Ezekiel 22:23-31 — Who Will Stand in the Gap?
GOD WILL UNLEASH DIVINE WRATH UPON HIS CORRUPT HOLY CITY
Ezekiel 22:1-22 — The Bloody City Burned Up and Dispersed by God’s Wrath
JERUSALEM DESERVED THE FURNACE OF GOD’S JUDGMENT BECAUSE OF HER DOCUMENTED ABOMINATIONS
Ezekiel 20:45 – 21:32 — Certainty of Devastating Judgment
THE SWORD OF THE LORD WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION OF JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 20:33-44 — Millennial Restoration
MILLENNAL RESTORATION TRANSFORMS WORSHIP AND GLORIFIES GOD
Ezekiel 20:1-32 — Israel’s History of Sin
ISRAEL’S CONSISTENT PATTERN OF SIN DOWN THROUGH HER HISTORY JUSTIFIES GOD’S JUDGMENT AND MAGNIFIES HIS MERCY
Ezekiel 19:1-14 — Lament over Failed Leadership
THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY HAS GONE DOWN IN FLAMES DUE TO FAILED LEADERSHIP
Ezekiel 18:1-32 — Principle of Individual Accountability for Conduct
GOD CANNOT BE ACCUSED OF INJUSTICE BECAUSE HE HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS OWN CONDUCT
Ezekiel 17:1-24 — Parable of the Two Eagles and the Vine
JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM JUSTIFIED IN LIGHT OF THE TREACHERY OF ZEDEKIAH BUT ULTIMATELY SUPERSEDED BY MESSIANIC RESTORATION
Ezekiel 16:1-63 — Roller Coaster Story of Unfaithful Jerusalem
DESPITE UNPRECEDENTED ABOMINATIONS, PRIVILEGED BUT UNFAITHFUL JERUSALEM WILL BE RESTORED TO COVENANT SECURITY AFTER APPROPRIATE JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 15:1-8 — The Worthless Vine
JERUSALEM AS THE WORTHLESS VINE CAN’T ESCAPE THE CONSUMING FIRE OF GOD’S JUDGMENT
Ezekiel 14:12-23 — Impossibility of Jerusalem Surviving Divine Punishment
JERUSALEM CANNOT ESCAPE JUDGMENT EVEN IF THE MOST RIGHTEOUS MEN INTERCEDE
Ezekiel 14:1-11 — Hypocritical Idolatrous Elders Denounced
HIDDEN IDOLATRY PROVES TO BE A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR SIN AND A RED FLAG IN TERMS OF DIVINE CONFRONTATION AND CONDEMNATION