In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
EZEKIEL
The Book of Ezekiel is the fourth of the five books of the
Major
Prophets in the Old Testament. The name Ezekiel comes from the Hebrew
name Yehezkel meaning, "God will strengthen". The Latin form of the
Hebrew name is Ezechiel. Ezekiel ministered during Judah’s seventy years
of captivity by the Babylonians. The prophecies of Nahum,
Jeremiah,
Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Ezekiel and
Daniel overlapped in an era from c.
663-536 BC with Ezekiel c. 592-570 BC.
Ezekiel’s ministry was similar to that of Jeremiah and
Daniel. His
ministry began before the end of Jeremiah’s ministry and ended after the
beginning of Daniels’s ministry. It included similar messages of
condemnation, judgment and hope. When prophesying future judgments and
restoration, it was common among some prophets to prophesy both the
intermediate future and the distant future at the end time. Whereas
Jeremiah’s prophecy emphasized the intermediate future, Ezekiel and
Daniel
placed emphases on the distant future. Ezekiel prophesied
Israel’s
ultimate future by proclaiming that God would gather His people from
among the Gentile nations, and that He would breathe life back into
their dry bones. God will put a new heart and spirit in His people and
they will know that He is Lord.
God has gathered the Jews back to their promised land as prophesied
by Ezekiel approximately 2,600 years ago. Ezekiel’s remaining prophesies
will be fulfilled when God destroys the armies of Gog (Russia and her
Islamic allies) for attempting to destroy Israel. Ezekiel describes
the new millennial temple in Jerusalem. Today, Israel is preparing for a
new temple. However, it will be the tribulation period temple.
Ezekiel 1-3: God reveals His glory to Ezekiel; God sends Ezekiel to
minister to Israel
Ezekiel 4-24: Ezekiel receives signs and visions of God’s judgments
on Judah
Ezekiel 25-32: God’s judgments on Israel’s neighbors after Judah’s
captivity
Ezekiel 33-48: End time rebirth of Israel; destruction of Gog;
description of Jerusalem’s new temple