Category: Exile and Return Notes

False prophets condemned. Ezekiel is told to prophesy against the false prophets of Israel. The examples include patching the wall in a shoddy manner and covering it with whitewash and punishing people who should not be punished and letting free those who should be punished.

The exile symbolized God instructs Ezekiel to pack his things during the day while he can be seen and to go outside the wall at night to be a sign of what God will do to Israel. He promises that there will be no delay. The generation now living will experience this.

Ezekiel sees the cherubim in the temple and realizes these are the same living creatures he saw earlier by the Kebar River. Gods glory departs the temple. He again sees the wheel within the wheel and it is called the whirling wheels.

God’s sure judgement on Israel Ezekiel is shown some of the current inhabitants of Jerusalem and they think they are in a good position since the exiles have been taken and they are in charge. But they are evil and don’t know that judgement is just around the corner for them. The promise of Israel’s…

This continuation of Ezekiel’s vision has 6 men with deadly instruments and one with writing implements going through Jerusalem and marking all those who are troubled by the sin and other detestable practices and then the six men being commanded to slay all who had not been marked.

God gives Ezekiel a new vision where he is transported back to Jerusalem and God shows him the idolatry and other detestable practices being committed by the elders of Israel.

The LORD pronounces destruction on Israel for their sins and detestable practices. Those in the city will die of famine and plague while those outside will die by the sword. They will be judged by their own actions, against their own standards.

Ezekiel is instructed to shave his head and beard and divide the hair into thirds with a scale. Each third represents the judgment the LORD will deliver to Jerusalem because of their sin. A third will die by famine or plague, a third will die by sword outside the walls, and a third will be…

Ezekiel is instructed to use a block of clay to symbolize Jerusalem and then lie on his left side for 390 days to symbolize Israel’s rebellion and to lie on his right side for 40 days for Judah. At first God instructs him to bake his bread using human excrement, but Ezekiel protests and the…

God emphasizes accountability to Ezekiel. If you take this message and it’s refused, that is their fault. But if you don’t speak, that is your fault. I need this same conviction when it comes to sharing the gospel.