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Ezekiel riding in the Chariot of Fire Agape Bible Study
The Book of Ezekiel

The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the books of the Major Prophets, coming after the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah in the Christian canon. Ezekiel's mission to the Judean exiles in Babylon was to prepare them for the greatest crisis in the history of Yahweh's covenant people: the destruction of the holy city of Jerusalem and Yahweh's Temple. In a first-person narrative, Ezekiel tells his fellow Judeans that their exile and suffering is not because of any failure or lack of fidelity on God's part. Their exile and suffering is because of their sins as individuals and as a covenant people, their failure to repent their sins, and their infidelity to their covenant with Yahweh that they swore to obey to receive the blessings of God's protection. The visions Ezekiel received when God called him to his prophetic ministry are some of the most vivid and dramatic images in Sacred Scripture.
All references for the course are found in the Course Bibliography.

Lesson Number Date Description Handouts
Lesson 1 Introduction
and Chapter 1
Part I: Introduction Handouts
Lesson 2 Chapters 2-3 Part I: Ezekiel's Call to a Prophetic Ministry
Ezekiel's Commissioning, the Vision of the Scroll, the Prophet as Watchman, and the First Symbolic Act
Part II: Judgment of the Covenant People
Chapters 4-5: Symbolic Acts Relating to the Siege of Jerusalem
Handouts
Lesson 3 Chapters 6-9 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
The Sins of Israel/Judah and Ezekiel's Vision-Journey to the Jerusalem Temple
Handouts
Lesson 4 Chapters 10 - 12 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
The Conclusion of Ezekiel's Vision-Journey to the Jerusalem Temple
Symbolic Acts Concerning the Exile
Handouts
Lesson 5 Chapters 13 - 15 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
An Oracle Against the False Prophets
An Oracle Against the Idolatrous Elders in Exile
The Parable of the Vine
Handouts
Lesson 6 Chapters 16 - 18 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
An Allegorical History of Jerusalem
The Parables of the Two Eagles
and the Two Shoots from the Cedar Tree
The Soul That Sins Will Die
Handouts
Lesson 7 Chapters 19 - 21 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
A Lament for Jerusalem and Her Princes
A History of Israel's Ingratitude and Infidelity
The Sword of Yahweh
Handouts
Lesson 8 Chapters 22 - 24 Part II: God's Judgment of the Covenant People
The Sins of People of Jerusalem
An Allegorical History of Jerusalem and Samaria
Announcement of the Siege of Jerusalem
Handouts
Lesson 9 Chapters 25 - 27 Part III: Judgment of the Nations
Prophecies Against Seven Nations
Handouts
Lesson 10 Chapter 28 - 30 Part III: Judgment Against the Nations
The Pride of Tyre is the Reason for its Ruin, Judgment Against Sidon, and Israel Delivered from the Nations
Judgment Against Egypt
Handouts
Lesson 11 Chapters 31 - 33 Lesson 11
Part III: Judgment Against the Nations Concluded
Conclusion of the Oracles Against Egypt
Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration for Israel
During and After the Siege of Jerusalem
Handouts
Lesson 12 Chapters 34 - 36:15 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
The Failed Shepherds and the Divine Shepherd
Prophecies for Edom and Israel
Handouts
Lesson 13 Chapter 36:16 - 37 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
Oracle 5: Israel's Redemption for the sake of Yahweh's Holy Name
Vision of the Dry Bones in the Valley of Death and Oracle 6: Prophecy of the Reunification of Israel
Handouts
Lesson 14 Chapters 38 - 39 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
Oracle 7 ~ The Prophecies an Eschatological Battle, and God's Glory Among the Nations
Handouts
Lesson 15 Chapters 40 - 42 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
The Vision of the New Temple
Ezekiel's Guided Tour of an Idealized Temple Complex
Handouts
Lesson 16 Chapters 43 - 45 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
The Vision of the New Temple
God's Glory Returns, the Regulations for Liturgical Worship, and the Division of the Land
Handouts
Lesson 17 Chapters 46 - 48 Part IV: Oracles of Salvation and Promised Restoration
The Conclusion of the Vision of the New Temple
Handouts

 

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