Will you consider doing so today? View Chuck Swindoll's chart of Ezekiel , which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and key verses.
Who wrote the book? Where are we? Why is Ezekiel so important? What's the big idea? How do I apply this? Ezekiel Overview Chart View Chuck Swindoll's chart of Ezekiel , which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and key verses.
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. On the second reading of the chapter, identify and record in the margin the nation to whom the prophecy is given and the ruler if mentioned. Note what will happen to the nation and why. Seven of the thirteen dates in Ezekiel are in this section Ezek — ; Ezek — ; Ezek — ; Ezek — ; Ezek — ; Ezek — ; Ezek — Four of these dates refer to a day and month in b.
Mark every reference to time. Do not miss when the visions or prophecies were given to Ezekiel. Mark every key word. In the margin list what you learn from marking covenant and then compare it with what you observed about covenant in Ezekiel Continue noting the same observations from marking every occurrence of know that I am the Lord. Also list what you learn about the Spirit, heart, and the glory of God. Read the chapter again. List God's instructions to Ezekiel "the son of man".
Note to whom or to what he was to speak and what the message was to be. Put a symbol next to any indication of timing. Also note any symbolic acts he was to perform and why. As you begin observing this final segment, read Ezek , 2, 3, 4, 5. In a distinctive way, mark when the final vision is given.
Then in the margin list who gives it, how , where , and what Ezekiel is to do. Remember to read for the literal sense of the passage, even if you do not completely understand the text.
Resist the urge to glance at what the commentaries say until you have carefully observed the text. The most prominent feature of this much-disputed passage is the temple which Ezekiel saw in vision. Where is it to be placed? How is it to be interpreted? These and similar questions have disturbed Bible students and occupied their researches ever since Ezekiel published his vision. There are fewer subjects concerning which greater contrariety of opinion prevails. Much of the literature on the subject is a veritable labyrinth of confusion.
The reader is left in a maze, either groping for a mere ethereal and imaginary temple that was never supposed to have any substantial existence at all, or else being presented with an actual sanctuary set in an environment which clashes at every turn with the plans and specifications outlined by the prophet. Mark key words as before; however, add to your list temple sanctuary, house , holy, offering, and gate s. The phrase " know that I am the Lord " is not used in this final segment.
Watch for and record the reason for the vision of the temple and its measurements. Also note what you learn about the glory of the Lord and the Spirit , and their relationship the temple or sanctuary. Compare this with what you saw in Ezekiel 8 through Warning: This last segment of Ezekiel may seem a little boring after the first 39 chapters.
Don't get bogged down in all the temple measurements. Be sure to read the last verse of the book. Timeline of Ezekiel. Make sure you note or mark when the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel.
Read each chapter and once again: a. List the theme of each chapter as before. Read each chapter carefully and do the following: a. Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For five years he languished in despair. Instead, He is a universal God who commands and controls persons and nations. His call experience transformed Ezekiel. He used art in drawing a depiction of Jerusalem, symbolic actions and unusual conduct to secure attention.
He cut his hair and beard to demonstrate what God would do to Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Instead of caring for the sheep of Israel, they cared for themselves. They ate well, were well-clothed and well-cared for by the very people they had been placed over Ezekiel
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