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The Story of the Prophet Ezekiel - The Prophet of Visions and Divine Revelations _ Bible Stories · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: In the fifth year of King Jehoyakim's exile by the
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  Speaker 1: banks of the river Chebar in the land of the Chaldeans,
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  Speaker 1: a young priest of thirty years was about to have
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  Speaker 1: an encounter that would change not only his life, but
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  Speaker 1: the history of all the people of Israel, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel one one three. In the thirtieth year, in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month,
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  Speaker 1: when I was among the exiles by the river Chebah,
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  Speaker 1: the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
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  Speaker 1: His name was Ezekiel, son of Bouzi, and he was
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  Speaker 1: about to experience one of the most extraordinary visions ever
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  Speaker 1: recorded in the Holy Scriptures. The text reveals in Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: one four that I looked and behold a great stormy
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  Speaker 1: wind came out of the north, and a great cloud
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  Speaker 1: with fire flashing forth continually, and a brightness was about it,
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  Speaker 1: And out of the midst of it came the likeness
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  Speaker 1: of gleaming metal. Out of the midst of the fire.
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  Speaker 1: This supernatural vision was just the beginning of an experience
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  Speaker 1: that would transcend human understanding. From the midst of this
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  Speaker 1: celestial storm emerged four living creatures described in stunning detail
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel one five two fourteen. Out of the midst
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  Speaker 1: of it came the likeness of four living creatures. This
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  Speaker 1: was their appearance. They had the likeness of a man.
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  Speaker 1: Each creature possessed a complexity that defied imagination. Four faces
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  Speaker 1: and four wings. The Sacred Text tells us that in
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  Speaker 1: front they had the face of a man, on the right,
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  Speaker 1: the face of a lion, on the left, the face
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  Speaker 1: of an ox, and behind the face of an eagle.
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  Speaker 1: Their wings extended upward, two touching each other and two
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  Speaker 1: covering their bodies. They moved wherever the spirit guided them,
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  Speaker 1: shining like polished bronze and moving with the speed of lightning.
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  Speaker 1: The vision became even more extraordinary when, as reported in
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel one Feared fifteen twenty one, mysterious wheels appeared alongside
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  Speaker 1: the living creatures. These were not ordinary wheels. They were
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  Speaker 1: full of eyes all around and moved in perfect harmony
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  Speaker 1: with the heavenly beings. When the living creatures moved, the
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  Speaker 1: wheels moved with them. When the living creatures rose from
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  Speaker 1: the earth, the wheels rose. But the climax of the
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  Speaker 1: vision was yet to come. In Ezekiel one twenty two
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight, the prophet beheld something that transcended even the
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  Speaker 1: magnificence of the living creatures. Over the heads of the
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  Speaker 1: living creatures there was something like a firmament, shining like
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  Speaker 1: awe inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads. Above this
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  Speaker 1: crystalline firmament was a throne of sapphire, and on it
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  Speaker 1: sat a figure resembling a man, but shining like glowing
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  Speaker 1: metal and fire, surrounded by a radiance like that of
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  Speaker 1: a rainbow. It was the very glory of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: manifested in a tangible way, and in its presence, Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: fell on his face to the ground. The divine call
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  Speaker 1: came next, as recorded in Ezekiel two one to two,
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man, stand on your feet, and I will
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  Speaker 1: speak with you. And as he spoke to me, the
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  Speaker 1: spirit entered into me and set me on my feet.
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  Speaker 1: This title son of Man would become a distinctive mark
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  Speaker 1: of Ezekiel's ministry, use more than ninety times throughout the book.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord then revealed his mission. He would be sent
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  Speaker 1: to the rebellious people of Israel, those who, even in exile,
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  Speaker 1: continued to rebel against God. One of the most symbolic
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  Speaker 1: and profound moments of his calling is recorded in Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: two eight to ten and three one three. The prophet
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  Speaker 1: saw a hand stretched out holding a scroll written on
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  Speaker 1: both sides with lamentations mourning and woe. The Lord then
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  Speaker 1: commanded him to do something extraordinary, son of Man, eat
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  Speaker 1: this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: In obedience, Ezekiel ate the scroll, which tasted as sweet
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  Speaker 1: as honey in his mouth, even though it contained messages
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  Speaker 1: of judgment. A powerful illustration of how the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: though it may sometimes carry difficult messages, is sweet to
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  Speaker 1: those who receive it with humility. Ezekiel's responsibility would be immense.
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  Speaker 1: In Ezekiel three seventeen to twenty one, God appointed him
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  Speaker 1: as a watchman for the house of Israel, Son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall
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  Speaker 1: give them warning from me, like a sentinel in a watchtower.
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  Speaker 1: His duty would be to alert the people to the
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  Speaker 1: imminent danger. If he failed to warn the wicked of
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  Speaker 1: their evil ways, he would be held accountable for their blood.
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  Speaker 1: But if he warned them and they did not listen,
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  Speaker 1: he would have delivered his own soul To prepare him
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  Speaker 1: for this challenging mission, The Lord promised in Ezekiel three
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  Speaker 1: eight nine, behold, I have made your face as hard
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  Speaker 1: as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
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  Speaker 1: I have made your forehead like an adamant, harder than flint.
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  Speaker 1: This strength would be necessary for his message would face
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  Speaker 1: strong opposition. The text reveals in Ezekiel three fourteen to
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  Speaker 1: fifteen that the spirit lifted me up and took me away.
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  Speaker 1: I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit,
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  Speaker 1: but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me,
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  Speaker 1: and I came to the exiles at Telebebe, who dwelt
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  Speaker 1: by the river Schebah, and I sat where they were living,
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  Speaker 1: and I sat there, overwhelmed among them seven days. During
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  Speaker 1: this time, Ezekiel processed all that he had experienced and
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  Speaker 1: prepared for the ministry that lay ahead. The final instructions
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  Speaker 1: of his calling came in Ezekiel three twenty six to
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven, when the Lord revealed that there would be
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  Speaker 1: times when the prophet would be prevented from speaking, becoming mute,
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  Speaker 1: and other times when his mouth would be open to
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  Speaker 1: convey divine messages. His ministry would not be conventional. It
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  Speaker 1: would be marked by dramatic signs, symbolic actions, and prophecies
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  Speaker 1: that would shake the conscience of God's people. The prophetic
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  Speaker 1: ministry of Ezekiel began with a series of dramatic actions
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  Speaker 1: that symbolized the fate of Jerusalem, as recorded in Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: four one three. The Lord commanded him to take a
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  Speaker 1: brick and engrave it with the city of Jerusalem, building
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  Speaker 1: a model of the siege with towers, ramps, and encampments
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  Speaker 1: around it, placing an iron plate between himself and the
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  Speaker 1: city as a sign of the wall of separation between
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  Speaker 1: God and his people. In one of the most extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: demonstrations of prophetic obedience, Ezekiel four four to eight recounts
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  Speaker 1: how he was ordered to lie on his left sid
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  Speaker 1: side for three hundred ninety days, representing the years of
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  Speaker 1: Israel's iniquity, and then on his right side for forty days,
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  Speaker 1: symbolizing the years of Judah's iniquity. I have assigned to
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  Speaker 1: you the years of their iniquity according to the number
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  Speaker 1: of days, three hundred and ninety days, and you shall
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  Speaker 1: bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. The dramatization
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  Speaker 1: continued when, according to Ezekiel four nine to seventeen, the
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  Speaker 1: prophet had to prepare his food in a peculiar manner,
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  Speaker 1: using a specific measure of twenty shekels of bread per
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  Speaker 1: day cooked with dried dung in the sight of the people.
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  Speaker 1: This act symbolize the scarcity that would come upon Jerusalem. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They
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  Speaker 1: shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall drink water by measure and with dread. In a
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  Speaker 1: new symbolic action described in Ezekiel five one four, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord ordered di Zee to shave his head and beard
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  Speaker 1: with a sharp sword, using a scale to divide the
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  Speaker 1: hair into three equal parts. You shall burn a third
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  Speaker 1: part in the fire in the midst of the city.
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  Speaker 1: When the days of the siege are completed, you shall
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  Speaker 1: take another third part and strike it with the sword
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  Speaker 1: all around the city. And the other third part you
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  Speaker 1: shall scatter to the wind, for I will unsheathe the
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  Speaker 1: sword after them. The most impactful vision of this period
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  Speaker 1: is recorded in Ezekiel eight three eighteen, when the spirit
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  Speaker 1: transported him in a vision to Jerusalem, showing him the
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  Speaker 1: abominations taking place within the temple itself, Son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: Do you see what they are doing, the great abominations
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  Speaker 1: that the House of Israel is committing here to drive
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  Speaker 1: me far from my sanctuary. The prophet witnessed explicit idolatry,
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  Speaker 1: with seventy elders burning incense before carved images on the walls,
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  Speaker 1: women weeping for Tammus, and men worshiping the sun. As
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  Speaker 1: a consequence of this widespread corruption, Ezekiel nine three to
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  Speaker 1: eleven describes a terrifying vision. Six celestial executioners were commanded
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  Speaker 1: to pass through the city and kill without mercy, starting
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  Speaker 1: from the sanctuary. Only those who sighed and cried over
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  Speaker 1: the abominations would be spared marked on the forehead by
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  Speaker 1: a man dressed in linen. Kill the old men, the
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  Speaker 1: young men and maidens, the little children and women, but
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  Speaker 1: do not touch anyone who has the mark. The glory
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, which had appeared at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel's ministry, was now beginning its painful process of departure
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  Speaker 1: from the temple, as recorded in Ezekiel ten eighteen nineteen
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  Speaker 1: and eleven twenty two twenty three. First, it rose from
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  Speaker 1: above the Cherubim to the threshold of the temple, then
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  Speaker 1: moved to the eastern entrance, and finally positioned itself over
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  Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives, abandoning the place that had been
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  Speaker 1: its dwelling. In Ezekiel twenty four one to fourteen, the
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  Speaker 1: prophet received the message of the Rusty Pot, a powerful
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  Speaker 1: parable about Jerusalem, woe to the bloody city, to the
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  Speaker 1: pot whose rust does not go away. This message came
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  Speaker 1: exactly on the day that the King of Babylon began
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  Speaker 1: the siege against Jerusalem, confirming Ezekiel's prophetic accuracy. The most
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  Speaker 1: personally painful moment for the prophet came in Ezekiel twenty
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  Speaker 1: four fifteen twenty seven, when the Lord warned him that
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  Speaker 1: he would take away the delight of his eyes his
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  Speaker 1: wife with a sudden blow. Son of man, behold, I
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  Speaker 1: will take away from you the desire of your eyes
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  Speaker 1: at a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep,
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  Speaker 1: nor shall your tears run down. He was not to
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  Speaker 1: publicly mourn, becoming assigned to the people that just as
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  Speaker 1: he could not mourn his loss, they could not lament
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  Speaker 1: the loss of Jerusalem and the Temple. Ezekiel's wife died
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  Speaker 1: on the night before the news of the final siege
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  Speaker 1: of Jerusalem began, and his obedient response to the divine
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  Speaker 1: command not to mourn publicly served as a final dramatic
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  Speaker 1: sign before the fulfillment of the judgment prophecies. In the morning,
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to the people, and at evening my wife died,
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  Speaker 1: and I did as I was commanded. After the prophecies
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  Speaker 1: regarding Jerusalem, the prophetic gaze of Ezekiel turned toward the
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  Speaker 1: neighboring nations of Israel. It was time for God to
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  Speaker 1: demonstrate that not only his chosen people would face accountability,
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  Speaker 1: but also those who rejoiced at Israel's downfall would come
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  Speaker 1: to know the weight of divine justice. As recorded in
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel twenty five to one to seven, the first judgment
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  Speaker 1: was pronounced against Ammon, because you have clapped your hands
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  Speaker 1: and stomped your feet and rejoiced in your heart at
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  Speaker 1: the destruction of the land of Israel. Behold, I will
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  Speaker 1: stretch out my hand against you and give you as
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  Speaker 1: plunder to the nations. The Ammonites, descendants of Lot, through
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  Speaker 1: his younger daughter, had reveled in the destruction of the
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  Speaker 1: Temple and the exile of God's people, an attitude revealing
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  Speaker 1: their deep seated hatred for Israel. The text reveals that
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  Speaker 1: the punishment would be severe. In Ezekiel twenty five forty five,
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  Speaker 1: God declares, behold, I will deliver you into the hands
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  Speaker 1: of the east, and they will set up their camps
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  Speaker 1: against you and pitch their tents in you. They will
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  Speaker 1: eat your fruits and drink your milk. The city of Rabbah,
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  Speaker 1: the capital of the Ammonites, would become a pasture for camels,
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  Speaker 1: and all the territory of Ammon would be a resting
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  Speaker 1: place for sheep. This was the end of a nation
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  Speaker 1: that had chosen the path of scorn against God's people.
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  Speaker 1: In the same sequence of judgments, in Ezekiel Yeal twenty
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  Speaker 1: five eight to eleven, the prophet turned his attention to Moab,
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  Speaker 1: because Moab and Seer say, behold, the house of Judah
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  Speaker 1: is like all the nations. The Moabites also descendants of Lot,
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  Speaker 1: but through his elder daughter, had despised the uniqueness of
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  Speaker 1: God's chosen people, equating them with other nations and thus
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  Speaker 1: denying the divine purpose for Israel. The punishment would be proportional. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: I will open the side of Moab from its cities,
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  Speaker 1: from its cities on the frontier, the glory of the
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  Speaker 1: land Beth, Jeshamuth, Balmayon, and even Kiria Thyme. The judgment
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  Speaker 1: against Edom described in Ezekiel twenty five twelve fourteen was
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  Speaker 1: particularly severe and personal. Thus, says the Lord God, because
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  Speaker 1: Edom has acted vengefully against the House of Judah and
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  Speaker 1: has become exceedingly guilty, avenging itself upon her. The Edomites,
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  Speaker 1: decendundants of Esau, harbored an ancestral hatred against their Israelite
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  Speaker 1: brothers that dated back to the rivalry between Jacob and Esau.
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  Speaker 1: When they saw Jerusalem falling, they not only rejoiced, but
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  Speaker 1: actively participated in its destruction by delivering fugitives to the
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  Speaker 1: Babylonians and looting the city. The divine response would come
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  Speaker 1: through God's own people. I will execute my vengeance against
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  Speaker 1: Edom by the hand of my people Israel. The Philistines,
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  Speaker 1: historical enemies of Israel since the days of the Judges,
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  Speaker 1: were not forgotten. In Ezekiel twenty five fifteen to seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord pronounced a specific judgment against them because the
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  Speaker 1: Philistines acted out of vengeance, and with a spiteful heart
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  Speaker 1: to destroy with perpetual enmity, their punishment would be complete.
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  Speaker 1: I will execute great vengeance upon them, with furious punishments,
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  Speaker 1: and they shall know that I am the Lord when
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  Speaker 1: I have ex executed my vengeance upon them. But it
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  Speaker 1: was against Tire that Ezekiel delivered one of the most
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  Speaker 1: extensive and detailed prophecies of judgment. In Ezekiel twenty sixth
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  Speaker 1: to one twenty one, the Lord revealed how this powerful
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  Speaker 1: trading city state would be destroyed. Behold, I am against you,
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  Speaker 1: o Tire, and I will bring many nations against you,
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  Speaker 1: as the sea brings up its waves. The prophecy precisely
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  Speaker 1: detailed how nebucad Nezzar, king of Babylon, would come against
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  Speaker 1: Tire with a mighty army. He will kill your daughters
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  Speaker 1: in the field and make forts against you, and raise
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  Speaker 1: up a siege mound against you, and lift up the
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  Speaker 1: shield against you. The lament over Tire recorded in Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven one to thirty six is a poetic masterpiece
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  Speaker 1: that describes the city as a magnificently constructed merchant ship.
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  Speaker 1: Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your
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  Speaker 1: builders perfected your beauty with impressive detail. The text lists
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  Speaker 1: all the precious materials used in its construction cedar from
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon for the masts, oaks from Bashan for the oars,
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  Speaker 1: ivory and wood from the islands of Kitim for the benches.
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  Speaker 1: The commercial wealth of Tire is meticulously described. According to
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel twenty seven twelve twenty five, it traded with practically
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  Speaker 1: the entire known world. Silver, iron, tin and lead from
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  Speaker 1: Tarshish slaves, and bronze objects from Javan, Tubul and Meshek, horses,
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  Speaker 1: riders and mules from Tagama, Ivory and ebony from the islands,
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  Speaker 1: wine from Helbon, white wool from Sar, spices, precious stones
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  Speaker 1: and gold from Sheba. It was truly the commercial center
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  Speaker 1: of the ancient world. In one of the more enigmatic
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  Speaker 1: and profound passages of the book, Ezekiel twenty eight one
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  Speaker 1: nineteen brings a prophecy against the King of Tire that
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  Speaker 1: transcend mere human context. You were the anointed cherub who
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  Speaker 1: covers I established you. You were on the holy mountain
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  Speaker 1: of God. You walked in the midst of fiery stones.
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  Speaker 1: You were perfect in your ways from the day you
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  Speaker 1: were created, until iniquity was found in you. This passage
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  Speaker 1: is often interpreted as having a dual meaning, referring not
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  Speaker 1: only to the earthly king of Tire, but also alluding
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  Speaker 1: to the original fall of Satan. Egypt, the greatest power
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  Speaker 1: in the region after Babylon, received special attention in Ezekiel's prophecies.
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  Speaker 1: In Ezekiel twenty nine to one Tuan sixteen, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: compares Pharaoh to a great crocodile. Behold, I am against you, o, Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: King of Egypt, great crocodile lying in the midst of
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  Speaker 1: your rivers, who says, my river is my own, and
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  Speaker 1: I made it for myself. His pride would be broken
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  Speaker 1: through a period of forty years of desolation, after which
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  Speaker 1: Egypt would be restored, but it would never regain its
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  Speaker 1: former glory. The fall of Egypt is further compared to
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  Speaker 1: that of a great tree in one of the most
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  Speaker 1: beautiful metaphors of the book, recorded in Ezekiel thirty one
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  Speaker 1: one to eighteen, To whom are you like in your greatness? Behold,
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  Speaker 1: Assyria was like a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches,
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  Speaker 1: shady foliage, and high stature. Its top was among the
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  Speaker 1: thick boughs. The text details how this majestic cedar provided
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  Speaker 1: shade for all the great nations, but because of its pride,
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  Speaker 1: was cut down and felled. So would be the fate
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt. The climax of the prophecies against Egypt comes
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  Speaker 1: in the form of a funeral lamentation in Ezekiel thirty
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  Speaker 1: two one thirty two, where Pharaoh is again compared to
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  Speaker 1: a crocodile, but this time being dragged in a net
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  Speaker 1: with a net of many peoples. I will catch you,
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  Speaker 1: and I will pull you in my net, the prophet.
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  Speaker 1: He concludes with a striking vision of the world of
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  Speaker 1: the dead, where Pharaoh and his army would join all
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  Speaker 1: the other nations that had fallen before them. There is
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  Speaker 1: a Syria and all her people around her graves, all
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  Speaker 1: of them slain fallen by the sword. Ezekiel's ministry entered
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  Speaker 1: a crucial phase when, as recorded in Ezekiel thirty three
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  Speaker 1: one to six, the Lord renewed his calling as a watchman,
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  Speaker 1: son of man. Speak to the children of your people,
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  Speaker 1: and say to them, when I bring the sword upon
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  Speaker 1: the land, and the people of the land take a
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  Speaker 1: man from their territory and make him their watchman when
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  Speaker 1: he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows
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  Speaker 1: the trumpet and warns the people. This renewal of calling
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  Speaker 1: marked a decisive moment, as the prophet had remained silent
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  Speaker 1: about Jerusalem since the death of his wife. During this
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  Speaker 1: period of silence, which lasted approximately two years, Ezekiel could
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  Speaker 1: only speak when God gave him specific messages, as described
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel thirty three twenty one twenty two. In the
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  Speaker 1: twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on
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  Speaker 1: the fifth day of the month, a fugitive came to
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  Speaker 1: me from Jerusalem, saying, the city has been struck down. Now.
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  Speaker 1: The hand of the Lord had been upon me in
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  Speaker 1: the evening before the fugitive came to me, and he
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  Speaker 1: opened my mouth before he came to me in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
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  Speaker 1: The moment was dramatically significant. In Ezekiel thirty three twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: a fugitive arrived in Babylon, bringing the news that everyone feared,
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  Speaker 1: but that Ezekiel had already prophesied the city has been
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  Speaker 1: struck down. Jerusalem had finally fallen the night Before the
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  Speaker 1: messenger's arrival, the Lord had already opened Ezekiel's mouth, preparing
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  Speaker 1: him for this pivotal moment. The prophet could now speak freely,
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  Speaker 1: but his message would change in tone. The people's response
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  Speaker 1: to the fall of Jerusalem revealed the depth of their
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  Speaker 1: hard heartedness. In Ezekiel thirty three, thirty thirty three, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord wants the prophet, as for you, son of man,
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  Speaker 1: Your people talk about you by the walls and at
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  Speaker 1: the doors of the houses, and they speak to one another,
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  Speaker 1: each saying to his brother, Come, I pray you, and
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  Speaker 1: hear what is the word that comes from the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: The people came to hear Ezekiel as if they were
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  Speaker 1: attending entertainment, appreciating his eloquence, but not applying his words
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  Speaker 1: to their hearts. In Ezekiel thirty three tenty eleven, the
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  Speaker 1: prophet had to confront the despair that had taken hold
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  Speaker 1: of the exiles. Thus, you say, our sins and our
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  Speaker 1: transgressions are upon us, and we waste away in them,
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  Speaker 1: How then can we live? The divine response was surprisingly merciful.
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  Speaker 1: Say to them, as I live, says the Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
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  Speaker 1: but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
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  Speaker 1: Turn turn from your evil ways. For why will you die,
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  Speaker 1: o house of Israel? The text reveals in Ezekiel thirty
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  Speaker 1: three twelve to sixteen, a fundamental principle of divine justice.
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  Speaker 1: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in
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  Speaker 1: the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness
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  Speaker 1: of the wicked, he shall not fall by it in
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  Speaker 1: the day that he turns from his wickedness. Nor shall
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  Speaker 1: the righteous be able to live by his righteousness in
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  Speaker 1: the day that he sins. This message emphasized individual responsibility
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  Speaker 1: and the constant possibility of repentance. However, the survivors in
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem maintained an arrogant attitude. In Ezekiel thirty three twenty
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  Speaker 1: four to twenty nine, they said, Abraham was one and
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  Speaker 1: possessed the land, but we are many. This land has
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  Speaker 1: been given to us in possession. The Lord responded through Ezekiel,
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  Speaker 1: pointing out their ongoing sins. You eat the flesh with
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  Speaker 1: the blood, lift up your eyes toward your idols and
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  Speaker 1: shed blood. Will you then possess the land? The consequence
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  Speaker 1: would be further destruction and desolation. Ezekiel's role as a
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  Speaker 1: watchman was now expanding. In Ezekiel thirty three seventy nine,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord reenforced, so you, son of Man, I have
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  Speaker 1: made a watchman for the house of Israel. Therefore you
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  Speaker 1: shall hear a word from my mouth and warn them
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  Speaker 1: from me. His responsibility was not only to warn of
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  Speaker 1: impending danger, but also to guide the people on the
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  Speaker 1: path of restoration. This new phase of Ezekiel's ministry marked
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  Speaker 1: an important transition. As recorded in Ezekiel thirty three seventeen
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  Speaker 1: to twenty, the prophet had to defend the justice of
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  Speaker 1: God's ways in light of the people's accusations. Yet the
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  Speaker 1: children of your people say the way of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: is not fair, but it is their own way that
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  Speaker 1: is not fair. It was necessary to help the people
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  Speaker 1: understand that God judges each one according to their own ways.
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  Speaker 1: After the messages of judgment and the confirmation of Jerusalem's fall,
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  Speaker 1: the tone of Ezekiel's prophecies dramatically shifted to messages of
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  Speaker 1: hope and restoration. In Ezekiel thirty four one ten, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord begins by denouncing the negligent leaders of Israel. Woe
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  Speaker 1: to the shepherds of Israel, who only take care of themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Should not the shepherds take care of the flock. You
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  Speaker 1: eat the koords, clothe yourselves with the wool, and slaughter
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  Speaker 1: the choice animals, but you do not take care of
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  Speaker 1: the flock. This condemnation of the false shepherds set the
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  Speaker 1: stage for one of the most beautiful Messianic promises in
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  Speaker 1: the book. God himself promised to intervene directly, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel thirty four eleven tenn sixteen. For this is
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  Speaker 1: what the sovereign Lord says, I myself will search for
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  Speaker 1: my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks
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  Speaker 1: after his scattered flock when he is with them, so
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  Speaker 1: will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them
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  Speaker 1: from all the places where they were scattered on a
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  Speaker 1: day of clouds and darkness. This promise would take on
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  Speaker 1: even greater significance with the revelation of the true shepherd.
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  Speaker 1: In one of the most well known passages of the book,
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel thirty four twenty three twenty four, presents the messianic
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  Speaker 1: promise I will place over them one shepherd, my servant, David,
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  Speaker 1: and he will tend them. He will tend them and
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  Speaker 1: be their shepherd. I the Lord will be their God,
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  Speaker 1: and my servant David will be prince among them. I
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  Speaker 1: the Lord have spoken. This reference to David centuries after
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  Speaker 1: his death clearly pointed to the coming Messiah. The promise
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  Speaker 1: of restoration extends to the land itself. In Ezekiel thirty
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  Speaker 1: four twenty five thirty one, I will make a covenant
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  Speaker 1: of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts,
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  Speaker 1: so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep
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  Speaker 1: in the forests in safety. The Lord promises showers of blessing,
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  Speaker 1: fruitful trees, safety from enemies, and liberation from all forms
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  Speaker 1: of oppression. One of the more enigmatic prophecies appears in
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel thirty five, where mount Sair the territory of Edom
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  Speaker 1: receives specific judgment because you had a perpetual hatred and
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  Speaker 1: gave the Israelites over to the sword at the time
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  Speaker 1: of their calamity. This judgment serves as a contrast to
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  Speaker 1: the blessings promised to the mountains of Israel in the
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  Speaker 1: following chapter. In Ezekiel thirty six twenty two thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: God reveals the deeper reason for his restorative actions. It
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  Speaker 1: is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I
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  Speaker 1: am going to do these things, but for the sake
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  Speaker 1: of my holy name, which you have profaned among the
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  Speaker 1: nations where you have gone. The Lord then promises a
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  Speaker 1: complete spiritual transformation. I will sprinkle clean water on you,
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  Speaker 1: and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from
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  Speaker 1: all your impurities and from all your idols. I will
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  Speaker 1: give you a new heart and put a new spirit
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  Speaker 1: in you. I will remove from you your heart of
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  Speaker 1: stone and give you a heart of flesh. The climax
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  Speaker 1: of the promises of restoration comes in Ezekiel thirty seven
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  Speaker 1: one to fourteen, with the famous vision of the Valley
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  Speaker 1: of dry Bones. The prophet is taken by the spirit
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  Speaker 1: to a valley full of very dry bones. Son of man,
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  Speaker 1: can these bones live? I said, Sovereign Lord, you alone know.
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  Speaker 1: At God's command. Ezekiel prophesies to the bones, which begin
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  Speaker 1: to come together covered with tendons, flesh and skin, until
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  Speaker 1: they finally receive the breath of life. This is what
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  Speaker 1: the Sovereign Lord says to these bones, I will make
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  Speaker 1: breath enter you, and you will come to life. This
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  Speaker 1: dramatic vision symbolized the national and spiritual restoration of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Shortly after, in Ezekiel thirty seven fifteen twenty eight, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord commands a symbolic action with two sticks. Son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: take a stick of wood and write on it belonging
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  Speaker 1: to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take
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  Speaker 1: another stick of wood and write on it belonging to Joseph,
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  Speaker 1: that is, to Ephraim and all the Israelites associated with him.
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  Speaker 1: The two sticks were to become one in the prophet's hand,
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  Speaker 1: symbolizing the reunification of the northern and southern tribes under
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  Speaker 1: a single king. The promise culminates with a new, everlasting
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  Speaker 1: covenant described in Ezekiel thirty seven twenty six twenty eight.
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  Speaker 1: I will make a covenant of peace with them. It
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  Speaker 1: will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and
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  Speaker 1: increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among
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  Speaker 1: them forever. My dwelling place will be with them. I
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  Speaker 1: will be their God, and they will be my people.
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  Speaker 1: This promise of restoration encompasses all aspects of the people's lives, spiritual, national, territorial,
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  Speaker 1: and relational with God. The new Heart and new Spirit
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  Speaker 1: promised in Ezekiel thirty six, twenty six, twenty seven are
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  Speaker 1: especially significant. I will give you a new heart and
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  Speaker 1: put a new spirit in you. I will remove from
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  Speaker 1: you your heart of stone and give you a heart
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  Speaker 1: of flesh. And I will put my spirit in you
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  Speaker 1: and move you to follow my decrees and be careful
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  Speaker 1: to keep my laws. This inner transformation would be key
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  Speaker 1: to true and lasting obedience. After the promises of restoration,
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  Speaker 1: the prophecies of Ezekiel turn to a distant future, describing
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  Speaker 1: an apocalyptic battle of monumental proportions. In Ezekiel thirty eight
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  Speaker 1: one to two, the Lord introduces a new character, son
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  Speaker 1: of Man, set your face against God of the land
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  Speaker 1: of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal, and
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  Speaker 1: prophesy against him. This enigmatic figure, Gog, would be the
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  Speaker 1: leader of a vast coalition of nations rising against the
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  Speaker 1: people of God. The text reveals in Ezekiel thirty eight
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  Speaker 1: three to six the extent of this military alliance. Thus
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  Speaker 1: says the Lord God, behold, I am against you, o Gog,
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  Speaker 1: chief Prince of Meshek and Tubul, and I will turn
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  Speaker 1: you around and put hooks in your jaws and lead
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  Speaker 1: you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all
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  Speaker 1: splendidly clothed, a great company with butler and shield, all
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  Speaker 1: of them handling swords. The prophecy specifically mentions Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Goma,
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  Speaker 1: and the House of Togarma, representing nations from the north, south, east,
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  Speaker 1: and west. The timing of the attack is described in
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel thirty eight eight to nine with precise details. After
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  Speaker 1: many days you will be visited. In the latter years
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  Speaker 1: you will come into the land of those brought back
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  Speaker 1: from the sword and gathered from many peoples on the
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  Speaker 1: mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. The text
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  Speaker 1: indicates that this attack would occur when Israel was re
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  Speaker 1: established in its land, seemingly living in safety. The motivation
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  Speaker 1: of the invaders is exposed in Ezekiel thirty eight ten
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  Speaker 1: to thirteen. Thus says the Lord God, it will come
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  Speaker 1: to pass at that time that you will devise an
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  Speaker 1: evil plan, and you will say, I will go up
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  Speaker 1: against the land of unwalled villages. I will go to
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  Speaker 1: a peaceful people who dwell safely, all of them dwelling
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  Speaker 1: without walls and having neither bars nor gates. Reveals that
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  Speaker 1: God and his allies would come to plunder and steel,
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  Speaker 1: drawn by the prosperity of restored Israel. In one of
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  Speaker 1: the most dramatic passages, Ezekiel thirty eight fourteen sixteen describes
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  Speaker 1: the invasion as a cloud covering the land. You will
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  Speaker 1: come from your place from the far north, you and
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  Speaker 1: many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses,
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  Speaker 1: a great company and a mighty army, and you will
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  Speaker 1: come up against my people Israel, like a cloud to
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  Speaker 1: cover the land. However, the divine purpose behind this event
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  Speaker 1: would be to manifest his holiness in the sight of
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  Speaker 1: the nations. God's response to this invasion is described in
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  Speaker 1: cataclysmic terms in Ezekiel thirty eighth eighteen twenty three. It
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  Speaker 1: will come to pass at that time when God comes
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  Speaker 1: against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, that
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  Speaker 1: my fury will show in my face. The Lord promises
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  Speaker 1: to intervene with a great earthquake, pestilence, torrential rain, hailstones, fire,
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  Speaker 1: and brimstone. The destruction of the invaders would be complete
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  Speaker 1: and serve as a testimony to divine sovereignty. Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine continues the narrative, detailing the consequences of this epic battle.
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  Speaker 1: In Ezekiel thirty nine one to six, the Lord reaffirms
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  Speaker 1: his judgment against God, and I will turn you around
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  Speaker 1: and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north,
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  Speaker 1: and bring you against the mountains of Israel. I will
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  Speaker 1: knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause
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  Speaker 1: the arrows to fall out of your right hand. The
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  Speaker 1: destruction would be so complete that even the invaders weapons
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  Speaker 1: would be cast down. One of the most impressive aspects
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  Speaker 1: of the prophecy is the description of the land's cleansing
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  Speaker 1: following the battle. In Ezekiel thirty nine to nine to ten,
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  Speaker 1: it is stated that the people of Israel would use
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  Speaker 1: the invader's weapons fuel for seven years, and those who
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  Speaker 1: inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and set
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  Speaker 1: on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and
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  Speaker 1: the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the javelins and
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  Speaker 1: the spears, and they will make fire with them for
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  Speaker 1: seven years. The text continues in Ezekiel thirty nine eleven
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  Speaker 1: to sixteen, describing a specific valley where Gog and his
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  Speaker 1: multitude would be buried. And it will come to pass
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  Speaker 1: that on that day I will give Gog a burial
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  Speaker 1: place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass
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  Speaker 1: east of the sea, and it will obstruct travelers, because
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  Speaker 1: there they will bury Gog and all his multitude, and
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  Speaker 1: they will call it the valley of Hamon Gog. The
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  Speaker 1: process of cleansing the land would take seven months, demonstrating
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  Speaker 1: the magnitude of the destruction. One of the most vivid
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  Speaker 1: elements of the prophecy is the banquet for the birds
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  Speaker 1: of prey described in Ezekiel thirty nine seventeen to twenty
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  Speaker 1: And you, son of Man, thus says the Lord God.
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  Speaker 1: Speak to every sort of bird, and to every beast
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  Speaker 1: of the field. Assemble and come gather from all sides
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  Speaker 1: to my sacrificial feast, which I am sacrificing for you,
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  Speaker 1: a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you
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  Speaker 1: may eat flesh and drink blood. This powerful imagery symbolizes
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  Speaker 1: the completeness of divine judgment. The prophecy concludes on a
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  Speaker 1: note of hope and restoration in Ezekiel thirty nine, twenty
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  Speaker 1: five to twenty nine. Therefore, thus says the Lord God.
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  Speaker 1: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I
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  Speaker 1: will be jealous for my holy name. The Lord promises
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  Speaker 1: that after these events, he will pour out his spirit
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  Speaker 1: on the house of Israel and never again hide his
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  Speaker 1: face from them. This glorious ending marks the trans position
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  Speaker 1: to the final section of the book, which will address
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  Speaker 1: the restoration of the temple and worship. In the twenty
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  Speaker 1: fifth year of exile, when hopes seemed farthest away, Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: received the last and most extensive of his visions, as
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  Speaker 1: recorded in Ezekiel forty one one four in the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the year, on the tenth of the month in
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  Speaker 1: the twenty fifth year of our captivity, on the fourteenth year,
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  Speaker 1: after the city was struck down. On that very day,
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  Speaker 1: the hand of the Lord came upon me in a
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  Speaker 1: divine vision. The Prophet was transported to a very high
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  Speaker 1: mountain in Israel, where he saw structures resembling a city.
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  Speaker 1: A being with the appearance of bronze, holding a linen
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  Speaker 1: cord and a measuring rod awaited Ezekiel. In Ezekiel forty
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  Speaker 1: point four. This celestial messenger instructed the prophet, son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and
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  Speaker 1: set your heart up upon all that I shall show you,
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  Speaker 1: for you were brought here to show it to the
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  Speaker 1: House of Israel. Thus began a meticulous description of the
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  Speaker 1: future temple. The precision of the measurements is astonishing. In
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  Speaker 1: Ezekiel forty five to sixteen, the heavenly Guide starts measuring
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  Speaker 1: the outer wall, and behold there was a wall all
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  Speaker 1: around the house. And in the hand of the man
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  Speaker 1: was a measuring rod of six cubits, each cubit being
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  Speaker 1: a handbreadth longer. And he measured the width of the
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  Speaker 1: building one rod, and the height one rod. Every detail
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  Speaker 1: is carefully recorded, from the dimensions of the gates to
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  Speaker 1: the exact number of steps. The outer courtyard is described
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel forty seventeen to twenty seven with equal precision.
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  Speaker 1: Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold
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  Speaker 1: there were chambers and a pavement made for the courtyard.
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  Speaker 1: All around. Thirty chambers were on that pageavement. The text
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  Speaker 1: details the measurements of the north, south, and east gates,
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  Speaker 1: all identical in their dimensions, demonstrating perfect symmetry. The inner
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  Speaker 1: courtyard receives special attention in Ezekiel forty twenty eight forty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Each gate, chamber, and vestibule is measured and described. The
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  Speaker 1: tables for sacrifice are specified in Ezekiel forty thirty nine
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  Speaker 1: to forty three. In the vestibule of the gate, there
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  Speaker 1: were two tables on one side and two tables on
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  Speaker 1: the other, on which to slay the burnt offering, and
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  Speaker 1: the sin offering, and the guilt offering. Even the hooks
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  Speaker 1: for hanging the offerings are mentioned, showcasing the meticulousness of
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  Speaker 1: the vision. The temple itself is described in Ezekiel forty
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  Speaker 1: one one to twenty six with extraordinary details. The text
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  Speaker 1: reveals in Ezekiel forty one four that when they reached
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  Speaker 1: the most holy place, the angel declared, this is the
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  Speaker 1: most holy place. The walls were adorned with cherubim and
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  Speaker 1: palm trees alternated, symbolizing divine presence and abundant life. The
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  Speaker 1: precision of the measurements continues, and he measured its length
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  Speaker 1: twenty cubits and its width twenty cubits in front of
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  Speaker 1: the temple. One of the most significant aspects of the
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  Speaker 1: vision appears in Ezekiel forty three one five, when the
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  Speaker 1: glory of the Lord returns to the Temple. Then he
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  Speaker 1: brought me to the gate, the gate that faces east,
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  Speaker 1: and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
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  Speaker 1: coming from the east, and its voice was like the
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  Speaker 1: sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
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  Speaker 1: This moment marks the dramatic reversal of the departure of
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  Speaker 1: divine glory that Ezekiel had witnessed before the destruction of
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  Speaker 1: the First Temple. The regulations for worship are established in
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  Speaker 1: precise detail in Ezekiel forty four one to thirty one.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord defines who may enter the sanctuary and how
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  Speaker 1: they should behave The eastern gate was to remain closed,
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord had entered through it. Only the prince
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  Speaker 1: could sit there to eat bread before the Lord. The
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  Speaker 1: priests receive specific instructions in Ezekiel forty four fifteen to
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  Speaker 1: thirty one. But the levitical priests, the sons of Zadok,
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  Speaker 1: who kept the charge of my sanctuary, when the children
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  Speaker 1: of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near
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  Speaker 1: to me to minister to me. Their garments, marriages, and
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  Speaker 1: even their hair cuts are regulated, demonstrating the holiness required
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  Speaker 1: for divine service. One of the most impressive visions appears
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  Speaker 1: in Ezekiel forty seven one twelve, where the prophet sees
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  Speaker 1: a river flowing from the temple. Afterward, he brought me
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  Speaker 1: back to the entrance of the temple, and behold, water
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  Speaker 1: was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward
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  Speaker 1: the east. This miraculous river grew deeper as it flowed,
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  Speaker 1: bringing life wherever it went. Fruit trees grew on its banks,
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  Speaker 1: yielding fruit every month, and their leaves were for healing.
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  Speaker 1: The division of the land is detailed in Ezekiel forty
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  Speaker 1: seven thirteen forty eight twenty nine, with each tribe receiving
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  Speaker 1: its specific portion. The system is entirely new, with strips
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  Speaker 1: of land running from east to west, different from the
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  Speaker 1: historical division. A special portion is reserved for the sanctuary
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  Speaker 1: and the city. The city itself is described in Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: forty eight thirty to thirty five, with twelve gates named
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  Speaker 1: after the tribes of Israel, but the most significant detail
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  Speaker 1: comes in the last verse of the book Ezekiel forty
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  Speaker 1: eight thirty five. And the name of the city from
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  Speaker 1: that day shall be the Lord is there. This name
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  Speaker 1: in Hebrew Yahweshama encapsulates all the hope and promise of
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  Speaker 1: the vision the permanent presence of God with his people.
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  Speaker 1: The description of the new temple also includes specific regulations
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  Speaker 1: for offerings and festivals. In Ezekiel forty five one to
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  Speaker 1: forty six twenty four, the religious calendar is reorganized, with
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  Speaker 1: special emphasis on the celebration of Passover and the feast
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  Speaker 1: of Tabernacles. The prince receives specific responsibilities in leading worship,
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  Speaker 1: although his role is clearly subordinate to that of the priests.
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  Speaker 1: All this detailed vision of the temple, the city, and
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  Speaker 1: the land serves as a powerful message of hope for
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  Speaker 1: the exiles. Even amid captivity, God was promising not only restoration,
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  Speaker 1: but a complete renewal of worship and communion with Him.
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  Speaker 1: The precision of the measurements and details emphasizes the reality
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  Speaker 1: and certainty of these divine promises. Now that you've learned
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  Speaker 1: the complete story of the prophet Isaes Ezekiel, take a
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  Speaker 1: moment to reflect. How many times have you felt exiled,
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  Speaker 1: distant from everything you knew? How many times have you
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  Speaker 1: needed to be a watchman warning the people you love
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  Speaker 1: about the paths they are taking the message of Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: remains incredibly relevant to day. Just as God promised a
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  Speaker 1: new heart and a new spirit for his people, he
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  Speaker 1: continues to transform lives now. The question is are you
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