OT Survey Lecture 10a Ezekiel BtP 11.19.2024
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The Central Question: Who can survive His wrath?
The Central Question: Who can survive His wrath?
Basic Facts (Setting the Stage)
Basic Facts (Setting the Stage)
Ezekiel is an exile.
Ezekiel is an exile.
His work is among the exiled community, to the nations, and to the exiles as they prepare to return.
His work is among the exiled community, to the nations, and to the exiles as they prepare to return.
Visionary Apocalyptic language.
Visionary Apocalyptic language.
Interrogatories
Interrogatories
Who
Who
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
He is a priest as well as a prophet. Like Jeremiah, he is born a priest but called to be a prophet.
He is a priest as well as a prophet. Like Jeremiah, he is born a priest but called to be a prophet.
3 And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
4 The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’
5 And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
He name drops Noah, Daniel, and Job as examples of righteousness.
He name drops Noah, Daniel, and Job as examples of righteousness.
13 “Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
14 even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
Oholah (Samaria=Israel) & Oholibah (Jerusalem=Judah)
Oholah (Samaria=Israel) & Oholibah (Jerusalem=Judah)
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar
The Shepherds of Israel & God the Shepherd of His people
The Shepherds of Israel & God the Shepherd of His people
15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
What
What
Apocalyptic symbolizes the invisible nature of God
Apocalyptic symbolizes the invisible nature of God
Clearly divided into sections dealing with punishment (before the destruction Jerusalem) and hope of restoration (after the destruction of Jerusalem).
Clearly divided into sections dealing with punishment (before the destruction Jerusalem) and hope of restoration (after the destruction of Jerusalem).
Judah’s punishment for idolatry is envisioned in graphic Apocalyptic symbolism.
Judah’s punishment for idolatry is envisioned in graphic Apocalyptic symbolism.
The heavenly beings symbolize the presence and unknowability of God
The heavenly beings symbolize the presence and unknowability of God
Promise of a new heart/spirit/covenant
Promise of a new heart/spirit/covenant
Condemnation of false prophets
Condemnation of false prophets
“The Soul who sins shall die…”
“The Soul who sins shall die…”
20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
The siege of Jerusalem described and symbolized.
The siege of Jerusalem described and symbolized.
The nations are judged
The nations are judged
The Work of the Watchman
The Work of the Watchman
7 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Jerusalem destroyed
Jerusalem destroyed
A new covenant promise
A new covenant promise
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
The Valley of Dry Bones
The Valley of Dry Bones
Vision of the New Temple
Vision of the New Temple
When
When
Begins 5th year of Jeohiachin’s exile.
Begins 5th year of Jeohiachin’s exile.
Rigid chronological sequence. (See spreadsheet)
Rigid chronological sequence. (See spreadsheet)
Where
Where
Babylon
Babylon
Chebar Canal
Chebar Canal
Tel-abib
Tel-abib
How
How
Visionary
Visionary
Apocalyptic
Apocalyptic
Commissioning scenes
Commissioning scenes
Symbolic actions (acted parables)
Symbolic actions (acted parables)
No mourning for his wife.
No mourning for his wife.
Ezekiel’s Prophetic Muteness
Ezekiel’s Prophetic Muteness
Remnant and restoration theologies.
Remnant and restoration theologies.
Judah’s “harlotry” graphically described.
Judah’s “harlotry” graphically described.
Judgement oracles.
Judgement oracles.
Riddles/parables.
Riddles/parables.
Oracles against Judah’s neighbors
Oracles against Judah’s neighbors
Cycles of Woe, Destruction, Lament, and Restoration
Cycles of Woe, Destruction, Lament, and Restoration
Continuing visions of restoration (Shepherd, Mountains, Dry Bones, one stick)
Continuing visions of restoration (Shepherd, Mountains, Dry Bones, one stick)
Vision of the Rebuilt Temple/ Symbol of the New Covenant Temple
Vision of the Rebuilt Temple/ Symbol of the New Covenant Temple
The LORD is There
The LORD is There
35 The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”
Why
Why
God’s particular interest in Judah extends to His general interest to the Nations.
God’s particular interest in Judah extends to His general interest to the Nations.
Punishment is severe and just, restoration is of grace and restoration.
Punishment is severe and just, restoration is of grace and restoration.
God’s presence is the sign that He dwells with His people.
God’s presence is the sign that He dwells with His people.
