1. REVERENCE FOR GOD’S PROMISES
JoLynn Gower
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2. THE TIMES OF EZEKIEL
The Northern Kingdom had fallen to Assyria in 722 BC
Daniel had already been taken captive in 605 BC
Born during the reign of Josiah
The gods being worshiped:
Baal – high places; god in everything
Ashtoreth – (Ishtar) fertility
Tammuz – Spring; visited underworld
Molech – sacrifice of children

3. THE FALL OF ASSYRIA Assyria had been conquered by Babylon;
Nineveh fell in to a Chaldean and Medean coalition we call the Babylonian Empire
Assyria fell for a number of reasons:
1. overextended – particularly in dealing with
Egypt
2. financial problems due to funding large army
3. God had said that they wouldn’t stand
because of their wickedness
Nahum and Zephaniah had both prophesied the fall of Assyria (Nineveh)

4. BABYLON RISING
Nebuchadnezzar 605 BC response to the help that had been given Egypt
Nebuchadnezzar 597 BC response to Jehoiakim’s rebellion; 10,000 people including Jehoiachin taken captive
Nebuchadnezzer 588 BC beseiged Jerusalem in response to Zedekiah’s rebellion (N.’s uncle); temple fell in 586 BC

5. EZEKIEL Was a priest preparing for temple service; son of Buzi
5th year in exile called to be a prophet (he had turned 30, the age for service) BC
Daniel was already in Babylon when Ezekiel arrived
Jeremiah was still a prophet in Judah
Ezekiel prophesied until 571 BC, a total of 22 years

6. KEY PROPHESIES The dry bones (return of Israel to the land)
The war (not Armageddon) and the key participants in this war
Israel moving on the tide of providence; the miraculous destruction of those who attack Israel
A temple (not yet built)
Destruction of Migdol Syene
Millennial division of land by tribes