Lessons From Ezekiel

Even in their rebellion God wants them to know without a doubt that a God sent prophet was sent to them. Not to their great grandchildren but personally to them.  God still cares. God is still interested in them. God is still reaching out. He is still willing to have a relationship with them. This is the love of God. And how exactly are they to know that Ezekiel is a prophet of God. Well if you know about some of the prophets of old you know that God had many of them do kind of strange things as object lessons. One time God had a prophet marry a prostitute who left him. It was an illustration of how the people of Israel were in a covenant relationship with God but they left God to love idols and false gods. So in the tradition of the prophets who were used to give visual object lessons God is going to send Ezekiel. But to really make a statement that a prophet is among them the object lessons and visuals are going to be huge and powerful and well… wow with an exclamation point.

General Information about Ezekiel

The book covers 595 B.C. to 574 B.C.

Ezekiel was both priest and a major prophet.

Jeremiah and Ezekiel lived at the same time.

The book has 3 divisions:

  1) Before the Siege of Jerusalem Ch. 1 – 24

  2) During the Siege Ch 25 – 32

  3) After the fall of Jerusalem Ch 33 – 48