A Jewish man purchases groceries in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. Jesus is. Furthermore, the Lord gives instructions to Ezekiel to tell the Israelites that it is time to rebuild Gods house. Ezekiel's Wheel was a magnificent vision that God showed him. Can these bones live? asks God. Nonetheless, Ezekiel shared many ideas in common with the Deuteronomists, notably the notion that God works according to the principle of retributive justice and an ambivalence towards kingship (although the Deuteronomists reserved their scorn for individual kings rather than for the office itself). His words are so power that one of the Judean idolaters, a man named Pelatiah, falls down dead (11:13)[3] Ezekiel must not have been too pleased with that event, but he knew he needed to listen to the voice of the Lord speaking unto him. Little did I know when I began reading this text that it would so completely satisfy two of my greatest pleasures; studying the Word of God and studying peoples history., reason except that is who He wanted. Approximately 65 occurrences of the clause (or variations) Then they will know that I am the Lord testify to that divine desire and intention (see note on 6:7). [5], The Book of Ezekiel describes itself as the words of Ezekiel ben-Buzi, a priest living in exile in the city of Babylon between 593 and 571 BCE. Before the physical restoration can take place, there must be a renewal of faith. The four plagues Chapter 5 Chapter 6:1-8 4. First, you shall live. Visions could vary in kind, differing in such things as length, intensity, number of symbols, and whether the vision was perceived in the spirit, as in a dream, or by the conscious physical senses. 1:1). Our devotion to the word of God then marks our lives and becomes a testimony to the faithfulness of God and his word. I was by the Kebar River among the people who had been , , Download. Here he shows them lost in reverence as they acknowledge the power and unshakable moral purpose of God. ", "The Gog and Magog Tradition in Ezekiel 20:8", International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible: Ezekiel, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel&oldid=1132590694. Of course, Bibles For Israel does not condone such travelling. That is not the way to get to know God, and one does not need a spiritual chariot to meet with God. The OT in general and the prophets in particular presuppose and teach Gods sovereignty over all creation, over people and nations and the course of history. To bookmark your articles to Read Later - please sign in. These visions can even be applied today in the modern day church and show how much God loves His people despite repetitive sin. The book of Ezekiel opens up with a vision that is quite startling in itself. In Ezekiels day the Lord publicly proved that the promises of peace were false: I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. This is not for her sake alone, but to make sure the nations do finally see that He is the one, true, holy and sovereign God of the universe. In the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible and in all other English Bibles, the book follows on from the Song of Solomon or Song of Songs. 1:10). [22], As a priest, Ezekiel is fundamentally concerned with the Kavod YHWH, a technical phrase meaning the presence (shekhinah) of YHWH (i.e., one of the Names of God) among the people, in the Tabernacle, and in the Temple, and normally translated as "glory of God". They have a human form ( Ezek. Those slain under the altar Chapter.6 Chapter 6:9-11 5. Ezekiel was one of the prophet who were taken into exile along with King Jehoiachin. 1 It was the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month of our captivity. This resurrection of life is to happen in stages: Bone align themselves together; tendons attach the bones to each other; flesh covers the bones; and finally, the breath of God (literally, His Ruach or Spirit) brings the bones to life as they stand on their feet and form a mighty army. Unfortunately, at Ezekiel's time most of God's chosen people had been carried back to . [26], Previous prophets had used "Israel" to mean the northern kingdom and its tribes; when Ezekiel speaks of Israel he is addressing the deported remnant of Judah; at the same time, however, he can use this term to mean the glorious future destiny of a truly comprehensive "Israel". I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates, to seize spoil and carry off plunder [among] the people who were gathered from the nations. (38:1112). History Suggests It Isnt. The main works of Merkabah mysticism was composed in Israel from AD 200 to 700, and is a precursor to Kabbalah mysticism. He isolates the oracles and speeches behind the present text, and traces Ezekiel's interaction with a mass of mythological, legendary and literary material as he developed his insights into Yahweh's purposes during the period of destruction and exile. The Jewish People are certainly coming back to the Land of Israel and settling there as God promised through many prophets, including Ezekiel. 20:1: The scene here is from heaven to earth as an angel comes down to earth having the key and a great chain with him; the key refers to access; to open access or to grant access to thus access is granted to this angel to bind Satan., This report supplies an overview of the Book of Revelation prepared by Leoner Suarez a biblical theologian with the purpose to contribute knowledge and understanding of the book of Revelation to the biblical studies program of Kean University. It does not matter how awful we are, how many times we walk away thinking that we can do a better job at running our life than He can, how many times we break His heart, it is His desire to be with us, even if that means us leaving Him a hundred times, His love will draw us back a hundred and one times. database? The most influential modern scholarly work on Ezekiel, Walther Zimmerli's two-volume commentary, appeared in German in 1969 and in English in 1979 and 1983. In the 1st century CE the historian Josephus said that the prophet wrote two books: he may have had in mind the Apocryphon of Ezekiel, a 1st-century CE text that expands on the doctrine of resurrection. These faces always face the same direction ( Ezek. Behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 41. Prior to this time, Judah had been a vassal of the Assyrian empire, but the rapid decline of Assyria after c. 630 led Josiah to assert his independence and institute a religious reform stressing loyalty to Yahweh, the national God of Israel. What dreams and visions motivate the characters of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck? Pallazzo Pitti, Florence. Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be My people, and I will be your God. (Ezekiel 36:2224, 28). Danielhad already been taken captive into Babylon in about 605 BC during Nebuchadnezzars preliminary siege. Ezekiel glimpses the interior of the throne room because Yahweh is about to invite him to take his place among the living creatures. support@phdessay.com. His most recent book is a commentary on 1 & 2 Chronicles (Brazos Press, 2019). Through it all, God's powerful acts of justice and promises of undeserved covenant blessing display his heart for us to know and adore. Hes the living chariot of God, come from heaven to live among exiles, his face shining with the light of Gods glory. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics, philosophy, treatises, dramas, songs, epics, biographies, and letters. (Israeli Embassy in Russia photo). After the vision, the Lord speaks directly to Ezekiel and gives him instruction. collected. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations. And the spirit entered into me when He spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard Him that speak unto me. In Ezekiel, though, the movement is the opposite. [2] This chapter is part of a larger complex consisting of Ezekiel 1:1-3:15 which belongs to the genre of the prophetic call narrative, [3] and it details how YHWH arrives in his chariot to speak with Ezekiel. In Ezekiel, you see that God uses every part of Himself to draw His people back to Him, almost in an underlying message to say, Please come back to Me, I just love you so much and I miss you. Known as Mirkevet Yechezkel, "the Chariot of Ezekiel ," the reading speaks of the revelation to Ezekiel in which he saw the entire gamut of divine beings in what he describes as a "chariot.". initiative, where were encouraging Christians and churches to read together through Gods Word in a year. 1:21). He promises: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. There is a thread of Jewish mysticism based on Ezekiels chariot or Merkabah. Its thought that Ezekiel describes a path of ascent into heavenly places to the throne of God. From a distance, Ezekiel sees what Israel saw, a storm wind and a great cloud flashing with lightning and fire. The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974) is a book by Josef F. Blumrich (March 17, 1913 - February 10, 2002) about a spaceship that was supposedly observed by the prophet Ezekiel, written while the author was chief of NASA's systems layout branch of the program development office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. And nowhere in the Bible are Gods initiative and control expressed more clearly and pervasively than in the book of Ezekiel. But Yahwehs glory also appears as a four-cornered sanctuary, as the four-faced nation of Israel, as a four-man royal entourage. The Good News and Hope for all mankind that Ezekiel and every prophet of God shared regarding sin, no matter how detestable, is the same: Repent! The visions, and the book, are structured around three themes: (1) Judgment on Israel (chapters 1-24); (2) Judgment on the nations (chapters 25-32); and (3) Future blessings for Israel (chapters 33-48). The vision of the temple. He asked them to do his work. However, while we are seeing a physical fulfillment at this time, the spiritual restoration seems like it is yet to come since many are coming in unbelief of both God and their Mashiach, Yeshua. Ezekiel was a prophet to the exiles who were living in captivity in Babylo. Episode 6 | Visions of Ezekiel Lion and Lamb Ministries 63.1K subscribers Subscribe 489 10K views 1 month ago Join Monte as he looks at the visions given to the #prophet #Ezekiel. Ezekiel 1-33. (Photo by Greg Hirson). Ezek. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes. God choses whomever He wants to give His messages to His people. The Lord had descended on Sinai in a storm cloud (Ex. He also sees the man with the writers inkhorn who marks the foreheads of the faithful ones. 3.9K views, 177 likes, 38 loves, 20 comments, 75 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Lion and Lamb Ministries: Join Monte as he looks at the visions given to the #prophet #Ezekiel. The information contained in this report was obtained from various websites, such as http://www.biblegateway.com, www.revelationcommentary.org and www.keyway.ca, God used people to speak his words for him. The haftarah for the first day of Shavuot is of the most hallowed portions of the Bible. The very place where Ezekiel saw the visions was the place where Satan instigated the greatest rebellion against God among the fallen people. Answer: There are only two Old Testament scriptures that directly reference this strange heavenly vision of a "wheel within a wheel" observed by the prophet Ezekiel. [1] This was Ezekiels reaction of the vision God imparted to him. [8] This last statement is incredible. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was the color of beryl, and the four of them had the same likeness. They are actual practices by a Chosen People whom God had set apart and given a role in sharing holiness with the neighboring nations, so they could come to know and worship the one true God as well. 7:24. . It also suggests that it should not be done alone. The various dates given in the book suggest that Ezekiel was 25 when he went into exile, 30 when he received his prophetic call, and 52 at the time of the last vision c.571. 2532 teach that the nations likewise will know God through his judgments; and chs. 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, 3 the word of the . Ezekiel sees the glory Moses and Solomon saw, but Ezekiel doesnt sees it on Sinai, at Shiloh, or in Jerusalem. 78:23; Mal. . I want you to see what you have done against Me, not so that I can punish you, but so that there will not be anything between us again and we can freely commune. The messages he received from God were intense and different than other prophets of Israel. Lesson 6 Ezekiel the Prophet of Visions in the Old Testament Unit 13 The Prophets. For Ezekiel and his people, these years were bitter ones because the remnant of the Israelite domain, the little state of Judah, was eliminated by the rising Babylonian empire under Nebuchadrezzar (reigned 605-562 bc ). As the cloud approaches, he sees whats insideliving beings, later identified as cherubim (Ezek. Ezekiel Chapter 1. Its a remarkable rare occurrence in Scripture. What a contrast visions and weeping! When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD.. This is an extremely fascinating word that the Lord uses. The hand of the LORD was upon me there: For the third time ( Ezekiel 1:3, 3:14) Ezekiel experienced this. Important Vision #3 Ezekiel 37:1-14. Amazingly, Ezekiel describes all of these future scenarios that we have seen unfold in our generation. Like Isaiahs vision of glory (Isa. He is specifically mentioned by Ben Sirah (a writer of the Hellenistic period who listed the "great sages" of Israel) and 4 Maccabees (1st century CE). Old Testament Overviews. Beside each of the living creatures is a wheel of sparkling beryl, wheels that move at the direction of the living creatures, since the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels (Ezek. 3348 promise that God will be known through the restoration and spiritual renewal of Israel. He even described in detail what these detestable practices were: You took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured as an offering by fire to them. (16:2021), In all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood and the Lord picked them up, cleaned them and clothed them. (16:22), At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself to any passerby and multiplying your whoring. (16:25). Ezekiel is different. Repent and live! (18:3032). In chapter 8 Ezekiels vision starts out and talks about false values. We can get so caught up in the strange details of Ezekiels vision that we miss the concrete setting. [5] Now, in the book of Ezekiel, there is not much, if any, information on how Israel responded or how Ezekiel shared these prophecies. Notice the sequence of promised event. Christians are no different. [1], Ezekiel is referenced more in the Book of Revelation than in any other New Testament writing. 1:4). Ezekiel was a prophet who ministered to the nation Israel during the Babylonian captivity (606-536 B.C.). He is believed to have prophesied from about 592 to 570 B.C., almost a quarter-century, between and overlapping . Ezekiel unashamedly spoke the truth to Israel about their sin, their captivity and how the people could be redeemed from it. Ezekiels directional indications may seem extraneous, but they hint at connections with other four-corner arrangements in the Bible. Each cherub has four facesthe face of a bull, a lion, an eagle, and a man ( Ezek. 1. There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out. (13:1011). For instance, if Ezekiel did not warn a righteous person about committing iniquity, God said that person shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. In T. Longman III & D. E. Garland (Eds. b. Ezekiel Sees the Glory & Receives the Call Chapter 4 -24 Judgments Against Judah Chapter 25-32 Judgments Against the Gloating Nations Chapter 33-39 Restoration of Israel to the LORD Chapter 40-48 Visions of the Temple Note that the breakpoint at Ezekiel 25 marks the end of Ezekiel's prophecies of doom and gloom for Judah. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates, to seize spoil and carry off plunder [among] the people who were gathered from the nations., Bibles for Israel and the Messianic Bible Project, egathering and restoration of the Jewish People. The cherubim and wheels and the expanse are only mechanisms to move the enthroned one from place to place. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rebuked the worlds leaders for this lie in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Oct. 1, 2015: Irans rulers promise to destroy my country, murder my people, and the response from this body the response from nearly every one of the governments represented here has been absolutely nothing utter silence deafening silence.. Preface and glimpse of the spirit world. He is clearly connected with the Holiness Code and its vision of a future dependent on keeping the Laws of God and maintaining ritual purity. Date: Ezekiel began his ministry at 30 years of age (1:1; cf. Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!" (Ezekiel 14:6) At the same time, others who called themselves prophets led Israel to believe that there would be no destruction in Jerusalem, that its walls would not be breached nor its families taken into exile: Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, Peace, when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash, say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! Save time and let our verified experts help you. Some of these consist of Ezekiel eating the scroll that God gave him to eat (3:1-3), sleeping on his side symbolizing the sin of the ouse of Israel (4:4) , shaving, burning and scattering his hair (5:1-17) packing his belongings and leaving for exile as a sign to the prince of Jerusalem (12:1-16). Views 561. As much as I knew this before, I think it is far too easy to assume that because you may not visually see God doing and working things out in your life, that He does not care or exist. Everything that he said came directly from the Lord. The Visions of Ezekiel e) The Refuse (32:5) 32:5 "I will lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse. Occasion: Ezekiel is writing from Babylon for the people exiled . Later, the same glory filled Solomons temple, consecrating the Lords house (1 Kings 8:11). Ezekiel also prophesied the coming destruction, but he focused his efforts on telling the Israelites why God was exiling them and how they could get right with the Lord again. Ill even give you instructions of how to build the temple and the laws that I have for you to follow. 1:5), but with bronze legs and hooved feet (Ezek. According to Jewish tradition, the Men of the Great Assembly wrote the Book of Ezekiel, based on the prophet's words. Type your requirements and I'll connect Overall, chs. [1] According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years from 593 to 571BCE, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very words of the prophet.[2]. The wrath of God Chapter 7 Chapter 6:12-17 6. Not only does the book present a striking picture of the resurrection and restoration of God's people ( Ezekiel 37 ), it . Images included wheels within wheels, four creatures with four faces, lots of eyes, fames of fire, a crystalline canopy upon which was a throne and on it was seated a glorious being and all were moving in unison in . [26] The image of the valley of dry bones returning to life in chapter 37 signifies the restoration of the purified Israel. Its later influence has included the development of mystical and apocalyptic traditions in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. Let them consider the plan, and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple-its arrangement, its exit and entrances--its whole design and all its regulations and laws. And third, you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it. Josiah was killed in 609 and Judah became a vassal of the new regional power, the Neo-Babylonian empire. Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. 9. 4] I will put my ruach within you. As many people assume that the Holy Spirit is not active in the Old Testament, the Lord proves every one of those people wrong. God uses Ezekiel's six visions to teach us important lessons: The Vision of God (The Vision of the Throne-Chariot and Living Creatures). In this vision the Lord is as a teacher and instructs Ezekiel. Ezekiel did not have just one vision but several and the explanation of each requires an scholars understanding. 40:3435). 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