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5 min read"Then They Will Know That I Am the Lord"
The prophet Ezekiel was a priest by lineage, but when he turned 30—the age when priests traditionally begin their service—he was in exile in Babylon, far from the Jerusalem temple. So God called him to serve as a prophet instead. The year was 593 BC, seven years before Jerusalem would finally fall in 586 BC. Ezekiel had already been deported in the first wave of exiles in 597 BC. His personality suited the task: he was the kind of person who corrects you when you say a trip took half an hour by noting it was actually 25 minutes including the gas stop. He went the extra mile with detail and metaphor, but never lost sight of the main point. That main point appears repeatedly throughout his book: "Then they will know that I am the Lord."
The Vision and the Scroll
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:01) **Introduction to Ezekiel** - Tara Lee Cobble introduces the book of Ezekiel, its length, and the prophet's historical context.
- 2 (01:34) **Ezekiel's First Vision: The Cherubim and God's Throne** - The opening vision describes living creatures and God's throne, with key interpretive notes.
- 3 (03:12) **God's Call and the Spirit's Unique Work** - God speaks to Ezekiel, and the Spirit enters him, lifts him, and enables teleportation.
- 4 (04:15) **Eating the Scroll and the Prophetic Commission** - God appoints Ezekiel to speak to rebellious Israel, symbolized by eating a scroll.
- 5 (05:33) **Case Law: The Prophet's Responsibility for Warning** - God outlines different scenarios for warning people, emphasizing the death penalty for all sin.
- 6 (06:19) **God's Perplexing Commands: Muteness and the Siege Model** - God makes Ezekiel mute and commands him to enact a symbolic siege for 430 days.
- 7 (07:22) **The Purpose of Ezekiel's Suffering: A Picture of Christ** - Ezekiel's physical experiences mirror the spiritual and physical suffering of the people.
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