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HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
The
As
KING JOSIAH
Josiah
is credited by
most historians with
having established or
compiled important
Hebrew Scriptures
during
theDeuteronomic
reformthat occurred
during his rule.
Josiah became king of
Judahat the age of
eight, after the
assassination of his
father, KingAmon, and
reigned for thirty-one
years,
He
His
uniquepersonality and
actions have led modern scholars
to describe him as schizophrenic,
catatonic,and psychotic.
Roughly coinciding with Ezekiels
prophetic ministry was the rise of
the neo-Babylonian dynasty (605
562 B.C.E.) under the leadership
of Nebuchadnezzar II.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
was
The
JEHOIAKIM
was
aking of Judah
from 608 to 598
BCE. He was the
second son of king
Josiahby Zebidah,
the daughter of
Pedaiah of Rumah.
His birth name
wasEliakim
It
TEL ABIB
The
Ezekiel
AUTHORSHIP
External
Evidence:
Internal
Evidence:
PURPOSES OF THE
BOOK
To
To
It
SUMMARY OF THE
BOOK
The book of Ezekiel is Narrative History,
Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre and
even contains Parables. The prophet
Ezekiel wrote it approximately 571 B.C.
(this date is accurately precise because
this book contains more defined dates
than any other book in the Bible.) Key
personalities include Ezekiel, Israels
leaders, Ezekiels wife, King
Nebuchadnezzar, and the prince.
Chapters
Ezekiel's
According
Jerusalem
Ezekiel,
CENTRAL THEMES
Ezekiel, meaningGod will strengthen, is
one of the majorProphetsofThe Bible. The
son of Buzi the priest (Ezekiel 1:3) Ezekiel
lived during the Babylonian Exile, among the
Jews who settled at Tel-Abib in Babylon (not
to be confused with Tel-Aviv, which is in
Israel). He was among those taken away
captive with Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:14-16)
which occurred about 597 BC., 11 years before
Jerusalem was completely destroyed (Ezekiel
33:21)
Theapparentfall
The
Chapters
33-48
This last part describes the new exodus
when God would bring His people back to the
land. Ezekiel is like Moses, receiving
instructions about a coming temple and
recording laws for the people. (Remember that
the wilderness tabernacle or tent was a small
version of the more-permanent temple.) The
crisis of chapters 38 and 39 is resolved in the
rest of the book with the new temple and
ultimately with the New Jerusalem which we
see coming down at the end of the thousand
years. Or we might say that the faithful who
are seen in those chapters avoid the pitfalls
described.