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- It was Ezekiel who witnessed God resurrecting a valley full of dry bones (Ezk 37:1-14). This was a prophecy of how God would miraculously restore the nation of Israel (vv 11-14) and should be a reminder to us that nothing is too difficult for God to accomplish - his word can be trusted!
- Jacob wrestled with God (Gn 32:24-32), who eventually defeated him by wrenching his hip (v25). Jacob received the name Israel (meaning 'he struggles with God') from this encounter (v28). It was just one of a number of occasions where God revealed himself in human form before the incarnation of Christ (see also Gn 3:8, 18:1-33; Jdg 13:1-25).
- Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, killed Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, by hammering a tent peg through his skull (Jdg 4:17-24). It was just one of the examples of God's gracious deliverance of Israel from oppression during that period of turmoil when 'everyone did as he saw fit' (Jdg 21:25) - not unlike today...
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- Who suffered a post-mortem cardiac perforation?
- Whose 'heart failed him' so that he 'became like a stone' and later died?
- To whom did God promise a (spiritual) cardiac transplant?