Ezekiel pt. 1 Flashcards
Ezekiel means
May God Make Strong, or God, He Makes Strong
Ezekiel dates
597 - ?
What phase is Ezekiel?
1st Phase of Babylon exile.
Chebar definition
joining/coming together
Ezekiel beings prophesying around, which is ___ years after ____
593/592, 5 years after Jehoiahin
Ha Cohen
The Priest
Ezekiel was a ____ priest from the ________
cultic priest from the line of David - Zakok
Ezekiel was the son of
Buzi & Nahor
Buz, Buzi, Buzite
contempt
Ekekiel ministered as a prophet of the Lord in what were the _________: which were :______
the Darkest Days of Judah’s History: The Days leading to, and during the initial Phase of the Babylonian Captivity
Kings of Judah
Josiah 640-609
Jehoahaz 609 (reigned only 3 years)
Jehoiakim (Eliakim) 609-598
Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) 598-597
Zedekiah (Mattaniah) 597-587
Fall of Jerusalem 587
Josiah died in year _____ in _______ at ______
Josiah died in 609 in battle at Karkamesh
Consequences of Josiah’s death: Longterm & Shortterm
Long: nation is now open to military threat Short: theological crisis undermining the great reform
Who succeeds Josiah?
Jehoaz/Shallum
Jeohaz/Shallum reigned only ______, and was removed by _________ and was sent _____
reigned only 3 months, removed by Pharaoh Necho and sent to Egypt as prisioner
For a short ____ years, between ___-___ Judah fell under _____ control.
4 years: 609-605, Egyptian
The Babylonians were expanding too quickly for ____ to contain and during the reign of ____ the tiny nation of ___ would totally loose in depended to Babylon and disappear into the Babylonian empire
Egypt to contain. During the reign of Jehoiakim, Judah falls to Babylon
____ follows Jehoahaz, in the year ____, ends reign in ___
JehoiakiM in 609-598
Pharaoh Necho of Egypt replaced ____ with his brother _____ who changed his name.
Jeohahaz in 609 to his brother Eliakim, who changed his name JehoiakiM
Necho intened to have a ___ loyal to __ and to provide a _____
Necho intened to have a PUPPET KING loyal to Egypt to provide a buffer between Egypt and Babylonian expansion.
In the year ____, ______ replaces JehoiakiM.
598, JehoiachiN
Jehoiachin, winin ____ months, _________ to the _____ as Jeremiah instructed.
3 months, JehoiachiN surreneders Babylonians.
Following the surrened to the Babylonians, JehoiachiN was __________
deposed and taken prisoner to Babylon with many citizens
After JehoiachiN surrenders to Babylon, the Babylonians replaced him with ________ who was his ______.
Zedekiah who was Jehoiachin’s uncle in 597.
Zedekiah’s previous name:
Mattaniah
Zedekiah pays tribute to Babylon for a few years, overtime it becomes difficult. When he thinks they are preoccupied, he doesn’t send payment. What happens?
Nebuchanezer, king of Babylon, sends his wrath. which leads to the fall of Jerusalem in 587.
Fall of Jerusalem date
587
As Zedekiah is taken prisioner, Nebuchanezer does what to his family?
7 Sons killed in front of him and then plucks out his eyes.
Who were false prophets speaking against Ezekiel?
Ahad of Kolaiah
Zedekiah of Maaseiah
Jeremiah, contrary to what the false prophets were saying, wrote letters to the exiles in Babyllon trying to cinvince them that ___
exile would last 70 years
rebellion pointless
4 sections of Book of Ezekiel
- Commission of Ezekiel 1-3
- Judgement of Judah 4-24
- Judgement of Nations 25-32
- Restoration of Israel 33-48
The Book of Ezekiel and the Prophet Ezekiel show
no greater oneness and unity between the WORD of the Prophet and the WORD of God found in the Bible.
God’s will for Sinful Israel
Ezekiel realizes that ___ and _____ for Israel lies soley in _____’s hands
Ezekiel realizes that JUDGEMENT and REDEMPTION for Israel lies soley in GOD’s hands
Ezekiel’s Message is Summed Up in one Formula_
Used how many times in Book of Ezekiel?
“….I Am The Lord!”
Used 72 times
Ezekiel’s ministry in 2 stages
- from 597-587: Ezekiel preached that Israel and Judah deserved the punishment of exile
- 587 –onwards Ekekiel attempted to prepare his fellow Exiles for the Coming NEW AGE.
The Exile was not the _____ but merely the ____
END but the TURNING POINT.
Ezekiel’s story is unique. It is full of ___ and ____ that often defy literal translation.
METAPHORS and SYMBOLS.
