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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
2 Kings 25:22-30 — Hint of Hope — 2 Appendices — Tying Up Loose Ends
DESPITE JUDAH’S SAD ENDING, ALL IS NOT LOST FOREVER
2 Kings 25:1-21 — The Fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity
GOD TURNS THE LIGHTS OUT ON HIS HOLY CITY AND EXILES HIS APOSTATE PEOPLE —
DESTRUCTION, DEPORTATION, DESECRATION, EXECUTION AND EXILE
2 Kings 23:31 – 24:20 — Judah’s Kings Controlled by Either Egypt or Babylon
GOD’S CONTROL OF THE NATIONS CONTROLS THE FATE OF HIS PEOPLE