This lecture focuses on the promises of restoration - new king, new temple, new heart, new covenant, etc. - in the latter part of Ezekiel. This is the fifth of five lectures given on the Bible and Culture course at Schloss Mittersill, Austria (a course run jointly by Schloss Mittersill and IFES).

1. RESTORATION
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What are the remedies?
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3. Death
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6. Restoration

7. Ezekiel 34
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8. What is Ezekiel’s message
in this chapter?
Why do you think Ezekiel
includes this at this
point?
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9. • Exploitation (2–3)
• Doing nothing to help the weak, heal the
sick or seek the lost (4)
• Shepherds who do not shepherd (5-6)
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10. • Opposed by God
• Held accountable
• Removed from their position
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11. A new shepherd
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12. • ‘I will rescue my flock’ (10)
• ‘I myself will search for my sheep’ (11)
• ‘I will look after my sheep’ (11,12)
• ‘I will bring them . . . gather them’ (13)
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14. ‘I will pasture them . . . tend them . . .
make them lie down’ (13–15)
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15. ‘I will pasture them . . . tend them . . .
make them lie down’ (13–15)
‘I will search for the lost and bring back
the strays. I will bind up the injured and
strengthen the weak . . . ’ (16)
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16. ‘I will pasture them . . . tend them . . .
make them lie down’ (13–15)
‘I will search for the lost and bring back
the strays. I will bind up the injured and
strengthen the weak . . . ’ (16)
I will be with them (30)
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17. I will save my flock, and they will no
longer be plundered. I will judge between
one sheep and another. I will place over
them one shepherd, my servant David,
and he will tend them; he will tend them
and be their shepherd. I the LORD will
be their God, and my servant David will
be prince among them. I the LORD have
spoken.
Ezekiel 34:22–24
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18. A new Davidic King
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19. Covenant blessings
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20. Covenant blessings
• Life
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21. Covenant blessings
• Life
• Health
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22. Covenant blessings
• Life
• Health
• Abundance
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23. Covenant blessings
• Life • Prosperity
• Health
• Abundance
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24. Covenant blessings
• Life • Prosperity
• Health • Security
• Abundance
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25. Covenant blessings
• Life • Prosperity
• Health • Security
• Abundance • Respect
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26. Ezekiel 35
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27. vindication of Judah
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28. Ezekiel 36
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29. It is not for your sake . . . that I am going
to do these things, but for the sake of my
holy name, which you have profaned.
Ezekiel 36:22
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30. I will show the holiness of my great
name . . . the name you have profaned
among the nations. Then all the nations
will know that I am the LORD, declares
the Sovereign LORD, when I am proved
holy through you before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:23
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31. A new heart 20

32. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and
you will be clean; I will cleanse you form
all your impurities and from all your
idols. I will give you a new heart and put
a new spirit in you; I will remove from
you your heart of stone and give you a
heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:25–26
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33. I will put my Spirit in you and move you
to follow my decrees and be careful to
keep my laws.You will be my people, and
I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:27–28
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34. A new covenant
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35. covenant with Abraham
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36. covenant with Moses
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37. covenant with David
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38. eternal covenant
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39. A new land
(new creation)
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40. Ezekiel 37
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41. Our bones are dried up, and our hope is
lost; we are cut off completely.
Ezekiel 37:11
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42. Reviving the dead
• A place of uncleanness, horror, destruction
• Bones cannot regenerate themselves
• But God is a resurrector
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43. A new life
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44. Hope is found only
in the will of God
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45. I will make a covenant of peace with
them; it will be an everlasting
covenant. . . . My dwelling place will be
with them; I will be their God, and they
will be my people. Then the nations will
know that I the LORD make Israel holy,
when my sanctuary is among them for
ever.
37:26–28
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46. ‘The time is coming,’ declares the LORD,
‘when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah. It will not be like the covenant I
made with their forefathers when I took
them by the hand to lead them out of
Egypt, because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,’
declares the LORD. . . .
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47. . . . This is the covenant I will make with
the house of Israel after that time,’
declares the LORD. ‘I will put my law in
their minds and write it on their hearts. I
will be their God, and they will be my
people.’
Jeremiah 31:31-33
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48. A new unity
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49. New life for the nations
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50. A new security 39

51. Ezekiel 38–39
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52. handling symbolism
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53. humility
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54. imagination
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55. context
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56. pastoral concern
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57. main point
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58. numbers
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59. Above all else, this complex divine
speech expresses Yahweh’s determination
once and for all to reveal to the nations
his holiness, and to his own people his
covenant loyalty.
Daniel Block
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60. Part 1: The defeat of Gog
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61. Part 2: The disposal of Gog
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62. Who is Gog?
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63. descendants of Gyges of Lydia
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64. hypothetical enemies
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65. Ezekiel 40–48
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66. A new temple
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67. Dates in Ezekiel
1:2 31 July 593 30:20 March 587
8:1 17 September 592 31:1 May 587
20:1 14 August 591 32:1 February 585
24:1 15 January 588 32:17 March 585
26:1 587 33:21 8 January 585
29:1 December 588 40:1
573
29:17 571
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68. Dates in Ezekiel
1:2 31 July 593 30:20 March 587
8:1 17 September 592 31:1 May 587
20:1 14 August 591 32:1 February 585
24:1 15 January 588 32:17 March 585
26:1 587 33:21 8 January 585
29:1 December 588 40:1
573
29:17 571
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69. Ezekiel 40–48
40:1 – 42:20 Description of the temple
43:1–12 God’s glory returns
43:13 – 46:24 Restoration of religious life
47:1 – 48:35 A renewed land
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70. Detailed instructions
for a new temple
Ezekiel 40–42
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71. This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Although I have scattered you in the
countries of the world, I will be a
sanctuary for you during your time in
exile.
Ezekiel 11:16
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72. Jesus the perfect temple
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73. Jesus the river of life
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74. Jesus the perfect sacrifice
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75. Jesus the perfect priest
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76. Jesus the glory of God
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77. A new land
(new creation)
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What is the underlying
message about God
and humanity?
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79. transformation
not information
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80. 68

81. Resurrection
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83. Old
Testament
Promise

84. Old New
Testament Testament
Promise Fulfilment

85. A second judgment
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86. Jerusalem, AD 70
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87. Judgment today
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88. Final judgment
is still to come
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89. Ultimate judgment
has happened
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90. Preaching from the prophets can have a
great contemporary application if we
recognize repentance as the condition for
experiencing God’s favor.
Walt Kaiser
Toward an Exegetical Theology (Baker Books, 1981), p. 195
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91. New covenant
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92. New life for the nations
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93. New creation
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94. New king
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96. New heavens and new earth

97. The Bride
New heavens and new earth

98. The Bride
New heavens and new earth

99. New Covenant
Holy Spirit
The Bride
New heavens and new earth

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101. Look! God’s dwelling-place is now among
people. They will be his people, and God
himself will be with them and be their
God. He will wipe every tear from their
eyes. There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away. He was
seated on the throne said, ‘I am making
everything new!’
Revelation 21:3
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