...works as one unit...along with the soul (psuche...the mind, the volition/free will and our emotions)...with the spark of life being our human spirit (pneuma/breath of God).  For me...as simple as I am...I cannot imagine...this created being without the grand design of The Creator.  Some love to exclude the Creator in lieu of some cosmic accident...as Harold Hill says..."from goo to you by way of the zoo."

Maybe someone should write a song about the NERVOUS SYSTEM.  "God is connected to DA BRAIN...da brain connected to CRANIAL NERVES...every NERVE connected to every part of DA BODY...signals going back and forth controlling EVERYTHING...IMPINGEMENT causing nuttin' but TROUBLE...SUBLUXATION needs REALIGNMENT... da ARC OF LIFE WITH POWER ON...Dem nerves gonna be RELEASED."

Ezekiel was prophesying over DRY, DEAD, BONES... in obedience to the Lord...with a promise of sinews, flesh, breath, and life. This prophecy is in reference of course to the house of Israel...but speaks far into the future of the D.B.R...DEATH, BURIAL, RESURRECTION of Jesus the Christ...the Anointed One...anointed with yoke breaking, burden lifting, oppression removing, healing power, poverty busting, devil work destroying DUNAMIS/POWER and DYNAMIC ABILITY OF THE HOLY GHOST...which is the reason that our DRY BONES WILL RISE AGAIN. 

"Therefore prophesy, and say to them...thus says the Lord God...behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people, and I will bring you into the land of Israel.  Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people.  I will put MY SPIRIT within you, and you will COME TO LIFE, and I will place you on your own land.  Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it, declares the Lord." (Ezekiel 37:12-13)



If you do a cursory investigations of various graves around the world...one thing will be in common...BONES.  Dem bones will be in various stages of decomposition.  If you go to Buddah's grave...Buddah Bones.  George Washington's grave will reveal...Honest Bones...and maybe some wooden teeth.  Abraham Lincoln's grave will have extra long leg bones.  Elvis' Presley's grave is either empty (depending on if you believe he is dead or not) but most likely you will find the pelvis bone...all shook up.  Even Napoleon's grave...his Bona-part.

But Jesus' grave...no bones...because...HE IS RISEN INDEED...just like He said He would. 

"And the angel answered and said to the women...Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.  He is not here, for HE HAS RISEN...just as He said.  Come see the place where He WAS lying.  And go quickly and tell His disciples that HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD; and behold, He is going before you into Galilee, there you will SEE HIM; behold, I have told you." (Matthew 28:5-7)

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY

NOTE:  Check out The Easter Song by Second Chapter of Acts on You Tube or find it on CD...and sing along.

"Hear the bells ringing...they're singing...that we can be born again...hear the bells ringing...they're singing Christ is RISEN FROM THE DEAD...the angels...upon the tombstone..said HE IS RISEN JUST AS HE SAID...quickly now go tell his disciples THAT JESUS CHRIST IS NOW LONGER DEAD... Joy to the world...HE IS RISEN..Hallelujah...HE'S RISEN...Hallelujah...HE'S RISEN..Halle...lu...jah, Halle...lu...jah." (The Easter Song by Annie Hearring sung by Second Chapter of Acts).

Love and Risen Kisses
Rodney "Dem Bones and Nerves Gonna Rise Again" Boyd