by Justin Marple | Sep 20, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 18-20 again displays great variety in presentation. Chapter 18 walks us through a hypothetical three generations to refute a popular proverb. In these generations the first one did what was right, the second did what was evil, and the third did...
by Justin Marple | Sep 13, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 15-17 shows us the versatility of Ezekiel in using different genres and tactics to get across the message primarily of bad news, but sometimes acknowledging the good news to follow in a coda or epilogue. Ezekiel 15 gives us a parable of a useless vine...
by Justin Marple | Sep 5, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 12-23 is the second section of the book according to the chiasm we are testing. It consists of judgment oracles and the parallel second to last section of the book is about restoration. We will be looking at the first three chapters of this section (chapters...
by Justin Marple | Aug 28, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 8-11 certainly is a continuation of the visions of God from chapter 1 in particular (but also a continuation of chapters 2-3) and as you might expect from earlier posts it is also related then to the end of the book. Note some key phrases and where they can...
by Justin Marple | Aug 15, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel1-3 and 8-11 concern the Glory-Spirit-Storm-Cloud. Chapters 4-7 then begin to lay out the case publicly for the judgment of the Temple. Here is a link to the handout mentioned in this post.Ezekiel lays out the case with a variety of different outlines. There...
by Justin Marple | Aug 8, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Below are some orienting and introductory thoughts about the strange book of Ezekiel. Then we will actually dive right in, looking at chapters 1-3 and their structure (be sure not to miss the pdfs I have written and linked to this post). Most people may be scared...
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