{"id":64664,"date":"2023-12-15T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=64664"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T23:54:40","slug":"background-to-ezekiel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/background-to-ezekiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Background to Ezekiel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Background to Ezekiel<\/h1>\n\t

I.         History<\/p>\n

            A.        606 BC – First captivity, of which Daniel was a part<\/p>\n

            B.        597 BC – Second captivity, of which Ezekiel was a part<\/p>\n

            C.        586 BC – Destruction of Jerusalem<\/p>\n

            D.        The captivity lasted 70 years from 606 to 536 BC.<\/p>\n            E.        The book of Ezekiel covers a 22 year period, starting 6 years before the\ndestruction of Jerusalem to 16 years thereafter.\n

II.        Contemporaries<\/p>\n

            A.        While several of the prophets overlapped, it is unlikely that they saw each other.<\/p>\n

                        1.         Jeremiah was in Jerusalem<\/p>\n

                        2.         Daniel was in Babylon and lived among the rulers<\/p>\n                        3.         Ezekiel lived in Telabib (Ezekiel 3:15) by the river Chebar among the\ncommon captives. We are uncertain as to the location of this settlement.\n

III.       Overall style<\/p>\n

            A.        Apocalyptic<\/p>\n

                        1.         Visions are painted in words of what the prophet saw<\/p>\n

                        2.         It is the meaning of the images which give the interpretation<\/p>\n

            B.        For Ezekiel, the prophet himself often became the sign<\/p>\n

                        1.         He would be told to do some odd thing in the presence of others.<\/p>\n                        2.         It was when others asked what he was doing that Ezekiel would explain the\nmeaning of the display\n

            C.        John’s book of Revelation borrows many images from Ezekiel<\/p>\n

                        1.         The cherubim (Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4)<\/p>\n

                        2.         Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 28 and Revelation 20)<\/p>\n

                        3.         Eating the book (Ezekiel 3 and Revelation 10)<\/p>\n

                        4.         The new Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40-48 and Revelation 21)<\/p>\n

                        5.         The river of the water of life (Ezekiel 47 and Revelation 22).<\/p>\n

                        6.         The conclusion is that Ezekiel and Revelation have similar themes.<\/p>\n

IV.      Purpose<\/p>\n

            A.        “They shall know that I am God” appears 62 times in the book<\/p>\n

            B.        To dispel any hope among the Israelites that the captivity might be short<\/p>\n            C.        To prove God’s case against Israel, showing the Israelites why they were in\ncaptivity.\n

            D.        To cause the people to repent of their sins<\/p>\n

            E.        To give hope<\/p>\n

V.        Division<\/p>\n

            A.        Chapters 1-24 – Judgments against Judah<\/p>\n

                        1.         Year 5, month 4, day 5 – Chapters 1-7<\/p>\n

                        2.         Year 6, month 6, day 5 – Chapters 8-19<\/p>\n

                        3.         Year 7, month 5, day 10 – Chapters 20-23<\/p>\n

                        4.         Year 9, month 10, day 10 – Chapter 24<\/p>\n

            B.        Chapters 25-32 – Judgments against the nations<\/p>\n

            C.        Chapters 33-48 – Announcement of salvation<\/p>\n\t

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Background to Ezekiel I.         History             A.        606 BC – First captivity, of which Daniel was a part             B.        597 BC – Second captivity, of which Ezekiel was a part             C.        586 BC – Destruction of Jerusalem             D.        The captivity lasted 70 years from 606 to 536 BC.             E.        The book of Ezekiel covers a 22 year period, starting 6 years before…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14352,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22561,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-ezekiel\/","url_meta":{"origin":64664,"position":0},"title":"Survey of the Bible: Ezekiel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible: Ezekiel Text: Ezekiel 18:20-32 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel were all prophets during the same period of time. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeremiah stayed Judah and witnessed the collapse. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ezekiel was taken into captivity and lived among the captive Israelites \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Daniel was taken as a boy to Babylon and became\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":64684,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/judgment-on-jerusalem\/","url_meta":{"origin":64664,"position":1},"title":"Judgment on Jerusalem","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Judgment on Jerusalem Text: Ezekiel 4:1-5:17 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The siege of Jerusalem \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ezekiel was to get a brick (or clay tile) and etch a city on it. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One ancient source mentioned bricks being two feet long, one foot wide and four inches thick. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Around it he was to create a model\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14352,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/","url_meta":{"origin":64664,"position":2},"title":"A Study of Ezekiel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"A Study of Ezekiel by Jeffrey W. 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