Sermon Outlines for
the book of Ezekiel

 Rev. David P. Horrocks, Th.M., Pastor
Christ Community Church

Ezekiel-Selected (9/21/03)
Ezekiel 1:1-28 (9/28/03)
Ezekiel 2:1-3:15 (10/05/03)
Ezekiel 3:16-27 (10/12/03)
Ezekiel 4:1-5:17 (11/2/03)
Ezekiel 6:1-14 (11/16/03)
Ezekiel 8:1-18 (11/23/03)
Ezekiel 10:1-22, 11:22-23 (11/30/03)
Ezekiel 11:1-21 (12/7/03)
Ezekiel 12:1-28 (12/14/03)
Ezekiel 14:12-23 (2/1/04)
Ezekiel 15:1-8 (2/8/04)
Ezekiel 16:1-63 (2/15/04)
Ezekiel 18:1-32 (2/22/04)
Ezekiel 22:1-31 (2/29/04)
Ezekiel 24:1-27 (3/7/04)
Ezekiel 25:1-32:32 (3/14/04)
Ezekiel 34:1-31 (3/21/04)
Ezekiel 36:22-38 (3/28/04)
Ezekiel 37:1-28 (4/18/04)
Ezekiel 38:1-39:29 (4/25/04)
Ezekiel 40:1-43:12 (5/9/04)
Ezekiel 43:13-46:24 (5/16/04)
Ezekiel 47:1-48:35 (5/23/04)

 Ezekiel - Selected

Introduction:  "Pre 9-11 or post 9-11" 

The chronology in Ezekiel's life

            622 BC:  Ezekiel was born
            605 BC:  Babylon's first campaign (Daniel taken captive)
            597 BC:  Babylon's second campaign (Ezekiel taken captive)
            592 BC:  Ezekiel commissioned as a prophet
            586 BC:  Babylon's third campaign (Jerusalem destroyed)

The character of Ezekiel

            He was a Priest by birth
            He was a Prophet by calling
            He was a Pastor by nature

The challenge Ezekiel faced

            597 BC was the extent of God's judgment
            597 BC was God's mistake
            597 BC proved that God is weak
            God had an obligation to restore Israel

The content of Ezekiel

            God is independent and holy
            Israel is sinful
            Individuals are responsible
            God has a redemptive purpose in judgment
            God promises that Israel will be restored

The conclusion of Ezekiel

            He has lived in all situations of judgment and blessings in life
            The Lord is a great and glorious God

MESSAGE:
 "IN ALL OF HIS PLANS TO JUDGE US
AND ALL OF HIS PLANS TO SAVE US,
OUR LORD IS A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GOD."

 

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Ezekiel 1:1-28

Introduction:  "Draw what you see"

Ezekiel's setting (1:1-3)

            A captive
            An exile
            A displaced person

Ezekiel's sighting (1:4-28)

            His revelation (4-28a)

                        The storm cloud of God's judgment upon Jerusalem (4)
                        Four living beings serving the Lord in His will (5-14)
                        The entire universe is the stage for the Lord's work (15-21)
                        The chariot-throne of the Lord as He governs the world (22-28a)

                                    The holiness of the Lord
                                    The power of the Lord
                                    The glory of the Lord
                                    The loyal-love of the Lord

            His response (28b)

                        He submits on the inside
                        He submits on the outside

MESSAGE:

"THE HOLINESS, POWER, GLORY, AND LOVE
OF THE ONE WHO RULES OVER THE WORLD
COMPELS US TO SEEK HIS WILL AND HIS WORK
FOR OUR LIVES IN THE WORLD."

 

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Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

Introduction:  "I have found a WMD and an IGB"

Ezekiel's new setting (1:1-28)

            A vision of the Lord judging Jerusalem
            A vision of the glory of the Lord directing the flow of history

Ezekiel's new vocation (2:1-3:15)

            Ezekiel's call to be the Lord's prophet (2:1-7)

                        The son of man will become the servant of God
                        The son of man will become the voice of God
                        The son of man will become a witness for God

            Ezekiel's consecration as the Lord's prophet (2:8-3:3)

                        Ezekiel must receive God's Word
                        Ezekiel must obey God's Word
                        Ezekiel must speak God's Word

            Ezekiel's commission as the Lord's prophet (3:4-9)

                        You will preach to the House of Israel
                        You will preach to people who will not listen
                        You will preach to people who will not break

            Ezekiel's commitment to being the Lord's prophet (3:10-11)

                        He was to serve the Lord with all his heart
                        He was to serve Israel with all his strength

            Ezekiel's conduct as the Lord's prophet (3:12-15)

                        He is obedient to the will of God
                        He is enabled by the Spirit of God
                        He is zealous for the glory of God

MESSAGE:

"WE MUST OBEY THE LORD AND LIVE FOR HIS GLORY
IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THOSE WHO DISOBEY THE LORD
TO LIVE FOR THEIR OWN GLORY."

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Ezekiel 3:16-27

Introduction:  "Position available"

Context (1:1-3:27)

            Displaced as a priest (1:1-28)
            Called as a prophet (2:1-3:15)
            Appointed as a watchman (3:16-27)

The obligations of the Lord's watchman (3:16-27)

            The work of the watchman is to watch

                        He watches a specific people
                        He watches for a specific purpose

            The worth of a watchman is to warn

                        He warns the wicked to repent
                        He warns the righteous to return

            The way of the watchman is to reflect Christ

                        He faithfully guards and warns his charge
                        He willingly goes where he is sent and does what he is told
                        He willingly accepts hardships
                        He speaks at the right time and he is silent at the right time
                        He trusts in the Lord for the results
                        He does what he does for the glory of God

MESSAGE:

"THE LORD WORKS THROUGH GODLY PEOPLE
WHO IN THEIR SPIRITUAL SERVICE TO OTHERS
BECOME REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD."

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Ezekiel 4:1-5:17

Introduction:  "The Battle of Gettysburg"

Prophecies of judgment in picture (4:1-5:4)

            The coming of judgment (4:1-3)
            The cause of judgment (4:4-8)
            The conditions during the judgment (4:4-8)
            The consequences of the judgment (5:1-4)

Prophecies of judgment in preaching (5:5-17)

            Blessed Jerusalem will be judged (5:5)
            Jerusalem rejected the Lord by rejecting His will (5:6)
            The Lord is now against Jerusalem (5:7-8)
            Jerusalem will be unmercifully judged (5:9-12)
            Judging Jerusalem will appease God's wrath (5:13)
            Judging Jerusalem will be God's warning (5:14-15)
            Judging Jerusalem will be God's witness (5:16-17)

Prophecies of judgment in principle

            God's judgments come when grace is received but godliness
            is not expressed

            God's judgments come when grace is received but grace
            is not shown

            God's judgments come when grace is received but pride is
            the result

MESSAGE:

"WHEN GOD'S GRACE IS MET WITH OUR DISGRACE,
THEN GOD'S BLESSINGS WILL GIVE WAY TO GOD'S JUDGMENTS."

 

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Ezekiel 6:1­-14

Introduction:  "Oh, how much we need to know the Lord!"

The Lord's wrath is upon those who betray Him (6:1-7)

            The Lord hates idolatry in the covenant community
            Those seeking life through idols will find death
            Altars, idols, idolaters, and idolatry in Israel will be shattered
            Israel will know the Lord

The Lord's love is upon those who turn to Him (6:8-10)

            A remnant will be spared
            A remnant will be saved

                        In their exile they will remember the Lord
                        In their exile they will understand their sin
                        In their exile they will repent of their sin

            A remnant will know the Lord

The Lord's joy is expressed when righteousness rules (6:11-14)

            Shout "hooray" for the rule of righteousness!
            Judgment has its message
            Israel will know the Lord

MESSAGE:
"THROUGH HIS WRATH OR THROUGH HIS LOVE,
WE WILL KNOW THAT THE RIGHTEOUS LORD IS LORD."

 

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Ezekiel 8:1­-18

Introduction:  "How do I love you?..."

The context of Ezekiel 8 - Israel's sin of idolatry

The content of Ezekiel 8 - Idolatry and the Temple in Jerusalem

            The setting (8:1-4)

            The sins - Israel dishonored the Lord (8:5-)

                        Idolatry near the Temple courtyard (5-6)
                        Idolatry in the Temple buildings (7-15)

                                    70 elders in hiding (7-13)
                                    Weeping women mourning (14-15)

                        Idolatry at the Temple altar (16-17)

            The sentence - The Lord will dishonor Israel (8:18)

            The solutions

                        Treasure your relationship with the Lord
                        Simplify and prioritize your life
                        Sacrifice your life to that which is eternal
                        Think Biblically
                        Think obediently

MESSAGE:

"ISRAEL DISHONORED THE LORD
IN SEEKING HER HAPPINESS;
THE LORD WILL DISHONOR ISRAEL
IN SHOWING HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS."

 

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Ezekiel 10:1-22, 11:22-23

Introduction:  "Your house is being left to you desolate"

The meaning of the glory of the Lord

            The glory of the Lord is His eternal importance
            The glory of the Lord is His perfect moral nature
            The glory of the Lord is His great and mighty works
            The glory of the Lord is His personal presence

The manifestation of the glory of the Lord

            Old Testament
            New Testament
            Present age
            Future age

The departure of the glory of the Lord

            Within the most holy place in the Temple (II Chronicles 7:1)
            Upon the doorway of the Temple (Ezekiel 10:4)
            Upon the throne-chariot near the altar of the Temple (Ezekiel 10:18)
            Above the eastern gate (Ezekiel 10:19)
            In the midst of the city (Ezekiel 11:23a)
            On the Mount of Olives (Ezekiel 11:23b)

MESSAGE:
"WHEN THE LORD IS DENIED HIS GLORY IN A HOUSE,
THEN THE LORD WITHDRAWS HIS BLESSINGS
FROM THAT HOME."

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Ezekiel 11:1-21

Introduction:  "Reasonable decisions that are wrong"

Surveying Jerusalem (8:1-10:22)

            Idolatry is in the Temple (8)
            Jerusalem is on fire (9)
            The glory of the Lord departs (10)

Jerusalem's evil leaders [False Israel] (11:1-13)

            They thought they were approved
            They opposed the Word of the Lord
            The Lord is opposed to them

                        They have caused death
                        They will know death
                        They will know the Lord as their judge
                        They will taste their future before it happens

A remnant will be saved from the exiles [True Israel] (11:14-21)

            They thought they were excluded
            The exiles are the house of Israel under construction

                        Some will be saved

                                    Hope of physical restoration
                                    Hope of spiritual reformation
                                    Hope of personal regeneration
                                    Hope of covenant renewal
                                    Hope of national re-adoption

                        The rest will be judged

MESSAGE:
"THROUGH BLESSINGS AND JUDGMENTS,
THROUGH TRIALS AND HOPES,
THE LORD IS FORMING A HOLY PEOPLE FOR HIMSELF."

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Ezekiel 12:1-28

Introduction:  "Caution bridge out"

The context - God's word is ignored

            The Lord has a plan
            Israel does not believe the plan

The content of Ezekiel 12 - God's Word is declared

            Prophesy against the false prophets of deliverance (12:1-20)

                        Show them again that more exiles are coming (1-7)

                                    Drama of packed luggage described
                                    Drama of packed luggage accomplished

                        Tell them again that more exiles are coming (8-16)

                                    Jerusalem's prince will go into exile
                                    Jerusalem's people will go into exile

                        Show them and tell them again that Jerusalem will fall (17-20)

                                    Drama of anxious eating described
                                    Drama of anxious eating explained

            Prophesy against the false proverbs of hope (12:21-28)

                        Tell them that Jerusalem's fall is certain (21-25)

                                    The proverb - the routine rules
                                    The promise - the routine will soon end with judgment

                        Tell them that Jerusalem's fall is near (26-28)

                                    The exiles said - the far distant future
                                    The Lord says - the very near future

MESSAGE:
"CAUTION, THE LORD WILL THOROUGHLY
JUDGE THE SINS OF HIS PEOPLE."

 

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Ezekiel 14:12-23

Introduction:  The godly can only deliver themselves from judgment.

There is no escape from God's judgment (Ezekiel 14:12-21)

            Hope #5 - The prayers of the righteous will protect us
            Response #5 - Not this time

                        Who are the righteous?  (14, 16, 18, 20)

                                    They were established in faith
                                    They lived by faith
                                    They were approved through faith

                        Who are the wicked?  (13)

                                    They refused the relationship of faith
                                    They talk faith, but live unbelief
                                    They do the works of unbelief

                        What are the judgments?  (21)

                                    Promised and present
                                    Public and inclusive
                                    Divine and severe

There is no mistake in God's justice (Ezekiel 14:22-23)

            A remnant of the wicked will be delivered
            The sinfulness of the wicked will be revealed
            The justice of God's judgment will be known

"THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM GOD'S JUDGEMENT,
AND THERE IS NO MISTAKE IN GOD'S JUSTICE."

Conclusions:

Each of us must prepare to be judged by God.
In the judgment there will be no such things as borrowed faith.
The Lord will judge both the wicked and the righteous justly.
The Lord would not be the Lord if He did not judge the wicked.
Today is the day of salvation.

 

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Ezekiel 15:1-8

Introduction:  "The useless use of a vineyard"

Israel was to be the Lord's vineyard in a world of trees

Israel wanted to be a tree (like the nations)

            Israel was never designed to be a tree
            Israel failed at becoming a tree
            In trying to be a tree Israel failed at being a vineyard

                        Israel acted unfaithfully
                        Israel was judged by the Lord
                        Israel will yet be judged by the Lord

            In judgment Israel will learn - she should have been a vineyard

Are there other failures to follow the Lord's design?

            Is my life the light the Lord planned for it to be?
            Is my home the family the Lord planned for it to be?
            Is my church the lampstand the Lord planned for it to be?
            Is my nation the good influence the Lord planned for it to be?

MESSAGE:
"PERSONAL FAITH IN THE LORD AND COMPLETE OBEDIENCE
TO HIS PLAN IS THE ONLY PATH TO A BLESSED AND USEFUL
LIFE IN THE WORLD."

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Ezekiel 16:1-63

Introduction:  "Israel, dial 911!

Israel in an historic parable (16:1-34)

            Israel exists only by God's will (1-7)

                        Born out of sin
                        Born without love
                        Born without hope

            Israel was exalted only by God's choice (8-14)

                        The Lord choose her as His wife
                        The Lord cleansed and clothed her
                        The Lord crowned her as His queen

            Israel followed the path of spiritual adultery on her own (15-34)

                        Israel desired other nations and their gods
                        Israel violated her relationship with the Lord
                        Israel became consumed by her sin

Israel in a futuristic prophecy (16:35-63)

            Israel will be judged as the foremost sinner (35-52)

                        Political alliances will turn against her
                        She will be judged as a harlot is judged
                        The Lord's righteous demands will be satisfied
                        Israel will be judged as the worst sinner of them all

            Israel will be restored as the foremost saint (53-63)

                        She will be restored in humility
                        She will be restored as a witness
                        She will be restored to her memory
                        She will be restored to a better covenant

MESSAGE:
"WHEN THOSE CHOSEN BY GOD CONTINUE TO CHOOSE SIN,
THE LORD SENDS JUDGMENTS TO CAUSE US TO REPENT."

 

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Ezekiel 18:1-32

Introduction:  "We are so good at denial!"

The charge of inherited judgment or individual accountability (1-20)

            The righteous person will live (5-9)

                        Ethical purity
                        Religious purity
                        Personal moral purity
                        Ritual purity
                        Legal purity (Love for the Lord)
                        Public moral purity (Love for a neighbor)

            The unrighteous son of the righteous person will die (10-13, 18)
            The righteous son of an unrighteous person will live (14-17)
            The Lord judges by the law of individual accountability (19-20)

The charge of inherited guilt or individual responsibility (21-29)

            The wicked person who repents will live (21-23, 27-28)
            The righteous person who turns wicked will die (24, 26)
            The Lord judges by the law of individual responsibility (25, 29)

The Lord's heart seen in His law of personal repentance (30-32)

            Repent on the outside
            Repent on the inside
            Repent and live now and forever

MESSAGE:

"I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY SIN,
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY GUILT,
AND THE LORD'S WILL IS THAT I SHOULD REPENT."

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Ezekiel 22:1-31

Introduction:  "…All for the want of a nail."

Ezekiel declares the judgment of exile on the city (1-16)

            Jerusalem's sin is her violence

                        She is violent against people
                        She is violent against precepts

            Jerusalem's sin is her idolatry
            Jerusalem's punishment will be her exile

                        Exile will cost Jerusalem her glory
                        Exile will teach Jerusalem about the Lord's justice

Ezekiel declares the judgment of fire upon the nation (17-22)

            Israel has become the dross of the earth
            Israel will be gathered to the Jerusalem furnace
            The furnace will teach Israel about the Lord's wrath

Ezekiel declares the sins of the people upon the people (23-31)

            The nobles are ignoble
            The priests are profane
            The princes were for profit
            The prophets were for no profit
            The people were perverse
            The righteous were in retreat

MESSAGE:

"FOR THE WANT OF ONE RIGHTEOUS PERSON, THE CITY WAS LOST;
FOR THE WANT OF THE CITY THE NATION WAS LOST -
ALL FOR THE WANT OF ONE RIGHTEOUS PERSON."

 

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Ezekiel 24:1-27

Introduction:  "I don't test well"

The day of judgment has come (24:1-14)

            The announcement (1-2)
            The announcement by means of a parable (3-14)

                        A kitchen poem (3-5)
                        Jerusalem, the sinful city, is a rusty pot (6-8)
                        The people and the city will perish by fire (9-13)
                        This is the will and the work of the Lord (14)

It is a day of great sorrow (24:15-27)

            The announcement (15-17)
            Ezekiel's great sorrow (18)
            The question (19)
            The explanation (20-27)

                        Israel's great sorrow (20-21)
                        Israel's great choice (22-24)
                        Israel's great hope (25-27)

MESSAGE:

"THROUGH DAYS OF GREAT JUDGMENT
AND DAYS OF GREAT SORROW,
THE LORD WILL JUDGE THE WICKED
AND BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS."

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Ezekiel 25:1-32:32

Introduction:  "The most crooked lying group…"

The character of the nation's life (25:1-32:32)

            Ammon is unfaithful (25:1-7)
            Moab is unholy (25:8-11)
            Edom is unforgiving (25:12-14)
            Philistia is hateful (25:15-17)
            Tyre and Sidon are filled with self-pride (26:1-28:19)
            Egypt is ungodly (29:1-32:32)

The power ruling the nation's heart (28:1-19)

            The ruler of Tyre is unholy (1-10)

                        He is motivated by pride (2)
                        He claimed to be divine (2,6)
                        He claimed to sit on a throne of almighty power (2)
                        He claimed to have divine wisdom (3,6)
                        He was proud of wealth (5)
                        He was proud of power (5)
                        He was condemned to a violent death (6-10)

            The ruler of the ruler of Tyre is unholy (11-19)

                        He was created in perfection, wisdom, and beauty (12)
                        He was in the Garden of Eden (13)
                        He was created with glory (13)
                        He was the angel who guarded God's holiness (14)
                        He was welcome in God's presence (14)
                        He was created in innocence, but chase to sin (15)
                        He was cast out of God's presence (16)
                        He was cast down to the earth (17)
                        He spread his unholiness on the earth (18)
                        He will suffer God's judgment in the world (19)

MESSAGE:
"THE POWER THAT IS RULING IN A NATION'S HEART
IS REFLECTED IN THE CHARACTER OF THAT NATION'S LIFE."

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Ezekiel 34:1-31

Introduction:  "Camden's evil shepherds"

The Lord will shepherd His people in love (1-24)

            The Lord will remove the evil shepherds (1-10)
            The Lord Himself will become the True Shepherd (11-22)
            The Lord will raise up a New Shepherd (23-24)

The Lord will govern His people in peace (25-31)

            The character of God's rule (25-31)
            The application of God's rule

                        Literal conditional promise to Israel on the earth
                        Literal unconditional promise to Israel on the earth
                        Spiritual unconditional promise to the godly on the earth
                        Spiritual unconditional promise to the godly in heaven

MESSAGE:
"THE LORD WILL SHEPHERD HIS PEOPLE IN LOVE,
AND THE LORD WILL GOVERN HIS PEOPLE IN PEACE."

 

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Ezekiel 36:22-38

Introduction:  "…one nation UNDER GOD…"

Israel knew the Lord in her laws but not in her life

            Israel profaned His land by her sins (36:17)
            Israel profaned His name by her sins (36:21)

Israel and the nations will know the Lord (22-38)

            This will be the Lord's doing (22)
            This will be for the Lord's great purpose (23)
            This will follow the Lord's great plan (24-38)

                        Israel will be saved

                                    Israel will be blessed by the Lord's salvation

                                                Sinners are called by the Lord (24)
                                                Sinners are cleansed by the Lord (25)
                                                Sinners are converted by the Lord (26)
                                                Sinners are regenerated by the Lord (27)
                                                Sinners are adopted by the Lord (28)
                                                Sinners are sanctified by the Lord (29)
                                                Sinners are glorified by the Lord (30, 33-35, 37-38)

                                    Israel will be humbled by the Lord's glory (31)
                                    Israel will be sobered by the Lord's grace (32)

                        The Lord will be known among the nations (36)

                                    His presence is over them
                                    His power is over them
                                    His wisdom is over them

MESSAGE:

"THE LORD REVEALS HIS GLORY AND HIS GRACE
TO THOSE WHO NEED SALVATION
THROUGH THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED SALVATION."

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Ezekiel 37:1-28

Introduction:  "August 586 BC"

The nation of Israel is dead

The nation of Israel will live

            A vision of the re-gathering of Israel to the land

                        Preaching to the dead (1-8)

                                    The vision
                                    The question
                                    The sermon prepared
                                    The sermon delivered
                                    The sermon results

                        Praying to the Spirit (9-10)
                        Promising a national resurrection (11-14)

            A sign-sermon of the re-unification of Israel in the land

                        The sign (15-17)
                        The sermon (18-22)

            A picture of the restoration of Israel's purpose on the land

                        A look at sanctification (23)
                        A look at glorification (24-28)

MESSAGE:
"THE LORD WHO RULES THE WORLD
GIVES TESTIMONY OF HIMSELF TO THE WORLD
THROUGH HIS HOLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD."

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Ezekiel 38:1­-39:29

Introduction:  "A battle plan"

Four competing world powers on the battlefields in the last days

            A Mediterranean Federation of ten nations (Daniel 2, 7)
            A Northern Alliance of nations (Ezekiel 38-39)
            The Kings of the East (Revelation 16)
            The King of the South (Daniel 11)

The Lord's battle plan for defeating the Northern Alliance and for saving the nation of Israel

            NA will be brought against Israel (38:1-9)
            NA will choose to go against Israel (38:10-13)
            NA will invade Israel for God's purpose (38:14-16)
            NA will encounter God's wrath (38:17-23)
            NA will suffer great carnage (39:1-16)
            NA will be a sacrifice to the Lord (39:17-24)
            NA will be defeated for Israel's salvation (39:25-29)

My battle plans for holiness

            I will trust in the Lord who alone is God
            I will resist greed at any cost
            I will do good and not evil
            I will escape God's wrath through obedience to God's Son
            I will live for God's glory and not die in God's anger
            I will sacrifice for the Lord rather than be sacrificed by the Lord
            I will learn from the discipline of the Lord

MESSAGE:
"THE LORD HAS A PLAN:
A BATTLE PLAN TO DEFEAT THE WICKED
AND A SALVATION PLAN TO GATHER THE RIGHTEOUS."

 

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Ezekiel 40:1-43:12

Introduction:  "The perfectly planned city."

Touring the Temple of the Lord (40:1-42:20)

Filling the Temple by the Lord (43:1-12)

            The glory of the Lord returns (1-5)
            The holiness of the Lord reviewed (6-9)
            The unholiness of the people removed (10-12)

                        Conviction of sin (10)
                        Salvation from sin (11)
                        Sanctification out of sin (12)

Building the Temple from the Lord

            Literal prophetic near view:  Post-exilic Temple
            Symbolic spiritual view:  Church
            Symbolic ideal view:  Worship
            Literal prophetic far view:  Millennial Temple

MESSAGE:
"ONLY WHEN WE RESPECT THE HOLINESS OF THE LORD,
CAN WE SHARE IN THE GLORY OF THE LORD."

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Ezekiel 43:13-46:24

Introduction:  "No loss of time"

A New Temple of the Lord (40:1-43:12)

A New worship for the Lord (43:13-46:24)

            The altar (43:27)
            The priesthood (44:15)
            The prince (45:16-17)
            A physical temple with sacrifices will:

                        Convey symbolic and spiritual messages
                        Look back on the work of Christ
                        Teach the nations about the Lord
                        Fulfill Israel's priestly purpose

            Eight temples of the Lord

                        The Tabernacle of Moses (1400 to 1000 BC)
                        The Temple of Solomon (1000 to 586 BC)
                        The Temple of Zerubbabel (516 BC to AD 70)
                             (Herod rebuilt this Temple - John 2:20)
                        The Temple of the Body of Christ (John 2:21)
                        The Spiritual Temple of the Church
                                    The individual Christian (I Corinthians 6:19)
                                    The local Church (I Corinthians 3:16, 17)
                                    The whole Church (Ephesians 2:19-22)
                        The Temple of the Tribulation (Revelation 11:1, 2)
                        The Temple of the Kingdom Age (Ezekiel 40-48)
                        The Temple of New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:3, 22)

MESSAGE:
"THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S TEMPLE SHOULD BE
THE MESSAGE OF OUR LIVES."

 

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Ezekiel 47:1-48:35

Introduction:  "Summers in Paradise"

Context

            A redesigned Temple
            A redefined worship
            A redistributed land

Content:  Ezekiel's paradise (47:1-48:35)

            The power of the Lord quickens creation (47:1-12)

                        The river of life heals land and sea
                        The restored earth feeds and heals the people

            The promises of the Lord are inherited (47:13-48:29)

                        Israel is established in her land

                                    Historical boundaries reviewed (47:13-20)
                                    Residents of faith (47:21-23)
                                    Distribution of tribes - North (48:1-7)
                                    The Lord's allotment (48:8-20)
                                    The Prince's allotment (48:21-22)
                                    Distribution to the tribes - South (48:23-29)

                        The Church is established in heaven

            The presence of the Lord is realized (48:30-35)

                        Jerusalem will be the central city of the earth
                        Israel will reflect the nature of the Lord to the world

MESSAGE:
"IF THE POWER OF THE LORD HAS CHANGED YOU,
IF THE PROMISES OF THE LORD DIRECT YOU,
IF THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD DELIGHTS YOU,
THEN YOU ARE PREPARED TO LIVE IN PARADISE."

 

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