The final session of my course on the Old Testament prophets at Bible & Culture 2010. This is the second part of the material on Ezekiel and his promises of restoration.

1. Ezekiel 24
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2. Dates in Ezekiel
1:2 July 593 30:20 March 587
8:1 September 592 31:1 May 587
20:1 August 591 32:1 February 585
24:1 15 January 588 32:17 March 585
26:1 587 33:21 January 585
29:1 December 588 40:1
April 573
29:17 April 571

3. I am the Lord.
I have spoken;
it shall come to pass;
I will do it.
I will not go back.
I will not spare;
I will not relent;
according to your ways and your
deeds you will be judged, declares the
Lord God.

4. two great losses

5. Oracles against nations
Ezekiel 25 – 32
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6. 4
What are the remedies?

7. Ezekiel 33
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8. Dates in Ezekiel
1:2 July 593 30:20 March 587
8:1 September 592 31:1 May 587
20:1 August 591 32:1 February 585
24:1 15 January 588 32:17 March 585
26:1 587 33:21 January 585
29:1 December 588 40:1
April 573
29:17 April 571

9. • Renewal of Ezekiel’s call (33:1–20)
• The fall of Jerusalem announced (21–33)

10. new awareness of situation
v. 10

11. Our offences and sins weigh us down, and
we are wasting away because of them.
How then can we live?
Ezekiel 33:10

12. RESTORATION
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13. Restoration

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16. Ezekiel 34
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17. ?
What is Ezekiel’s message in this chapter?
Why do you think Ezekiel includes this at this
point?
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18. A new shepherd
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19. ‘I will rescue my flock’ (10)
‘I myself will search for my sheep’ (11)
‘I will look after my sheep’ (11,12)
‘I will bring them . . . gather them’ (13)

20. ‘I will pasture them . . . tend them . . . make
them lie down’ (13–15)
‘I will search for the lost and bring back
the strays. I will bind up the injured and
strengthen the weak . . . ’ (16)
I will be with them (30)

21. I will save my flock, and they will no longer
be plundered. I will judge between one
sheep and another. I will place over them
one shepherd, my servant David, and he
will tend them; he will tend them and be
their shepherd. I the LORD will be their
God, and my servant David will be prince
among them. I the LORD have spoken.
Ezekiel 34:22–24

22. A new Davidic King
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23. Covenant blessings
• Life • Prosperity
• Health • Security
• Abundance • Respect

24. Ezekiel 35
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25. vindication of Judah

26. Ezekiel 36
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27. It is not for your sake . . . that I am going to
do these things, but for the sake of my
holy name, which you have profaned.
Ezekiel 36:22

28. I will show the holiness of my great
name . . . the name you have profaned
among the nations. Then all the nations will
know that I am the LORD, declares the
Sovereign LORD, when I am proved holy
through you before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:23

29. Clip 3: Walker’s panic
attack

30. A new heart 30

31. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you
will be clean; I will cleanse you form all
your impurities and from all your idols. I
will give you a new heart and put a new
spirit in you; I will remove from you your
heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh.
Ezekiel 36:25–26

32. I will put my Spirit in you and move you to
follow my decrees and be careful to keep
my laws. You will be my people, and I will
be your God.
Ezekiel 36:27–28

33. A new covenant 33

34. covenant with Abraham

35. covenant with Moses

36. covenant with David

37. eternal covenant

38. A new land
(new creation)
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39. Ezekiel 37
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40. Our bones are dried up, and our hope is
lost; we are cut off completely.
Ezekiel 37:11

41. uncleanness
horror
destruction

42. A new life
42

43. Hope is found only
in the will of God

44. I will make a covenant of peace with
them; it will be an everlasting covenant. . . .
My dwelling place will be with them; I will
be their God, and they will be my people.
Then the nations will know that I the
LORD make Israel holy, when my
sanctuary is among them for ever.
37:26–28

45. ‘The time is coming,’ declares the LORD,
‘when I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and with the house of
Judah. It will not be like the covenant I
made with their forefathers when I took
them by the hand to lead them out of
Egypt, because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,’ declares
the LORD. . . .

46. . . . This is the covenant I will make with the
house of Israel after that time,’ declares the
LORD. ‘I will put my law in their minds and
write it on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people.’
Jeremiah 31:31-33

47. A new unity
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48. Judah and Israel reunified

49. faithful remnant from Israel

50. includes Gentiles

51. What is he did this to make the riches of
his glory known to the objects of his
mercy, whom he prepared in advance for
glory – even us, whom he also called, not
only from the Jews but also from the
Gentiles? As he says in Hosea, ‘I will call
them “my people” who are not my
people,’ and I will call her “my loved one”,
who is not my loved one.
Romans 9:23–25

52. “not my people” = Gentiles

53. New life for the nations
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54. A new security 54

55. Ezekiel 38–39
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56. handling symbolism
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57. humility

58. imagination

59. context

60. pastoral concern

61. main point

62. numbers

63. Above all else, this complex divine speech
expresses Yahweh’s determination once
and for all to reveal to the nations his
holiness, and to his own people his
covenant loyalty.
Daniel Block

64. Part 1: The defeat of Gog

65. Part 2: The disposal of Gog

66. Who is Gog?

67. descendants of Gyges of Lydia

68. hypothetical enemies

69. Ezekiel 40–48
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70. A new temple
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71. Dates in Ezekiel
1:2 July 593 30:20 March 587
8:1 September 592 31:1 May 587
20:1 August 591 32:1 February 585
24:1 15 January 588 32:17 March 585
26:1 587 33:21 January 585
29:1 December 588 40:1
April 573
29:17 April 571

72. Ezekiel 40–48
40:1 – 42:20 Description of the temple
43:1–12 God’s glory returns
43:13 – 46:24 Restoration of religious life
47:1 – 48:35 A renewed land

73. Detailed instructions
for a new temple
Ezekiel 40–42

74. This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Although I have scattered you in the
countries of the world, I will be a
sanctuary for you during your time in
exile.
Ezekiel 11:16

75. I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it will be an everlasting covenant. I will
establish them and increase their numbers,
and I will put my sanctuary among them
forever. My dwelling place will be with
them; I will be their God, and they will be
my people. Then the nations will know that
I the Lord make Israel holy, when my
sanctuary is among them forever.
Ezekiel 37:26–27

76. second temple?

77. Jesus the perfect temple

78. Jesus the river of life

79. Jesus the perfect sacrifice

80. Jesus the perfect priest

81. Jesus the glory of God

82. 5
What is the underlying
message about God
and humanity?

83. Old New
Testament Testament
Promise Fulfilment

84. A new land
(new creation)
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85. New covenant
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86. New life for the nations
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87. New creation
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88. New king
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89. Look! God’s dwelling-place is now among
people. They will be his people, and God
himself will be with them and be their
God. He will wipe every tear from their
eyes. There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away. He was
seated on the throne said, ‘I am making
everything new!’
Revelation 21:3