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Ezekiel
• Son of Buzi
• Name means “God will
strengthen”
• Born 622 BC during reign of
Josiah, grew up in Palestine
• He was 17 when Daniel taken to
Babylon
Ezekiel
• He was 25 when taken to
Babylon, along with 10,000
others
• Jehoiachin was king at this time
• Called to prophecy at 35
• No indication he ever returned
• Jerusalem fell 6 years after he
began to prophecy.
Ezekiel
• Contemporary of Jeremiah &
Daniel but apparently never met
• Jeremiah – Stayed in Jerusalem
• Daniel – Capitol city of Babylon
• Ezekiel Rural are on irrigation
canal near Euphrates River
• Also contemporary with
Zephaniah, Nahum & Habakkuk
World History & Political Situation - 1
• 721 b.c. 10 Tribes carried into Assyrian captivity – southern tribes
spared due to Hezekiah’s righteous reign
• 686 b.c. Mannaseh introduced idol worship, sacrifice to Molech
• 642 b.c. Amon son of Mannaseh continued idol worship
World History & Political Situation - 1
• 721 b.c. 10 Tribes carried into Assyrian captivity – southern tribes
spared due to Hezekiah’s righteous reign
• 686 b.c. Mannaseh introduced idol worship, sacrifice to Molech
• 642 b.c. Amon son of Mannaseh continued idol worship
• 640 b.c. Reign of Josiah begins over Judah (2 Kgs 22:1ff.).
• 627 b.c. Prophetic call of Jeremiah (Jer 1:1–3)
• 626 b.c. Babylonian independence from Assyria
• 622 b.c. Book of the law found in the temple; Josiah attempts
religious reforms (2 Kgs 22:8–14).
• 612 b.c. Fall of Nineveh to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
• 609 b.c. Josiah killed at Megiddo by Pharaoh Necho (2 Kgs 23:28–30).
World History & Political Situation - 1
• 721 b.c. 10 Tribes carried into Assyrian captivity – southern tribes
spared due to Hezekiah’s righteous reign
• 686 b.c. Mannaseh introduced idol worship, sacrifice to Molech
• 642 b.c. Amon son of Mannaseh continued idol worship
• 640 b.c. Reign of Josiah begins over Judah (2 Kgs 22:1ff.).
• 627 b.c. Prophetic call of Jeremiah (Jer 1:1–3)
• 626 b.c. Babylonian independence from Assyria
• 622 b.c. Book of the law found in the temple; Josiah attempts
religious reforms (2 Kgs 22:8–14).
• 612 b.c. Fall of Nineveh to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
• 609 b.c. Josiah killed at Megiddo by Pharaoh Necho (2 Kgs 23:28–30).
• 605 b.c. Battle of Charchemish established Babylon as world power;
Jeremiah writes first scroll in fourth year of Jehoiakim;
Nebuchadnezzar makes first attack on Jerusalem; first group of
captives taken into exile; Daniel taken captive.
Chronology of Exile and Restoration -2
• 601 b.c. Jehoiakim rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kgs
24:1–7).
Chronology of Exile and Restoration -2
• 601 b.c. Jehoiakim rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kgs
24:1–7).
• 598 b.c. Jehoiakim taken captive; Daniel taken to Babylon
• 594 b.c. Jehoiachin reigns three months.
• Zedekiah follows Jehoiachin as king of Judah; second group of
captives (2 Kgs 24:8–20); Ezekiel taken captive with this group.
• 589 b.c. Zedekiah attempts an alliance with Egypt, provokes
the anger of Nebuchadnezzar.
• 587/586 b.c. Siege and final destruction of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar; third group of captives taken from Judah;
Gedaliah appointed governor; Jeremiah goes to Egypt (2 Kgs
25:1–30).
• 582 b.c. Fourth group of captives taken from Judah to Babylon
(Jer 52:30)
Outline
• Judah will fall (1-24)
• Nations will fall (25-32)
• Message of restoration
(33-48)
Compare / Contrast
• Ezekiel 1:4-14
• V.26- likeness of a
throne
• V.4 – raging fire,
brightness, color of
amber out the fire;
V.13- out of the fire
went lightning
• V.5 – likeness of four
living creatures
• V.5 – likeness of a man
• Revelation 4:1-11
• V.2- throne set in
heaven
• V.5- lightning,
thunderings, lamps of
fire burning
• V.6- four living creatures
• V.7- third living creature
had a face like a man
Compare / Contrast
• Ezekiel 1:4-14
• V.6- each had four faces
• V.10- each had face of a
man, face of a lion, face
of an ox and face of an
eagle
• V.6- each one had… four
wings
• V.18- rims full of eyes all
around the four of them
• Revelation 4:1-11
• V.7- first like a lion,
second like a calf, third
like a man, fourth like a
flying eagle
• V.8- each having six
wings
• V.6 & 8- full of eyes in
front/back, all around &
within