Ezekiel: That They May Ezekiel: That They May Know That I AM the LORDKnow That I AM the LORD

I. Ezekiel's Commission (1:1-3:27) A. The Vision of God's Glory (1:1-28) B. The Lord's Charge to Ezekiel (2:1-3:27)

II. Judah's Iniquity and the Resulting Judgment (4:1-24:27) A. The Initial Warnings of the Watchman (4:1-7:27) B. The Vision of the Exodus of God's Glory (8:1-11:25) C. The Lord's Reply to the Exiles Invalid Rationalizations of Hope (12:1-19:14) D. The Defective Leadership of Israel (20:1-23:49) E. The Execution of Jerusalem's Judgment (24:1-27)

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III. Judgment on the Foreign Nations (25:1-33:20) A. Judgment on Judah's Closest Neighbors (25:1-17) B. Judgment on Tyre (26:1-28:19) C. Judgment on Sidon (28:20-24) D. Israel's Restoration From the Nations (28:25-26) E. Judgment on Egypt (29:1-32:32)

IV. The Future Blessings of a Faithful Covenant God (33:21-48:35) A. Restoration to the Promised Land (33:21-39:29) B. God's Glory Returns (40:1-48:35)

1:1 1:2 1:3    June/July      

593 1st dated message: Call to prophetic of his ministry

8:1   Aug./Sept     

592  2nd dated message: the vision of temple abominations

20:1   July/Aug      

591 3rd dated message: response  to the elders’ inquiry    

24:1  Dec./Jan      

589/588 4th dated message: Jerusalem’s judgment26:1 March/April

587/586 5th dated message: judgment on Tyre

29:1 Dec/Jan 588/587 6th dated message: judgment on Egypt

29:17 April 571 7th dated message: judgment on Egypt (the latest date in Ezekiel)

30:20 March/April

587 8th dated message: news of  Pharaoh's defeat

31:1 June 21 587 9th dated message: news of Pharaoh's final defeat

32:1 March 3 585 10th dated message: lament over Pharaoh

32:17 April 585 11th dated message: funeral dirge for Pharaoh & description of Sheol

33:21 Dec/Jan 586/585 12th dated message: news of Jerusalem's fall

The Nations around

• Ammon• Moab• Edom• Philistia• Tyre• Sidon• Egypt

Tyre – Why so Important?

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26Many nations would come against Tyre (3) Many nations would come against Tyre (3) The walls of Tyre would be broken down (4) The walls of Tyre would be broken down (4) Dust would be scraped from her, and she would be left like a Dust would be scraped from her, and she would be left like a bare rock (4) bare rock (4) Tyre would be a place for the spreading of nets (5) Tyre would be a place for the spreading of nets (5) Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would build a siege wall Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would build a siege wall around Tyre (8) around Tyre (8) Nebuchadnezzar would plunder the city (9-12) Nebuchadnezzar would plunder the city (9-12) The stones, timber and soil of Tyre would be cast into the The stones, timber and soil of Tyre would be cast into the sea (12) sea (12) The city would never be rebuilt (14) The city would never be rebuilt (14)

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

Nebuchadnezzar took Tyre in 573 B.C.The people of the city fled Tyre to an island ½ mile offshoreThe island walls were 150 feet highWater depth was about 20 feet … very stormy water

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

Nebuchadnezzar took Tyre in 573 B.C.The people of the city fled Tyre to an island ½ mile offshoreThe island walls were 150 feet highWater depth was about 20 feet … very stormy water

What does this have to do with Alexander the Great?

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

On his way to Egypt …Defeated Sidon and then went to TyreTyrians told Alexander their city was at his disposal

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

On his way to Egypt …Defeated Sidon and then went to TyreTyrians told Alexander their city was at his disposal …until he asked to make a sacrifice in their templeAlexander decided to attack … but how?

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

On his way to Egypt …Defeated Sidon and then went to TyreTyrians told Alexander their city was at his disposal …until he asked to make a sacrifice in their templeAlexander decided to attack … but how?

He built a land bridge from the shore to the island … with what materials? He scraped the old city, the timbers, the stones, and the very dust were used to make his land bridge.In the end: 7,000 Tyrians died; 400 Macedonians

Prophecy in Ezekiel 26

It took Alexander 7 months in 332 B.C. to complete this

Just as Ezekiel said, the city on the mainland has not been rebuilt

If one sails by Tyre (island city), you’re likely to see fishing nets drying on its rocky shores

New Testament Backgrounds

SO THEN, TYRE IS GONE RIGHT?

What about some other passages?

Ezek 29:18; Matt. 15:21; Mark 3:8, Ezek 29:18; Matt. 15:21; Mark 3:8, 7:24, 7:31; Luke 6:17; Acts 21:3-77:24, 7:31; Luke 6:17; Acts 21:3-7

Acts 12:20Acts 12:20

Herod was having a quarrel with the people Herod was having a quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him

seeking a reconciliationseeking a reconciliation. 

So, what’s up?

WHAT WAS IT AND WHAT DID IT BECOME?

The issue is History and The issue is History and SovereigntySovereignty

Some helpful texts . . . 

• Psalm 22:28

• Psalm 33:6-12

• Psalm 47:1-9

• Psalm 66:7

Daniel 2:21          20     Daniel said, 20     Daniel said, 

““Let the name of God be Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, blessed forever and ever, For For wisdom and power belong to Him. wisdom and power belong to Him. 

          21     “It is He who 21     “It is He who changes the times and the epochs; changes the times and the epochs; He He removes kings and removes kings and establishes kings; establishes kings; 

He gives He gives wisdom to wise men wisdom to wise men And knowledge to And knowledge to men of understanding. men of understanding. 

          22     “It is He who 22     “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden reveals the profound and hidden things; things; 

He knows what is in the darkness, He knows what is in the darkness, And the And the light dwells with Him. light dwells with Him. 

Why Did God Plan History This Way?

The answer is that God’s aim in history to stop the mouth of human pride and magnify the greatness of 

his absolutely free mercy.-John Piper

(Sermon: God’s Design for History: The Glory of His Mercy)

 

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