Ezekiel PDF
Ezekiel PDF
Ezekiel PDF
STUDIES IN EZEKIEL
Life for the exiles was far from a prison-like experience. They
had restrictions but significant freedom to build homes,
produce crops, worship and maintain communication with
those left back in Judah.
Or
Read 3.16-27
Act 2: 4.9-17
Act 3: 5.1-4
Read 5.5-17
OR
b.) Have you ever felt like you knew someone really well
only to discover they weren’t at all like you thought? How
did it feel when you made that discovery?
Be sure to understand:
i.) v. 3, 5
ii.) v9-11
iv.) v16
4. Why did the elders think they could get away with their
idolatry? V12-13
Read 10.1-22
Read 11.16-21
A HISTORY OF UNFAITHFULNESS
Ezekiel 16 & 23
i.) ________________________________________
ii.) ________________________________________
Read Psalm 86
Note: In Chapter 24.1, the Lord tells Ezekiel the exact month
and day that Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem. The whole
chapter speaks of the impending fall of Jerusalem. But then
we have the suspense of chapters 25-32 before we hear any
further news, of the actual fall of Jerusalem. The siege lasted
about 18 months and then it took approx. a further 6 months
for the news to reach the exiles, which is finally announced in
Ezekiel 33.21.
1. Oscar Wilde said, ‘We are all in the gutter but some of
us are looking at stars.’ It is a picture of hope!
It has also been said, ‘He that lives in hope dances with
out a fiddle.’
How do you think the exiles felt when they heard the
news of Jerusalem’s fall? Were they without hope?
2. This is not the first time that Ezekiel has been spoken of
as a watchman. See 3.16-21
What are the main features of this covenant & the one
shepherd God will place over his people?
11. What two things are essential for new life to come and
bring full restoration to God’s people? See 37.4, 13-14
13. How is Jesus the fulfilment of the new life God promises
to his people Israel? See John 20.19-22; Romans 8.10-
11; 2 Cor. 5.17
1 Cor. 3.16
1 Cor. 6.19
2 Cor. 6.16
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10. What would you say to people who imagine that the
restoration of Israel and the Temple (in Ezekiel 40-48) is
a physical one that is meant to take place in modern day
Israel? How do we know that is not the case?
11. What hope is there for the nations of the world to avoid
the coming judgment of God and share in his final and
glorious restoration of the creation? See Matt. 28.16-20
Ancient Babylon
Babylon today