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Holy Spirit "upon all flesh." It will be upon allChristendom, where men will be awaiting it withprayer and supplication. And behold! allChristendom will be shaken with emotion andwith a revival of hope; and all the good hopes ofChristendom, whose realization hitherto hadbeen vague and disconnected, will be seen intheir proper and Divinely appointed relation(bone to his bone).— Z.'99-191.Ezekiel 37:8.And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and theflesh came up upon them, and the skincovered them above: but there was no breathin them.— As a result of Ezekiel's prophesyingamong the Hebrews captive in Babylon, hopegrew strong and positive, and the protection ofJehovah (skin) was seen to be upon it, but yetthere was no vitality to it. The time was not ripefor the fruition of hope.FM554Pastor Russell, too, preached to the Jews abouttheir Zionist hopes, and pointed them to theHebrew Bible to understand the properfulfillment of their hopes; and while he waspreaching Zionism grew into a strong movement.There is a due time also for Christendom's hopesto be strengthened by the books of Pastor Russellin millions of homes throughout Christendom.The surviving people of Christendom will readthe Studies in the Scriptures during and after thetime of the ruination of their hopes. But eventhen something will be lacking—the Spirit,power, to cause the fulfillment of hope.— E341,316.Ezekiel 37:9.Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto thewind, prophesy, son of man, and say to thewind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come fromthe four winds, O breath, and breathe uponthese slain, that they may live.— Ezekiel wascommissioned to say, as the Word of GodHimself, concerning the operation of the HolySpirit (wind, ruach) or power of God, that thewhole power (four winds) of God as concerned