Ezekiel 1:1-28 — Ezekiel’s Vision of God’s Glory
THE FOUNDATION FOR DIVINE CALLING IS THE VISION OF GOD’S GLORY COMING IN JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 2:1-10 — Commissioning of Ezekiel with Message of Judgment
THERE CAN BE NO DEVIATION OF MISSION OR MESSAGE IN PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD OF JUDGMENT DESPITE OPPOSITION AND REJECTION
Ezekiel 3:1-15 — Reinforcement of the Commissioning of the Faithful Communicator of God’s Word
THE REINFORCEMENT OF EZEKIEL’S COMMISSIONING STRESSES
• THE VALUE OF THE WORD OF GOD,
• THE RESOLVE TO FAITHFULLY COMMUNICATE GOD’S WORD
• AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
Ezekiel 3:16-27 — Commissioned as the Lord’s Watchman Over Israel
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A WATCHMAN INVOLVES THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF FAITHFULLY COMMUNICATING GOD’S WORDS OF WARNING TO THOSE IN NEED OF REPENTANCE
Ezekiel 4:1-8 — The Upcoming Siege of Jerusalem
GOD HAS SET HIS FACE IN JUDGMENT AGAINST JERUSALEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DURATION OF HER INIQUITIES
Ezekiel 4:9-17 — Famine Conditions of Jerusalem Siege — The Sign of the Unclean Food
SINNERS CAN EXPECT GOD’S HORRIFYING JUDGMENT IN THE FORM OF EXTREME DEPRIVATION AND HUMILIATING DEFILEMENT
Ezekiel 5:1-17 — The Sign of the Shaved Head and Divided Hair
CATASTROPHIC PUNISHMENT OF APOSTATE JERUSALEM EXECUTED BY THE ANGRY DIVINE JUDGE BEFORE A WATCHING WORLD
Ezekiel 6:1-14 — Know that I am the Lord
DIVINE JUDGMENT EXALTS THE SUPREMACY OF THE LORD IN THE EYES OF BOTH THE JEWS IN ISRAEL AND THE EXILES DISPERSED AMONG THE NATIONS
Ezekiel 7:1-27 — Finality of the Imminent Judgment
GOD’S PROMISED IMMINENT AND COMPREHENSIVE JUDGMENT AGAINST JUDAH REPAYS SINFUL ABOMINATIONS WITH HORRIFIC AND INESCAPABLE ABOMINATIONS
Ezekiel 8:1-18 — Visions of Temple Pollution Leading to Judgment
IDOLATROUS ABOMINATIONS POLLUTING THE TEMPLE AROUSE DIVINE JEALOUSY AND DISGUST
Ezekiel 9:1-11 — Destruction or Deliverance?
THE MARK OF GOD DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN JUDGMENT AND PRESERVATION
Ezekiel 10:1-22 — Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple
JERUSALEM WILL BE JUDGED BY FIRE AFTER THE GLORY OF GOD DEPARTS FROM THE TEMPLE
Ezekiel 11:1-25 — Final Departure of the Glory of the Lord
AS THE GLORY OF THE LORD DEPARTS JERUSALEM, EZEKIEL’S VISION CONCLUDES WITH WORDS OF JUDGMENT AND OF MERCY
Ezekiel 12:1-20 — Popping the Balloon of False Optimism
KING ZEDEKIAH AND THE JEWS STILL IN JERUSALEM SHOULD FEAR IMMINENT DEPORTATION
– IT IS CERTAIN
– IT WILL BE DEVASTATING
Ezekiel 12:21-28 — How Long? — Where is the Promise of?
FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY SILENCES ANY MOCKING OF DELAY IN GOD’S TIMETABLE
Ezekiel 13:1-23 — Both Male and Female False Prophets Condemned
FALSE PROPHETS AND PRACTITIONERS OF THE OCCULT MUST BE CONDEMNED FOR THEIR LIES AND EMPTY PROMISES THAT ORIGINATE FROM THEIR OWN CRYSTAL BALL
Ezekiel 14:1-11 — Hypocritical Idolatrous Elders Denounced
HIDDEN IDOLATRY PROVES TO BE A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR SIN AND A RED FLAG IN TERMS OF DIVINE CONFRONTATION AND CONDEMNATION
Ezekiel 14:12-23 — Impossibility of Jerusalem Surviving Divine Punishment
JERUSALEM CANNOT ESCAPE JUDGMENT EVEN IF THE MOST RIGHTEOUS MEN INTERCEDE
Ezekiel 15:1-8 — The Worthless Vine
JERUSALEM AS THE WORTHLESS VINE CAN’T ESCAPE THE CONSUMING FIRE OF GOD’S JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 16:1-63 — Roller Coaster Story of Unfaithful Jerusalem
DESPITE UNPRECEDENTED ABOMINATIONS, PRIVILEGED BUT UNFAITHFUL JERUSALEM WILL BE RESTORED TO COVENANT SECURITY AFTER APPROPRIATE JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 17:1-24 — Parable of the Two Eagles and the Vine
JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM JUSTIFIED IN LIGHT OF THE TREACHERY OF ZEDEKIAH BUT ULTIMATELY SUPERSEDED BY MESSIANIC RESTORATION
Ezekiel 18:1-32 — Principle of Individual Accountability for Conduct
GOD CANNOT BE ACCUSED OF INJUSTICE BECAUSE HE HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS OWN CONDUCT
Ezekiel 19:1-14 — Lament over Failed Leadership
THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY HAS GONE DOWN IN FLAMES DUE TO FAILED LEADERSHIP
Ezekiel 20:1-32 — Israel’s History of Sin
ISRAEL’S CONSISTENT PATTERN OF SIN DOWN THROUGH HER HISTORY JUSTIFIES GOD’S JUDGMENT AND MAGNIFIES HIS MERCY
Ezekiel 20:33-44 — Millennial Restoration
MILLENNAL RESTORATION TRANSFORMS WORSHIP AND GLORIFIES GOD
Ezekiel 20:45 – 21:32 — Certainty of Devastating Judgment
THE SWORD OF THE LORD WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION OF JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 22:1-22 — The Bloody City Burned Up and Dispersed by God’s Wrath
JERUSALEM DESERVED THE FURNACE OF GOD’S JUDGMENT BECAUSE OF HER DOCUMENTED ABOMINATIONS
Ezekiel 22:23-31 — Who Will Stand in the Gap?
GOD WILL UNLEASH DIVINE WRATH UPON HIS CORRUPT HOLY CITY
Ezekiel 23:1-49 — Two Sisters of Harlotry and Their Horrible Judgment
THE ABOMINABLE SINS OF PERSISTENT SPIRITUAL HARLOTRY DEMAND SEVERE JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 24:1-27 — Day of Reckoning for Jerusalem
DESPITE HER FALSE SECURITY, JERUSALEM EXPERIENCES THE DEVASTATION OF DESERVED JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 25:1-17 — Prophecies against Nations Close to Judah
MISTREATMENT AND MALICE TOWARDS ISRAEL BY SURROUNDING PROUD PAGAN NATIONS WILL BE PUNISHED BY GOD
Ezekiel 26:1-21 — Prophecy of the Destruction of Tyre
WAVES OF INVADING NATIONS (BEGINNING WITH KING NEBUCHADNEZAR) WILL UTTERLY DESTROY TYRE WHO HAD HOPED TO PROFIT BY JERUSALEM’S DESTRUCTION
Ezekiel 27:1-36 — The Shipwreck of Tyre — Precursor to the Titanic
BOASTING IN PROSPERITY AND PROMINENCE BRINGS GOD’S DEVASTATING JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 28:1-26 — Proud King of Tyre Struck Down (Along with Sidon)
GOD STRIKES DOWN ARROGANT POLITICAL LEADERS (MOTIVATED BY SATAN) WHO BOAST IN THEIR WEALTH AND GLORY WHILE RESTORING ISRAEL TO A SECURE FUTURE IN THE PROMISED LAND
Ezekiel 29:1-21 — The Fate of Egypt
IMAGES OF A CAPTURED MONSTER CROCODILE AND A BROKEN REED SPEAK TO THE DEMISE OF EGYPT AS GOD REASSURES HIS PEOPLE
Ezekiel 30:1-19 — The Impact of the Day of the Lord on Egypt and Her Allies
THE COMING JUDGMENT ON EGYPT PREFIGURES THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DAY OF THE LORD AND IMPACTS EGYPT’S ALLIES
Ezekiel 30:20-26 — Arms Battle
ULTIMATE SUCCESS OR FAILURE COMES FROM THE ARM OF THE LORD —
BREAKING THE ARMS OF PHARAOH AND STRENGTHENING THE ARMS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR
Ezekiel 31:1-18 — The Felling of the Mighty Tree
IF THE POWERFUL NATION OF ASSYRIA CAN SUFFER SUCH A HUMILIATING DEMISE, HOW MUCH MORE THE ARROGANT NATION OF EGYPT
Ezekiel 32:1-16 — Lament over the Fall of Pharaoh and of Egypt
GOD PROMISES TO UTTERLY DESTROY PHARAOH AND EGYPT
Ezekiel 32:17-32 — Second Lament — Egypt Hits Bottom in Sheol
DESCENT INTO SHEOL ELIMINATES ALL BOASTING FOR EGYPT AS SHE IS NO BETTER OFF THAN ANY NATION THAT WAS JUDGED FOR VIOLENCE
Ezekiel 33:1-20 — Ezekiel as the Faithful Watchman
ISRAEL MUST RESPOND IN REPENTANCE TO EZEKIEL’S WARNINGS AS A FAITHFUL WATCHMAN APPOINTED BY GOD
Ezekiel 33:21-33 — Restoration Impossible Apart from Obedience to God’s Word
REJECTION OF GOD’S PROPHETIC WORD CONFIRMS BOTH THE REMNANT IN JUDAH AND THE EXILES IN BABYLON ON THEIR PATH TO CONTINUED DIVINE JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 34:1-31 — The Lord is Our Shepherd-King and We are His People
RESTORATION REQUIRES REPLACING SELFISH FORMER SHEPHERDS WITH THE MESSIANIC SHEPHERD-KING = THE NEW DAVID
Ezekiel 35:1 – 36:15 — Judgment for Mount Seir vs. Blessing for the Mountains of Israel
THE RESTORATION OF YAHWEH’S LAND REQUIRES FIRST RENDERING EDOM DESOLATE FOR HER TREATMENT OF ISRAEL
Ezekiel 36:16-38 — God’s Motivation for the Restoration of Israel
THE VINDICATION OF GOD’S REPUTATION MOTIVATES THE GRACIOUS RESTORATION OF HIS WAYWARD ELECT NATION
Ezekiel 37:1-28 — Revival and Reunification — The Valley of Dry Bones and the Joining of Two STicks
GOD WILL POWERFULLY WORK THROUGH REVIVAL AND REUNIFICATION TO ACCOMPLISH HIS ULTIMATE KINGDOM AGENDA FOR HIS ELECT NATION ISRAEL
Ezekiel 38:1 – 39:29 — Defeating the Gog Squad
YAHWEH GLORIFIES HIS NAME BY HIS SOVEREIGN CONTROL AND COVENANT PROTECTION OF ISRAEL AGAINST THE INVADING CONFEDERACY OF NATIONS LED BY GOG IN THE END TIMES
Ezekiel 40:1 – 42:20 — The Vision of the Restored Temple — Taking the Tour
WORSHIP MATTERS TO THE LORD AS SEEN IN HIS PRECISE DESIGN OF THE RESTORED TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM IN THE LAST DAYS
Ezekiel 43:1-12 — God’s Glory Returns to the New Millennial Temple
THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF THE LORD’S MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE RETURNS TO THE NEW MILLENNIAL TEMPLE TO REIGN IN HOLINESS
Ezekiel 43:13-27 — The Altar of Sacrifice
AT THE HEART OF WORSHIP, GOD DEMANDS ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE FOR SIN
Ezekiel 44:1-31 — Protection of the Sanctity of the Sanctuary
THE PRIVILEGE OF ACCESS TO GOD MUST BE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BY DIVINE STANDARDS OF HOLINESS
Ezekiel 45:1-25 — Focus on Worship in the New Temple in the Millennial Era
WORSHIP IN THE MILLENNIAL ERA REQUIRES:
– SECURING THE SANCTITY OF THE SANCTUARY
– STOPPING THE FORMER PRACTICE OF GREED AND EXPLOITATION BY THE CORRUPT LEADERS IN FAVOR OF FAIR BUSINESS DEALINGS
– SUPPORTING THE PRINCE IN HIS ROLE OF ADMINISTERING THE VARIOUS OFFERINGS
– CELEBRATING THE SPECIAL NATIONAL FEASTS WITH APPROPRIATE OFFERINGS
Ezekiel 46:1-24 — Specific Regulations Regarding Access via Temple Gates, the Role of the Prince and the Use of Temple Kitchens
THE HOLINESS OF GOD, THE SANCTITY OF WORSHIP AND THE PROTECTION OF LAND OWNERSHIP GOVERNED BY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
Ezekiel 47:1-12 — The River of Life
THE LIFE-GIVING WATER FLOWING FROM THE TEMPLE BECOMES A POWERFUL RIVER
Ezekiel 47:13 – 48:35 — God Dwells with His People in the Promised Land
ISRAEL’S POSSESSION OF HER INHERITANCE IN THE PROMISED LAND ALLOWS HER TO ENJOY THE ABIDING PRESENCE OF GOD