247. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of _bones_. And caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, _they were very dry_. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O _ye dry bones hear the word of the Lord_. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, Behold _I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live_. And I will lay sinews upon you, and bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you; and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied there was a noise, _and behold a shaking, and the bones came together bone to his bone_. And, when I beheld, lo, _the sinews and the flesh came up upon them_; and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, _and say to the wind_, Thus saith the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, _and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet_, an exceeding great army. Ezek. xxxvii. 1 to 10. 248. And it came to pass, as _they were burying a man_, that behold, they spied a band of men, and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, _and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet_. 2 Kings xiii. 21. 249. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which _all that are in the graves shall hear his voice_. John v. 28. 250. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, (for the _trumpet_ shall sound) and the _dead shall be raised incorruptible_, and we shall be changed. 1 Corinth xv. 52. 251. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven _with a shout_, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain, shall be _caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air_; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessa. iv. 16, 17. 252. And I saw the _dead_, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, _and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them_; and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Rev. xx. 12, 13, 14.