Ezekiel God will strengthen

King Nebuchadnezzar

605-562 B.C.

Ezekiel's Call – Chapters 1-3

Prophecy/Judah – Chapters 4-24

Prophecy/Nations – Chapters 25-32

Prophecy/Future – Chapters 33-48

Ezekiel’s Call Chapters 1 – 3

About 5 years before

the third siege of

Jerusalem

Cherub • Cherub were placed on the lid of

the Ark.

• Solomon placed two huge ones in the Holy of Holies.

• Cherubim were embroidered on the Veil of the Tabernacle and Temple, separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies.

• The walls of the Temple, both interior and exterior had cherubim on them.

• The brazen sea was adorned with figures of lions, oxen, and cherubim.

Ezekiel’s first sermon lasted from August 7, 593 B.C. to about October 12, 592 B.C. (431 Days – Over 14 months)

King Zedekiah was on the throne – false prophets were predicting the rise of Judah and fall of Babylon – pesky Jeremiah said the opposite (Jeremiah 50-51). Loyal Jews were helping plan revolt.

This sermon was delivered about three years before the final siege of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was under siege from about January 588 B.C. to July 10, 586 B.C. - about 30 months

Chapters 4-7

Ezekiel’s

first sermon

was acted

out over 14

months

3 Weeks Before the First

Public Sermon

• It is now Sept. 17, 592 (Sermon

given on October 12, 592)

• Ezekiel 8:1 It came about in the sixth

year, on the fifth of the sixth month, as I

was sitting in my house with the elders

of Judah sitting before me, that the hand

of the Lord GOD fell on me there.

Departure of God Chapters 8-11

• Chapter 8 - Ezekiel was first confronted with the wickedness of the people in the temple.

• Chapter 9 – Ezekiel was shown the slaughter of the people of Jerusalem.

• Chapter 10 - God's glory departed from the temple.

• Chapter 11 - Judgment was pronounced on the rulers.

The Mark

The word mark is the Hebrew word tav, which is the name of the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet. In Ezekiel’s day the tav was written like an X or sloped cross.

Warning Messages

1. Baggage and a hole in the wall 12:1-28

2. False Prophets – whitewashed wall - Women fortune tellers 13:1-23

3. Idols (pellets of dung) of the Heart and Righteous Noah, Daniel and Job 14:1-23

4. Worthless Wood - Fire 15:1-8

5. Jerusalem's history illustrated as a woman 16:1-63

6. The riddle and parable of the two eagles 17:1-24

7. Sermon on individual punishment/God’s justice 18:1-32

8. Dirge of the Lion and Vine 19:1-14

4½ years of Warnings Call - July 31, 593 (Chapters 1-3)

Daily Play - Aug. 7, 593 to Oct.12, 592 (Chapters 4-7)

Vision of Jerusalem - Sept. 17, 592 (Chapters 8-11)

Warning Messages – Oct.592 to July 591(Chapters 12-19)

Final Prophecies - Aug. 14, 591 (Chapters 20-23)

Judgment - January 15, 588 (Chapter 24)

Jerusalem was under siege from about January 588 B.C. to July 10, 586 B.C. - about 30 months

Psamtik II

In August 591

B.C. Pharoah

Psamtik II had just

defeated Kush and

marched into

Judah to help King

Zedekiah rebel

against Babylon.

Judgment

Jan.15, 588

Jerusalem

Final Seige

Begins

Chapter 24

Messages During the Siege January 588 to July 586 (18 months)

• Undated: Ammon 25:1-7, Moab 25:8-11, Edom 25:12-14, Philistia 25:15-17

• January 587 - Egypt 29:1- 30:19

• April 587- Pharaoh 30:20-26

• June 587 - Egypt's fall compared to Assyria's fall chapter 31

• Between April 23, 587 to April 586 – Tyre 26:1—28:19, Sidon 28:20-24

Will Know that I Am the LORD

Ezekiel 33:21 January 19,585

Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the

fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from

Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city

has been taken.

The city fell in July 586 (2 Kings 25:2-7).

The news of Jerusalem's fall reached the

exiles in Babylon about five months after

the city fell. According to Ezra 7:6-9 this is

the normal time it took to make this trip.

Prophecy/Future

A. Renewed Call to the Prophet Chapter 33

B. Restoration Promised Chapters 34 - 39

C. Ezekiel's Visions of the Future Chapters 38 - 48

Restoration Promised

Chapters 34-37

1. God will be their Shepherd Chapter 34

2. Cleansing of the Promised Land 35:1-36:15

3. New Heart/New Spirit by Grace 36:16-36:38

4. Vision - Dry Bones Live 37:1-14

5. Illustration -Two Sticks Rejoined 37:15-28

Chapters 38 and 39

Ezekiel 38:1-3

1 And the word of the LORD came

to me saying, 2 Son of man, set

your face toward Gog of the land

of Magog, the prince of Rosh,

Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy

against him 3 and say, thus says

the Lord GOD, Behold, I am

against you, O Gog, prince of

Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

Gog from Magog

Leader of ? Ezekiel refers to Gog three times (38:2, 38:3 and 39:1). Rosh can be a place or a title. If Rosh is a place it has historically been thought to be Southern Russia. Gog, Prince of Russia.

But “Rosh” in Hebrew most often means chief or head. (For example Rosh Hashanah means Chief/Head of the Year – first day of the year). If Rosh is a title, Gog is the Chief, or chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. (“Rosh” is translated head or chief 423 times in the Bible)

Magog, Meshech and Tubal

But More Importantly! Not

where is He from – Will

God Protect?

1 3 2 4

Future Hope 40—48

A New Temple 40:1- 42:20

Return of God's Glory 43:1-11

Ordinances 43:12—46:24

New Israel 47—48

40:5- 42:20

Chapters

47- 48

Ezekiel

48:35 …

And the

name of the

city from that

time on shall

be, The

LORD Is

There.

Ezekiel 1:1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (July 31, 593 – 30 years old)

Ezekiel 40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me to the city. (Apr. 28, 573 – 50 years old)

Ezekiel 29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: …19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. (April 26, 571 – 52 years old)(Nebuchadnezzar invaded and defeated Egypt about 568 B.C. - 3 years later)

The Final Promise of

Ezekiel – The Lord Is

There!