Sermon Tone Analysis

Call of the Prophet

Here Ezekiel is encounter God … the likeness of a man … we will zoom through his call and touch on some topics of interest

here is something .... ben adam .... son of man is something we will see over and over in this book; in the immediate context it shows that the prophet is human, a mortal … in the gospels Jesus uses it a lot - reminding that he is fully human (and fully God).. it is also a mark in the gospel of the prophetic nature of Jesus as well as being something from Daniel 7..

He also says that they and their fathers have transgressed … remember Zeke is in the second wave of captivity, but the people in Jerusalem have not repented...

Standing in the Council

Called to his role by a divine encounter, this as I have said is a pattern, some say prophets are never wrong but some prophecy is conditional ..

the divine encounter starts in Eden and continues

in Job one there is a council but look at this in Job 15: 7-8

And this from Jeremiah 23: 16-22

now to Ezekiel 2: 6

before we break this down, note that this has all been in preparation for the scroll he must eat...

which is odd since most calls give promises of divine presence, reassurance, and so on.... Zeke gets to eat a scroll — it could be that the thorns etc are protection for the prophet… nevetheless

so what does he do

where is this?

throne room and don’t worry about the physics.. notice don’t just take a bite eat the entire scroll; God’s word is being deposited in the prophet.. be careful not to be too literal here,,, see Job 15:2

this is a place where being too literal destroys the message that is presented...

so Ezekiel 3: 4-6

there is holy sarcasm here....and the prophet is sent and look at this...

to the house of Isreal and the exiles… this can be all descended from Jacob or the northern tribes

this is both, Eze is talking to Judah or the descendents still there … 83 times house of Isreal

still part of the divine encounter .. earthquakes don’t speak ..still in the throne room