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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 423

"The visions of God"

Text: Ezekiel 40:2

THE LAST SET OF PROPHETIC VISIONS

We begin our reading of the last set of prophetic visions given to the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 40-48). These chapters form the most challenging of chapters to interpret in the Book of Ezekiel.

“In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity,
at the beginning of the year,
on the tenth day of the month,
in the fourteenth year after the city was captured,
on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me;
and He took me there.
In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel
and set me on a very high mountain;
on it toward the south was something
like the structure of a city.
He took me there, and behold,
there was a man whose appearance
was like the appearance of bronze.
He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand,
and he stood in the gateway.”
Ezekiel 40:1-3

1. Remembering the Captive years.

a) Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC.

b) Ezekiel never forgot the fall of Jerusalem.

c) That year saw the commencement of 70 years of captivity of Jerusalem.

2. The last set of prophetic visions.

a) It took place in the 14th year after Jerusalem was captured.

b) God’s hand was laid on Ezekiel.

c) The Lord took him to see Jerusalem in a vision.

d) God brought him into the land of Israel.

e) Ezekiel saw the structure of a city.

f) This was a huge surprise.

i) Jerusalem was destroyed.

ii) The glory of God had departed from it (Ezekiel 8-11).

3. On a very high mountain.

a) This may have been Mount Moriah.

b) Toward the south was something that looked like a structure of a city.

c) This would be Jerusalem.

4. A special spiritual guide given.

a) Ezekiel was given a special spiritual guide.

i) Zechariah also had a teaching angel (Zechariah 1:9).

ii) Daniel also had a teaching angel (Daniel 10:10-11).

b) He looked like a man, only more magnificent.

i) His appearance was like bronze.

ii) He had a flax (a rope).

iii) He also had a measuring rod in his hand.

iv) This was similar to the vision given to Zechariah (Zechariah 2:1-5).