Old Testament
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Series on Ezekiel II. The Foreign Nations A. Four Bad Neighbors, Text: 25: 1-17 Title: What about them, Lord? Introduction As we continue our study of Ezekiel we come to a major turning point in the book. Up to now there have been 24 chapters of rebuke and threats against God’s own people, except for…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem P. Faith’s Example, Text: 24:15-27 Title: What’s Really Important? Introduction This is a turning point in the book of Ezekiel. From now on everything that Ezekiel writes will have reference either to the judgment of other nations or to the revival of God’s people. But before he…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem O. Fury Boiling, Text: 24:1-14 Title: Out of the Pot and into the Fire Introduction In Ephesians 6 Christians are warned to put on the whole armor of God because we battle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, the rulers of the darkness…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem N. Forbidden Alliances, Text: 23: 1-49 Title: The Unequal Yoke Introduction This chapter is rated “R” for restricted. When young men were trained as Rabbis in Israel there were a few Scriptures that were taught last after they were older and more mature. These included the sensuous…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Destruction of Jerusalem M. Furnace of Affliction, Text: 22: 1-31 Title: The Saddest Words: It Might Have Been Introduction Here we have one of the lengthiest catalogs of sin in the Bible. Men have compared our present moral decline to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. It is…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem L. Fateful Lightning of His Terrible Swift Sword, Text: 21:8-32 Title: The Sword of the Lord Introduction Oracles or prophecies may be organized around a particular theme rather than given chronologically. There are judgments pronounced here against Israel and Ammon. it is God’s sword no matter who…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem K. Father’s Bequest, Text: 20:1-21:7 Title: Unlearned Lesson? Introduction In this first part of the prophecy the Lord has been justifying his judgments on Israel and reminding them of their sins. In this section He requires them to consider their perpetual failure to respond adequately to His…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem J. Funeral Dirge, Text 19: 1-14 Title: The King Is Dead, Long Live the King Introduction We are told explicitly in verse 14 that this chapter is a lament and is to be used as a lament. We might call it a funeral dirge. In Israel it…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem I. Free Choice, Text: 18: 1-32 Title: Freedom and Judgment Introduction This chapter brings us face to face with the mystery of man’s responsibility and God’s sovereignty. There are some things we should not try to figure out. They are beyond our finite minds. For 37 chapters…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem H. Figures of Failure, Text: 15:-17:24 Title: Knowing God Intimately Introduction Here we have the first three of a number of allegories which are true stories disguised by imaginative representations. “Pilgrim’s Progress,” by John Bunyan is an example of an allegory where the story of the Christian…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem G. False Prophets, Text: 13: 1- 14:23 Title: The Character of False Prophecy Introduction Man is incurably religious, and if he does not know the true God, he is susceptible to all the delusions of false prophets. As Paul says at Mars Hill in Athens, where there…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem F. Fallen City, Text: 12: 1-28 Title: Judgment and God’s Covenant Introduction Here in Ezekiel we see the story repeated over and over. Israel sinned and God punished them severely, almost to destruction. As we know from the rest of Scripture history it wasn’t over. But, in…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem E. Foul Worship, Text: 8:1-11:25 Title: Trivial or Detestable? Introduction By the river Chebar Ezekiel delivers God’s message to the captives who have been carried from their own country. This time he focuses their attention on what will occur back home, and it is not pretty. In …
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem D. Future Judgment, Text: 6:1-7:27 Title: Strange Truth about God in Judgment Introduction We have seen Ezekiel’s vision of God, heard his commission to serve, and watched him portray the fact that God’s judgment is just. Now, we are confronted with some unusual aspects of that judgment…
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Series on Ezekiel I. The Fall of Jerusalem C. Four Dramas of Punishment, Text: 4;1-5:17 Title: Crime and Punishment Introduction In chapters 1-3 of Ezekiel the prophet has experienced a vision of God that displays both his righteous judgment and his redeeming love. In other words, God has not abandoned them, but they have experienced…
