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Week 22. Day 3. Ezekiel 8-11.

Eze 8-11 Vision of the temple

Ch 8 idolatry in the temple

  • 8:3 there is an ‘idol that provokes to jealousy’ (NIV) in the temple
  • 8:10 many idols
  • 8:14 the women are weeping for Tammuz (a Babylonian god)
  • 8:16 worshipping the sun

Ch 9 idolaters killed

Remember that this is a vision - so it depicts reality, but not like a DVD of it. Ezekiel is seeing the theological reality of what will take place—God judging idolatry—even if in history it would have looked more like Babylonians with swords and spears. (We see that with David in the psalms - e.g. Ps 18 depicting in theological terms what would have looked like fairly normal war scenes)

9:6 Note that judgment begins at the house of God. (c.f. 1 Pet 4:17)

Ch 10 The glory of the Lord leaves the temple (begins here, but completed in ch11)

This is hugely significant. This is a reversal of 1 Kings 8:10 where the glory of the Lord filled the temple, and indeed a reversal of the very point of the Exodus, that God would dwell amongst his people (Ex 25:8; 29:45-46)

11:16 The Lord is a sanctuary for the exiles. This is remarkable! The Lord leaves Jerusalem in judgment, BUT he moves to Babylon and the exiles, to be with them there.

11:17 Hope - new exodus

11:19-20 Key verses - which will be picked up and developed in later chapters, esp. Ch 36-37.

NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.

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