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Ezekiel 29:1-21 — The Fate of Egypt

Ezekiel 29:1-21 — The Fate of Egypt

BIG IDEA: IMAGES OF A CAPTURED MONSTER CROCODILE AND A BROKEN REED SPEAK TO THE DEMISE OF EGYPT AS GOD REASSURES HIS PEOPLE INTRODUCTION: After finishing his prophecy against Tyre and Sidon, the prophet turns his attention in chapters 29-32 to the fate of the powerful...
Ezekiel 24:1-27  — Day of Reckoning for Jerusalem

Ezekiel 24:1-27 — Day of Reckoning for Jerusalem

BIG IDEA: DESPITE HER FALSE SECURITY, JERUSALEM EXPERIENCES THE DEVASTATION OF DESERVED JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION: This climactic chapter at the heart of the book of Ezekiel brings us finally to the Day of Reckoning for Jerusalem. After repeated prophecies emphasizing the...
Ezekiel 22:23-31  — Who Will Stand in the Gap?

Ezekiel 22:23-31 — Who Will Stand in the Gap?

BIG IDEA: GOD WILL UNLEASH DIVINE WRATH UPON HIS CORRUPT HOLY CITYINTRODUCTION:[Outline borrowed from sermon by Michael Crawford. This is the third oracle of judgment from chapter 22.]This is a famous scripture text: “Who will stand in the gap?” The various categories...
Ezekiel 20:33-44  — Millennial Restoration

Ezekiel 20:33-44 — Millennial Restoration

BIG IDEA: MILLENNAL RESTORATION TRANSFORMS WORSHIP AND GLORIFIES GODINTRODUCTION:Note that the familiar Recognition Refrain marks the end of each of the three segments of this section of the book (vs. 38, 42, 44). Ezekiel now looks ahead to the end times scenario when...
Ezekiel 20:1-32  — Israel’s History of Sin

Ezekiel 20:1-32 — Israel’s History of Sin

BIG IDEA: ISRAEL’S CONSISTENT PATTERN OF SIN DOWN THROUGH HER HISTORY JUSTIFIES GOD’S JUDGMENT AND MAGNIFIES HIS MERCYINTRODUCTION:Once the Lord has the attention of the elders in exile, He turns the table on their desire for some type of new counsel that would answer...
Ezekiel 19:1-14  — Lament over Failed Leadership

Ezekiel 19:1-14 — Lament over Failed Leadership

BIG IDEA: THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY HAS GONE DOWN IN FLAMES DUE TO FAILED LEADERSHIPINTRODUCTION:Here we have the sad lament of Judah’s failed leadership and its impact on the nation. The common figures of a lioness and a vine are employed to picture the rapid decline and...
Ezekiel 15:1-8  — The Worthless Vine

Ezekiel 15:1-8 — The Worthless Vine

BIG IDEA: JERUSALEM AS THE WORTHLESS VINE CAN’T ESCAPE THE CONSUMING FIRE OF GOD’S JUDGMENTINTRODUCTION:Constable: This is the first in a series of three parables designed to impress on the overly optimistic exiles that there was no possibility that Jerusalem would...