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Know that I Am the Lord That you will Know that I Am the Lord Found some 62 times in 27 of the 48 chapters Flushes out 5 major concepts The Nature of God Purpose in Gods judgments Individual responsibility Israels history Israels future
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Deuteronomy 28
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Three (four) major kingdoms involved Assyria Egypt Babylon Israel (Northern 10) & Judah (Southern 2) Two major shifts in power Assyria and Egypt to permanently fall to Babylon Israel to go into the punishment of God Israel will succumb to foreign rule and dependance Gods will being accomplished
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Chapters 1-24 predict the Fall of Jerusalem in 586 (After Zedekiah) Chapters 25-32 Speak doom to the Nations against Jerusalem Chapters 33-39 Are Encouragement to Israel Chapters 40-48 Are the Prophetic Future for Israel
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I. Ezekiel's Commission (1:1-3:27) A. The Vision of God's Glory (1:1-28) B. The Lord's Charge to Ezekiel (2:1-3:27) II. Judah's Iniquity and the Resulting Judgment (4:1-24:27) A. The Initial Warnings of the Watchman (4:1-7:27) B. The Vision of the Exodus of God's Glory (8:1-11:25) C. The Lord's Reply to the Exiles Invalid Rationalizations of Hope (12:1-19:14) D. The Defective Leadership of Israel (20:1-23:49) E. The Execution of Jerusalem's Judgment (24:1-27) Outline
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III. Judgment on the Foreign Nations (25:1-33:20) A. Judgment on Judah's Closest Neighbors (25:1-17) B. Judgment on Tyre (26:1-28:19) C. Judgment on Sidon (28:20-24) D. Israel's Restoration From the Nations (28:25-26) E. Judgment on Egypt (29:1-32:32) IV. The Future Blessings of a Faithful Covenant God (33:21-48:35) A. Restoration to the Promised Land (33:21-39:29) B. God's Glory Returns (40:1-48:35)
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Excursus on Old Testament Theology and the main point of contextual integrity The Old Testament has some main themes We are great sinners God is a great God – full of justice and grace Life is about God and man God promised a New Covenant (Jer. 31) It ends with a big need Everything needed Christ to be fulfilled
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Valley of the Dry Bones
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Vision – 37: 1-10 Interpretation – 37:11-14 Israel – two aspects The Jew The Nation A distinctive: The Spirit Ezek. 37:9,10,14 Ezek. 36:27 John 14-16
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Genesis 2:7 Ezek. 37:9-10 John 20:22 Acts 2:1-4
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Regenerate – Titus 3:5 Indwells – John 14:17; Romans 8:9 Seals – 2 Cor. 1:21-22; Eph. 1:13, 4:30 Down Payment/Pledge – 2 Cor. 5:5 Fills - Eph. 5:18 Produces Fruit – Gal. 5:22-23 Teaches – John 14:26
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