by Justin Marple | Nov 29, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Most people have a hard time getting started on Ezekiel because of the strange Temple vision of the first chapter, but they also have a hard time finishing the book because of the Temple vision of chapters 40-48. Like the similar passages in Exodus describing...
by Justin Marple | Nov 14, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The second half of the oracles of restoration include a vision including a valley full of dry bones, a sign-act with two sticks, and an apocalypse featuring Gog of the land of Magog. I include some Hebrew text upon request because of the popularity of...
by Justin Marple | Nov 6, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
We now turn to the chapters of Ezekiel that are the oracles of restoration. Ezekiel 34-36 has three major sections. The first two begin with the language of judgment oracles but end with the oracle of restoration. They do not fit the chapter...
by Justin Marple | Oct 31, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
In this post we will explore the structure of the climax of the book of Ezekiel (chapters 25-32) and then the turning point of Ezekiel 33 and look at the benefit of knowing this structure for the sake of interpretation and application. We have seen the view that...
by Justin Marple | Oct 24, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
We have seen that there has been a pattern of 2+2+2+1 for the seven oracles. Indeed, we might simplify this to say that there is a pattern of 6+1. And the +1 is the final punch. So it is no surprise that there is a pattern of 6+1 cycles for this...
by Justin Marple | Oct 17, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 26:1-6 for Tyre and 28:20-23 for Sidon basically follow the same format we saw for the oracles in Ezekiel 25. The one major difference is that the reason is not explicitly stated for Sidon. In any case, these two oracles are grouped together into...
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