The Prophet Ezekiel : The Prophet Ezekiel Christian Life College
OT Prophets 2
Terry R. Baughman,
MAET, Instructor Michelangelo –Sistine Chapel
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet Ezekiel (lxq2z'H,y') yehezke'l- “Strengthened by God”
root (qzAHA) hazak - “to be strong”
Contemporary of:
Jeremiah (no mention but similarities in style)
Daniel (Ezekiel 14:14, 20; 28:3)
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet Distinctive Phrases
"Son of Man" (MdAxA-Nb@) "Ben-ädäm" about 90 times
Compare to the use of "Son of Man" in the Gospels by Jesus
"Lord God" - literally "Lord Jehovah" - Hebrew it is (hvihoy' ynAdoxa) "adonai yahweh"
217 times in Ezekiel -- only 103 times in the rest of the OT
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet Key Word: Restoration of Israel
Key Verses: Ezekiel 36:24-26
24 "For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26 "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.
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet Key Word: Restoration of Israel
Key Verses: Ezekiel 36:24-26
compare to NT
2 Corinthians 3:3 … an epistle of Christ, …, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
Hebrews 10:16 …I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet Two-Fold Theme:
Condemnation
First half - Before the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple
Consolation
Last half - After the destruction of the Temple – Prophecies of encouragement
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet The Message is contained in:
10 signs
1. Large Brick Map (4:1-3)
2. Lying on his side for over a year (4:4-8)
3. Rations for the 390 days (4:9-17)
4. Shave head and beard (5:1-4, 12)
5. Pack your bags and leave through a hole in the wall (12:1-5)
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet The Message is contained in:
10 signs
6. Eat and Drink with Trembling (12:17-20)
7. The Sword of the Lord (21:1-4; 18-23)
8. Smelting of Silver (22:17-22)
9. No mourning for wife (24:15-17)
10. Two Sticks (37:15-23)
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet The Message is contained in:
6 visions
Four wheels (1:4-28)
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EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet The Message is contained in:
6 visions
Four wheels (1:4-28)
Scroll - funeral songs and pronouncements of doom- told to eat the scroll (2:9-3:13)
Valley and then bound with ropes in house (3:22-23)
Jerusalem -Idolatry in the Temple (8 - 11)
Valley of Dry Bones (37:1-10)
The New Temple - measured (40 - 48)
EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet : EZEKIEL - The Visionary Prophet The Message is contained in:
6 parables or allegories
A Useless Vine (15:1-8)
An Unfaithful Wife (16)
Story of two Eagles (17:1-21)
Transplanted Tree (17:22-24)
The Adultery of Two Sisters (23)
The Cooking Pot (24:1-14)
Various Apocalyptic passages
Exile of Ezekiel : Exile of Ezekiel Nebuchadnezzar defeated Jerusalem in three stages:
1. 606/605 BC - Overcame Jehoiakim and carried off captives including Daniel
2. 597 BC - Nebuchadnezzar took 10,000 hostages including Jehoiachin and Ezekiel.
3. 586 BC - Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city after a long siege.
An Outline of Ezekiel : An Outline of Ezekiel I. The Commission of Ezekiel (1-3)
Ezekiel receives a divine vision and call (2:2-3)
Compare to Isaiah’s call (Isa. 6:1-10)
An Outline of Ezekiel : An Outline of Ezekiel II. Judgment on Judah (4-24)
Ch. 4-7 - Through signs and sermons the fate of Judah is made certain.
Ch. 8-11 - Predicted judgment in the visions
Ch. 12-24 - powerful signs, sermons, and parables declare the cause and the extent of judgment
An Outline of Ezekiel : III. Judgment on Gentiles (25-32)
Gentile nations will be called into account.
Ammon
Moab
Edom
Philistia
Tyre
Sidon An Outline of Ezekiel
An Outline of Ezekiel : An Outline of Ezekiel IV. Restoration of Israel (33-48)
Ezekiel's message turns to one of restoration and promise. God's people will be regathered and restored!
Vision of the valley of dry bones. (Chap. 37)