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3. • In particular, Ezekiel emphasized God’s
holiness.
– The heathen, Jerusalem’s fall was a sign of their
God’s lack of military power.
– God was punishing Israel for her sins.
– God could not close His eyes to their conduct.
– Such conduct defiled the relationship He had with
them!
Ezekiel’s Methods

4. • Ezekiel emphasized that each man is
personally accountable for his own
sins.
– Popular proverb (18:2)
– Was Jehovah punishing Judah for the sins
committed by the previous wicked
generation?
– Answers (18:20)
Ezekiel’s Methods

5. Great Lessons From Ezekiel
• Grave duty of the
Lord’s watchman
– Warn the wicked
– Failure could cost
him his life!
“Son of man, I have made you a
watchman for the house of Israel;
therefore hear a word from My
mouth, and give them warning
from Me: When I say to the
wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and
you give him no warning, nor
speak to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life, that
same wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood I will
require at your hand.” (3:17,18)

6. “You also, son of man, take
a clay tablet and lay it
before you, and portray on it
a city, Jerusalem. Lay siege
against it, build a siege wall
against it, and heap up a
mound against it; set camps
against it also, and place
battering rams against it all
around.” (4:1,2)
• The clay and iron
plate
• The sketch on the
clay tablet
symbolized the siege
of Jerusalem, and
the iron plate the
obstacle the people
erected between
themselves and God.
Great Lessons From Ezekiel

7. “And you, son of man, take a sharp
sword, take it as a barber's razor,
and pass it over your head and
your beard; then take scales to
weigh and divide the hair. You shall
burn with fire one-third in the midst
of the city, when the days of the
siege are finished; then you shall
take one-third and strike around it
with the sword, and one-third you
shall scatter in the wind: I will draw
out a sword after them.” (5:1,2)
• Cutting off his hair
and beard
• By scattering part of his
hair, he showed the
survival of a remnant,
whose hearts would be
cleansed.
Great Lessons From Ezekiel

8. “You built your high places at the
head of every road, and made
your beauty to be abhorred. You
offered yourself to everyone who
passed by, and multiplied your
acts of harlotry. You also
committed harlotry with the
Egyptians, your very fleshly
neighbors, and increased your
acts of harlotry to provoke Me to
anger.” (16:25,26)
• Prostitution of
God’s people
• The most graphic
description of
spiritual adultery in
the Bible. Jehovah’s
bride had paid the
heathen to commit
sacrilege with her!
Great Lessons From Ezekiel

9. “Therefore prophesy and say to
them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
Behold, O My people, I will open
your graves and cause you to come
up from your graves, and bring you
into the land of Israel. Then you shall
know that I am the LORD, when I
have opened your graves, O My
people, and brought you up from
your graves..’” (37:12,13)
• Valley of dry
bones
• A vision of
restoration. The
bones were “the
whole house of
Israel.” God was
going to give these
bones new life!
Great Lessons From Ezekiel

10. Two-Fold Theme
• Ezekiel’s theme in the first part—Jerusalem
must be destroyed.
– False teachers encouraged peace and security. They
were wrong!
• In the second part, to combat despair, he taught
that they had a future hope--returning.
– When the calamity came, the people needed hope.
The second part of Ezekiel gives them that hope.

11. “Therefore I will judge you, O
house of Israel, every one
according to his ways, says the
Lord GOD. Repent, and turn
from all your transgressions, so
that iniquity will not be your
ruin. Cast away from you all the
transgressions which you have
committed, and get yourselves
a new heart and a new spirit.
For why should you die, O
house of Israel?” (18:30,31)
• Individual
responsibility
• God desires the
sinner’s repentance;
but each will stand or
fall on his own!
Unique Messages From Ezekiel

12. “Son of man, these
men have set up their
idols in their hearts,
and put before them
that which causes
them to stumble into
iniquity. Should I let
Myself be inquired of
at all by them?” (14:3)
• Idolatry
• Ezekiel shows that
idolatry was the
abandoning of the
reason for Israel’s
existence—to worship
and serve God!
Unique Messages From Ezekiel

13. “As a shepherd seeks out his flock
on the day he is among his
scattered sheep, so will I seek out
My sheep and deliver them from all
the places where they were
scattered on a cloudy and dark
day. And I will bring them out from
the peoples and gather them from
the countries, and will bring them
to their own land; I will feed them
on the mountains of Israel, in the
valleys and in all the inhabited
places of the country.” (34:12,13)
• Messianic hope
• Ezekiel shows many
prophecies
concerning the care
and welfare,
spiritually speaking,
of the coming
Messiah!
Unique Messages From Ezekiel

14. Ezekiel and Revelation
• The four living creatures
– Ezekiel 1:5—Revelation 4:6
• Rainbow around the throne
– Ezekiel 1:28—Revelation 4:3
• Eating the scroll
– Ezekiel 3:1—Revelation 10:10
• Sealing of God’s servants
– Ezekiel 9:4—Revelation 7:3

15. • Burning the city
– Ezekiel 10:2—Revelation 8:5
• Fall of Tyre and Babylon
– Ezekiel 26-28—Revelation 18
• God dwelling in the midst of men
– Ezekiel 37:27—Revelation 21:3
• Gog in the land of Magog
– Ezekiel 38:2,3—Revelation 20:8
Ezekiel and Revelation

16. • The seer placed on a high mountain
– Ezekiel 40:2—Revelation 21:10
• The city measured
– Ezekiel 40:3—Revelation 11:1, 21:26
• The river issuing from the temple
– Ezekiel 47:1,12—Revelation 22:1,2
• The gates of various tribal names
– Ezekiel 48:31-34—Revelation 21:12
Ezekiel and Revelation

17. Prophecies Against
the Nations
• Ezekiel, like Isaiah and Jeremiah, saw
God’s hand controlling all the nations.
Book denounces the wickedness and
foretells the Lord’s judgment.
– Ammon
– Moab
– Edom.
– Egypt
– Sidon and Tyre
– Philistia

18. Finding Hope in God
Lessons to be learned:
1. Even when we sin…
…there is still hope.
2. Even when we experience hardship…
…there is still hope.
3. Even when all seems lost…
…there is still hope through God.

19. Contact
Dr. Pothana
WhatsApp No: 8309511427
bhaktapothana@gmail.com