EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN. PROPHET - DATE JONAH(825-785BC)? JOEL(800BC)? HOSEA(785-725BC)?...

EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

ESTHER (485-465BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN

JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS V. 1-13SEE JEREMIAH 1:13

RESTORATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS V. 14-21

SHECHINAH FORSAKES THE CITY V. 22-23

EZEKIEL RETURNS TO HIS BRETHREN V. 24-25

READ: EZEKIEL 11:1-4JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS

1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1-4JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS

1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!"

WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL?WHO WAS AT THE EAST GATE?

WHAT DID THE SPIRIT SAY CONCERNING THESE MEN?WHAT DID THE SPIRIT WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:11 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL?

WHERE WAS THE GLORY OF THE LORD?READ: EZEKIEL 10:18-19

18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD‘S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE MEN?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:1414 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. NKJV

REMEMBER: EZEKIEL 8:11-16


WHO WAS AT THE EAST GATE?

ARE THESE THE SAME MEN IN EZEKIEL 8:16?

READ: EZEKIEL 8:1616 So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD‘S house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE MEN?READ: ISAIAH 43:28

28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches. NKJV

WHO DID JEREMIAH GOT TO? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 5:5

5 I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.“ NKJV


WHERE DID THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD BEGIN?

READ: EZEKIEL 9:66 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS

2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

WHAT DID THE SPIRIT SAY CONCERNING THESE MEN?

READ: JEREMIAH 29:8-108 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD. 10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. NKJV


3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.'

WHAT ARE THESE MEN SAYING?

WHAT DID MICAH SAY?READ: MICAH 3:1-3

1 And I said: "Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice? 2 You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron." NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?

READ: JEREMIAH 25:11-1211 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the LORD; 'and I will make it a perpetual desolation.




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?READ: EZEKIEL 7:2-3

2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: 'An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.




WHAT SHOULD WE BE MINDFUL OF? WHY?READ: 2 PETER 3:2-4

2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." NKJV


4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!"

WHAT DID THE SPIRIT WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?

READ: EZEKIEL 3:4-6

4 Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.

5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,

6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. NKJV


5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain."


5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain."

WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL?WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT HIM TO DO?

WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW?

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?



WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL?WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT WANT HIM TO DO?

READ: EZEKIEL 2:2-32 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.3 And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. NKJV



WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL?WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT WANT HIM TO DO?

WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW?

READ: EZEKIEL 3:24-2524 Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. 25 And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:55 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL?

WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW?READ: PSALMS 26:2

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 17:1010 I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:55 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL?

WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW?READ: PSALMS 139:1-4

1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. NKJV



WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

WHAT WAS THEIR JUDGMENT?READ: EZEKIEL 7:23-24

23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence. 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled. NKJV



WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?WHAT WAS THEIR JUDGMENT?READ: JEREMIAH 39:4-5

4 So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. NKJV


7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD.

9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.


7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:77 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?

WHO IS COMING FROM THE NORTH?READ: JEREMIAH 1:13-15

13 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, "What do you see?“ And I said, "I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north." 14 Then the LORD said to me: "Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, I am calling All the families of the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; NKJV


8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD.


READ: LEVITICUS 26:2525 And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. NKJV




WHY?READ: ISAIAH 66:4

4 So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered,When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight." NKJV



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO FLEE TO EGYPT?

READ: JEREMIAH 42:15-1615 Then hear now the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'If you wholly set your faces to enter Egypt, and go to dwell there, 16 then it shall be that the sword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. NKJV


9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.


DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:3636 "The LORD will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods — wood and stone. NKJV




DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

READ: PSALMS 106:41-4341 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,And those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 5:7-87 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have multiplied disobedience more than the nations that are all around you, have not walked in My statutes nor kept My judgments, nor even done according to the judgments of the nations that are all around you' — 8 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations. NKJV


10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?

READ: 2 KINGS 25:20-2120 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. NKJV



WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?READ: JEREMIAH 52:9-11

9 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him. 10 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?

READ: JEREMIAH 52:26-2726 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.27 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. NKJV


12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'"

13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"


12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'" 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?

WHAT HAPPENED TO PELATIAH?

WHAT DID EZEKIEL ASK THE LORD?



WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM IN THE BEGINNING?

READ: LEVITICUS 18:2-42 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God. 3 According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. 4 You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:12WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM IN THE BEGINNING?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 12:29-3129 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.' 31 You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. NKJV



WHAT DID THE SPIRIT TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?READ: EZEKIEL 8:9-11

9 And He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there." 10 So I went in and saw, and there — every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS PROPHESYING?

WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY TO THE LORD? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 9:88 So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?" NKJV




WHAT DID AMOS SAY TO THE LORD? WHY?READ: AMOS 7:2-3

2 And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!" 3 So the LORD relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said the LORD. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO ANANIAS?

WHY WERE THE PEOPLE FEARFUL?READ: ACTS 5:5

5 Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 11:14-15GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL

14 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:14-15GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL

14 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'

WHAT WERE EZEKIEL’S BRETHREN SAYING?

DEFINE BRETHREN:BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1515 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'

DEFINE BRETHREN:BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews

WHAT DID CAIN SAY TO THE LORD?READ: GENESIS 4:8-9

8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?“ He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:15DEFINE BRETHREN:

BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews

WHAT DID ABRAM SAY TO LOT?READ: GENESIS 13:8

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. KJV

WHAT DID JOSEPH’S BRETHREN DO?READ: GENESIS 42:3

3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE JEWS?

READ: LEVITICUS 25:2525 'If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. NKJV



WHAT RELATIONSHIP DID THE APOSTLES HAVE?

READ: MATTHEW 10:2-42 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. NKJV



WHO DID JESUS SAY WAS HIS BRETHREN?READ: MATTHEW 12:47-50

47 Then one said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You." 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother." NKJV



BRETHREN – brother in Christ

WHO IS PAUL CALLING BRETHREN?

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2626 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. NKJV


16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone."'

17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'


16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone."' 17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'

WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THE REMNANT?WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:16GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL


WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THE REMNANT?

READ: PSALMS 31:2020 You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 90:11 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THE REMNANT?READ: ISAIAH 2:2-4

2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD‘S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.“ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:16

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL


READ: ISAIAH 4:6

6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 8:14

14 He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 3:16-1816 "Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days," says the LORD, "that they will say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore. 17 "At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. 18 "In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers. NKJV




READ: MALACHI 1:1111 For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,“ Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV



WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN?READ: JOHN 4:21-24

21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:17

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL


READ: NEHEMIAH 1:8-9

8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;

9 but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.' NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 24:5-75 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.


17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'


READ: JEREMIAH 31:16-1716 Thus says the LORD: "Refrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD, And they shall come back from the land of the enemy. 17 There is hope in your future, says the LORD,That your children shall come back to their own border.


18 And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.


18 And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?WHY?


18 And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO?WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 5:1111 'Therefore, as I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity. NKJV

READ: HAGGAI 2:99 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the LORD of hosts." NKJV


19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,


READ: 1 KINGS 18:2121 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word. NKJV

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 30:1212 Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1919 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 51:10-11

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 86:11-1211 Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. 12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,And I will glorify Your name forevermore. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 31:3333 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 32:39-4039 then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. NKJV



READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:99 "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 10:22 Their heart is divided; Now they are held guilty.He will break down their altars; He will ruin their sacred pillars. NKJV



READ: ZECHARIAH 7:12-1312 Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts NKJV



WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?READ: ROMANS 2:5-6

5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": NKJV



WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:2-3

2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. NKJV

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1717 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. NKJV



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?

READ: EXODUS 6:7-87 I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.8 And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD.'“ NKJV




READ: PSALMS 1:1-21 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2020 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.


READ: JEREMIAH 11:2-42 "Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,' NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 24:77 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

READ: HEBREWS 8:1010 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 32:38-4038 They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. NKJV



READ: ZECHARIAH 8:88 I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people And I will be their God, In truth and righteousness.' NKJV

READ: ZECHARIAH 13:99 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested.They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" NKJV



WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?

READ: GALATIANS 5:24-2524 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

READ: EZEKIEL 11:21-2321 But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.

22 So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them.

23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:21-2321 But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD. 22 So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE UN-RIGHTEOUS?

WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2121 But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE UN-RIGHTEOUS?

READ: JEREMIAH 16:1818 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 9:1010 And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:21WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE UN-RIGHTEOUS?

WHY?READ: PSALMS 115:3-8

3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2121 But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE UN-RIGHTEOUS?WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 16:10-1110 "And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?' 11 then you shall say to them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken Me,' says the LORD; 'they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:22-2322 So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?

WHAT DID THEY CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SEE?READ: EXODUS 24:16-17

16 Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. NKJV


WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE?

READ: EZEKIEL 9:3-43 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side; 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." NKJV


WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE?

READ: EZEKIEL 10:44 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD‘S glory. NKJV


WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?EAST GATE OF THE LORD’S HOUSE?

READ: EZEKIEL 10:18-1918 Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD‘S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2323 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?EAST SIDE OF THE CITY?

WHERE IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES?

WHERE WILL THE LORD STAND?ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES? READ: ZECHARIAH 14:4

4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west,Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2323 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?EAST SIDE OF THE CITY?

WHERE IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES?

WHERE WAS JESUS AT THIS TIME?READ: MARK 13:3-4

3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately, 4 "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?" NKJV

(MATTHEW 24:3)

READ: EZEKIEL 11:24-2524 Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the LORD had shown me. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:24-2524 Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.25 So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the LORD had shown me. NKJV

WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL?

WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY TO THE CAPTIVES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2425 So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the LORD had shown me. NKJV

WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THE CAPTIVES?READ: EZEKIEL 3:4

4 Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 3:1111 And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' whether they hear, or whether they refuse."

READ: EZEKIEL 11:55 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:24WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THE CAPTIVES?

CHAPTER OUTLINE 1 EZEKIEL’S VISION OF GOD 2 EZEKIEL CALLED TO BE A PROPHET 3 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPHET 4 THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM 5 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM 6 JUDGMENT ON IDOLATROUS ISRAEL 7 JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR 8 ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE 9 THE WICKED ARE SLAIN 10 THE GLORY OF GOD DEPARTS 11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL GLORY OF THE LORD DEPARTS


WHAT IS PAUL’S MESSAGE TO US?

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. NKJV


WHAT IS PAUL’S MESSAGE TO US?

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-1917 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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