BC - AC

BC – Before Christ – Dry bones and a stony heart

AC – After Christ – A Great Army

“The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in-the-midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed, they were very dry.

And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ So, I answered, ‘O Lord God, You know.’ Again, He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord!’

So, I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly GREAT ARMY.” [1]

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again… bear the reproach of famine among the nations.

Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.” [2]

[1] Ezekiel 37:1-4, 10
[2] Ezekiel 36:26, 30, 36