The wheels appeared like the color of a beryl stone. Ezekiel is the thirteenth chapter of the book of ezekiel in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. The first element of temple worship that ezekiel described was the altar of burnt offering. He receives visions, and his message is to confront gods sinful nation, i am sending you to the sons of israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against me. As members of local communities of faith, we are to demonstrate christs righteousness by the way we treat both fellow believers and unbelievers. In the appointed place that is, in the court of the house, and on the altar appointed. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. The return of the glory of the lord chapter outline top. For it is written, you shall worship the lord your god, and him only you shall serve. At that time, ezekiel observed the glory of the lord coming from the east. Then i will accept you, declares the sovereign lord. All four cherubim had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel ezekiel. Open as pdf introduction the glory of the lord is represented as returning to the temple, ezekiel 43. Woe unto the a foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing 4 o israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Gods unit of measure 11 root number which represents the number of years between the polar reversalsthe clock cycle. Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priest are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophetpriest ezekiel, and is one of the books of the prophets. In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day.
In ezekiel 43, when the glory of the lord comes into the temple it is the. A series of studies in the old testament book of ezekiel st albans. He also heard the lords voice, which sounded like the roar of rushing. During a 12month year, the smaller parshiot are doubled up so that there are 50 portions read. As gods living temple today, we are to reflect his presence and glory to the watching world. Fearing reprisals from babylon because of the murder of gedeliah, the. Reflect on the value of finding personal sacred spaces for.
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as i was among the captives by the river chebar, that the heavens were opened and i saw visions of god a. When christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of god, through him, are shown to us by the holy ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. I remember once, when i was about 6 or 7, that i nearly drowned in a river. Ezekiel commentary verse by verse this commentary adheres to a literal interpretation of the scriptures, a belief that god is not yet finished with the nation of israel, a belief in a literal return of christ to literally reign and rule on the earth for years. Ezekiel 43 is the fortythird chapter of the book of ezekiel in the hebrew bible or the old. Ezekiel among the captivesnow it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as i was among the captives by the river chebar, that the heavens were opened and i saw visions of god a. God foretels that the sceptre of israel shall be no more, after the sword of nebuchadrezzar had smitten it. God protested about the wicked behaviour of the israelites when their doors were next to the door of his temple 43. Just this august, a 20yearold japanese woman was killed when she climbed over a wall to have her picture taken. Notice that twice the passage speaks of my sanctuary temple in their midst vv. The glory returns sermon by thomas swope, ezekiel 43.
Adult power hour lesson summary for november 9, 2014 the altar offers hope lesson text. Genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy is broken up for study into 54 portions called a parashah. The glory returns 1 then the man brought me to the gate facing east, 2 and i saw. The assyrian period chapters 9 the prophet proclaims the lords indictment against judah and jerusalem, and the coming judgment against them. The altar, a sign of hope bible background ezekiel 43. There are 54 of these portions read during a leap year, which has months. He portrays the sovereign rule of the lord of hosts who. Then the measures of the altar, and the ordinances relating to it, are set down, ezekiel 43. International sunday school lesson study notes november 9.
The prophet, having given us a view of the mystical figurative temple, the gospelchurch, as he received it from the lord, that it might appear not to be erected in vain, comes to describe, in this and the next chapter, the worship that should be performed in it. Covenant and i will dwell among them forever see note at ezek. The archangels angelic warfare angels and the son of god. The altar, a sign of hope introduction the young prophetpriest ezekiel was among the second group of israelites carried away from jerusalem into babylonian captivity in 597 b. Each one had a wheel by him, making four wheels in all ezekiel 10. A scroll is produced, filled with words of lamentation. Duguid notes, god had chosen the temple in jerusalem as his dwelling place. Ezekiel is a priest who is called by god to deliver his messages. Ezekiel 43 niv gods glory returns to the temple bible gateway. So in ezekiels vision, the temple and the city were separate. It was built in four stages consisting of a base plus three stages. Review the instructions ezekiel received for building a new altar and making offerings. Ezekiel was told to write on two sticks that one was for judah v. They had the hands of a man under their wings ezekiel 10.
Session 2 chapters 4 6 4142002 what was ezekiel to do to illustrate the siege that the babylonians would make against jerusalem. The book of isaiah can be divided into two major parts. We all will face sinful temptations to do something disobedient to god. This chapter contains rebukes against a variety of false prophets, ezekiel. Ezekiels last vision free bible commentary in easy english. Adult sunday school handout november 2014 bethlehem. The book of jeremiah is located in the section of your bible referred to as the major prophets, known for their larger portions of writings as compared to the minor prophets, or shorter writings.
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