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O-EZE.PDFCopyright © 2006, Ariel Ministries. The Book of Ezekiel - OUTLINE, PAGE 1

INTRODUCTION

A. The Name

B. The Man

C. The Historical Background

1. The Kings of Judah

2. Contemporary Prophets

D. The Chronology of the Book

E. The Text of Ezekiel

1. Views of Early Rabbis

2. Style

3. Key Phrases

4. Basic Structure

a. Content Structure

b. Historical Structure

5. The New Testament

6. The Turning Point

THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum


F. The Theology of Ezekiel

1. Bibliology

2. Theology Proper

3. Christology

4. Pneumatology

5. Angelology

6. Satanology

7. Demonology

8. Anthropology

9. Hamartiology

10. Soteriology

11. Israelology

12. Ecclesiology

13. Eschatology

G. Purposes of the Book

H. The Theme of the Book


I. THE CALL OF EZEKIEL - 1:1 - 3:21

A. The Historical Setting - 1:1-3

B. The Vision of the Shechinah Glory - 1:4-28a

1. The Four Living Creatures - 1:4-14

a. The Appearance - 1:4-11

b. The Action - 1:12-14

2. The Four Wheels - 1:15-21



3. The Firmament - 1:22-25



4. The Glory of Jehovah - 1:26-28a

C. The Call to the Prophetic Office - 1:28b - 3:3

1. The Call - 1:28b - 2:7

2. The Roll of the Book - 2:8 - 3:3

D. The Commission of the Prophet - 3:4-21

1. The People and the Message - 3:4-11

2. The Transportation of the Prophet - 3:12-15

3. The Prophet a Watchman - 3:16-21


II. PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT ON JUDAH - 3:22 - 24:27

A. Prophecies of the Fall of Jerusalem - 3:22 - 7:27

1. The Dumbness of the Prophet - 3:22-27

2. The Symbolic Actions - 4:1 - 5:17

a. The Four Signs - 4:1 - 5:4

(1) The Sign of the Tile - 4:1-3

(2) The Sign of the Posture - 4:4-8

(3) The Sign of the Defiled Bread - 4:9-17

(4) The Sign of the Shaved Head - 5:1-4

b. The Interpretation - 5:5-17

3. Prophecy of the Mountains of Israel - 6:1-14

a. The Cause: Idolatry - 6:1-7

b. The Remnant - 6:8-10

c. The Desolation of the Land - 6:11-14

4. The End of Judah is Come - 7:1-27

a. The End is Come - 7:1-4

b. The Doom is Come - 7:5-9

c. The Time is Come - 7:10-13

d. The Wrath and the Sword of God - 7:14-22

e. The Chain of Captivity - 7:23-27


B. The Departure of the Shechinah Glory - 8:1 - 11:25

1. The Glory of Jehovah - 8:1-4

2. The Abominations of Jerusalem - 8:5-18

a. The Image of Jealousy - 8:5-6

b. The Worship of Egyptian Gods - 8:7-13

c. The Worship of Tammuz - 8:14-15

d. The Worship of the Sun - 8:16

e. The Wrath of God - 8:17-18

3. The Man with the Inkhorn - 9:1-11

a. The Call - 9:1-2

b. The Command to Mark and to Destroy - 9:3-7

c. The Intercession - 9:8

d. The Answer - 9:9-10

e. The Report - 9:11

4. The Stages of the Departure - 10:1 - 11:25

a. The First Stage - 10:1-8

b. The Cherubim - 10:9-17

c. The Second Stage - 10:18-19

d. The Identification of the Cherubim - 10:20-22

e. The Cauldron and the Flesh - 11:1-12

f. The Beginning of Fulfillment - 11:13

g. The Future Restoration - 11:14-21


h. The Third Stage - 11:22-23

i. The Return of the Prophet - 11:24-25

C. The Necessity of Judgment - 12:1 - 19:14

1. The Sign of Going into Exile - 12:1-16

a. The Sign - 12:1-7


2. The Sign of Trembling - 12:17-20

a. The Sign - 12:17-18


3. Every Prophecy to be Fulfilled - 12:21-28

a. The First Objection - 12:21-25

b. The Second Objection - 12:26-28

4. The Condemnation of False Prophecy - 13:1-23

a. The False Prophets - 13:1-16

(1) Their Works - 13:1-7

(2) Their Judgment - 13:8-16

b. The False Prophetesses - 13:17-23

(1) Their Works - 13:17-19

(2) Their Judgment - 13:20-23

5. The Idolatrous Elders - 14:1-11

a. The Rebuke - 14:1-5

b. The Judgment - 14:6-11


6. The Uselessness of Intercession - 14:12-23

a. No Hope in the Righteousness of Others - 14:12-20


7. The Parable of the Vine - 15:1-8

a. The Parable - 15:1-5

b. The Application - 15:6-8

8. The Unfaithful Wife - 16:1-63

a. Jerusalem the Abandoned Child - 16:1-5

b. The Marriage - 16:6-14

c. The Great Adultery - 16:15-34

(1) Its Origin and Nature: Idolatry - 16:15-22

(2) Its Extent and Magnitude: Political Alliances - 16:23-29

(3) The Degree of Degradation - 16:30-34

d. The Punishment - 16:35-43

e. The Comparison to Sodom and Samaria - 16:44-52

f. The Restoration of Sodom and Samaria - 16:53-59

g. The Remarriage - 16:60-63

9. The Parable of the Two Eagles - 17:1-24

a. The Parable - 17:1-10


c. The Application - 17:19-21

d. The Restoration of the Tender Shoot - 17:22-24


10. The Lesson of Individual Responsibility - 18:1-32

a. The Proverb - 18:1-4

b. The Three Cases - 18:5-18

(1) The First Case - 18:5-9

(2) The Second Case - 18:10-13

(3) The Third Case - 18:14-18

c. The Objections of the People - 18:19-29

(1) The First Objection - 18:19-24

(2) The Second Objection - 18:25-29

d. The Exhortation to Repentance - 18:30-32

11. The Lamentation Over the Princes of Israel - 19:1-14

a. Introduction - 19:1-2

b. Jehoahaz - 19:3-4

c. Jehoiachin - 19:5-9

d. Zedekiah - 19:10-14

D. God’s Dealings with Israel - 20:1 - 23:49

1. The Review of the Past - 20:1-32

a. Date and Occasion - 20:1-4

b. The Rebellion in Egypt - 20:5-9

c. The Rebellion in the Wilderness - 20:10-17

d. The Rebellion of the Second Generation - 20:18-26

e. The Rebellion in the Land - 20:27-29

f. The Rebellion of the Present - 20:30-32


2. The Prospect of the Future - 20:33-44

a. The Regathering and the Purging - 20:33-38

b. The Warning to the Present Generation - 20:39

c. The Kingdom - 20:40-44

3. The Present Situation - 20:45 - 22:31

a. The Burning of the South - 20:45-49

b. Jehovah’s Sharpened Sword - 21:1-32

(1) The Sign of the Sword - 21:1-7

(2) The Sword is Sharpened - 21:8-17

(a) The Song of the Sword - 21:8-13

(b) The Execution by the Sword - 21:14-17

(3) The Sword is the King of Babylon - 21:18-32

(a) Against Jerusalem - 21:18-27

(b) Against Ammon - 21:28-32

c. The Sins of Jerusalem - 22:1-31

(1) The Bloody City - 22:1-5

(2) The Enumeration of Sins - 22:6-12

(3) The Judgment - 22:13-22

(a) Dispersion - 22:13-16

(b) The Smelting Furnace - 22:17-22

(4) The Corruption of All Classes - 22:23-31


4. The Story of Oholah and Oholibah - 23:1-49

a. The Two Sisters - 23:1-4

b. The Story of Samaria - 23:5-10

c. The Story of Jerusalem - 23:11-21

d. The Punishment of Jerusalem - 23:22-35

(1) The First Oracle - 23:22-27

(2) The Second Oracle - 23:28-31

(3) The Third Oracle - 23:32-34

(4) The Fourth Oracle - 23:35

e. Summary of the Sins of the Two Sisters - 23:36-49

(1) The Indictment - 23:36-42

(2) The Punishment - 23:43-49

E. The Conclusion - 24:1-27

1. The Parable of the Boiling Cauldron - 24:1-14

a. The Date and Occasion - 24:1-2

b. The Parable - 24:3-5

c. The Interpretation - 24:6-8

d. The Application - 24:9-14

2. The Sign of Ezekiel’s Wife - 24:15-24

a. The Sign - 24:15-18

b. The Explanation - 24:19-24

3. The Sign of Silence - 24:25-27


III. PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT ON THE GENTILE NATIONS - 25:1 - 32:32

A. Ammon - 25:1-7

B. Moab - 25:8-11

C. Edom - 25:12-14

D. Philistia - 25:15-17

E. Tyre - 26:1 - 28:19

1. The Judgment of Tyre - 26:1-21

a. The Fall of Tyre - 26:1-6

b. The Means - 26:7-14

c. The Lamentation of the Princes - 26:15-18

d. The Descent into Sheol - 26:19-21

2. The Lamentation Over Tyre - 27:1-36

a. The Great Ship Tyre - 27:1-11

b. The Extension of Trade - 27:12-25

c. The Shipwreck of Tyre - 27:26-36

3. The Prince of Tyre - 28:1-10

4. The King of Tyre - 28:11-19

F. Sidon - 28:20-26

1. Concerning Sidon - 28:20-24

2. The Restoration of Israel - 28:25-26


G. Egypt - 29:1 - 32:32

1. The Destruction and Restoration of Egypt - 29:1-16

a. The Date - 29:1

b. The Destruction - 29:2-7

c. The Desolation - 29:8-12

d. The Restoration - 29:13-16

2. The Invasion by the King of Babylon - 29:17-21

a. The Date - 29:17

b. Nebuchadrezzar’s Plunder of Egypt - 29:18-20

c. The Horn of Israel - 29:21

3. The Day of Judgment Upon Egypt - 30:1-19

a. The Day of Jehovah - 30:1-5

b. The Fall of Egypt and Her Allies - 30:6-9

c. The Destruction by the King of Babylon - 30:10-12

d. The Judgment on the Cities of Egypt - 30:13-19

4. The Dispersion of the Egyptians - 30:20-26

5. The Comparison of Egypt with Assyria - 31:1-18

a. The Date - 31:1

b. The Tree of Assyria - 31:2-9

c. The Felling of the Tree - 31:10-14

d. The Descent into Sheol - 31:15-17

e. The Application to Egypt - 31:18


6. The Lamentation Over Pharaoh - 32:1-16

a. The Date - 32:1

b. The Judgment of Pharaoh - 32:2-10

c. The Means of Judgment - 32:11-16

7. The Descent into Sheol - 32:17-32

a. The Date - 32:17

b. The Egyptians in Sheol - 32:18-21

c. Assyria - 32:22-23

d. Elam - 32:24-25

e. Meshech and Tubal - 32:26-28

f. Edom - 32:29

g. The Princes of the North and Sidon - 32:30

h. The Doom of Pharaoh and Egypt - 32:31-32

IV. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL - 33:1 - 39:29

A. The Prophet as a Watchman - 33:1-33

1. The Duty of the Watchman - 33:1-6

2. The Application to the Prophet - 33:7-9

3. The Declarations to Israel - 33:10-20

a. The First Declaration - 33:10-16

b. The Second Declaration - 33:17-20

4. The Removal of the Ritual Dumbness - 33:21-22


5. The Message Concerning the Jews in the Land - 33:23-29

6. The Message Concerning the Jews in Captivity - 33:30-33

B. The Shepherds of Israel - 34:1-31

1. The False Shepherds - 34:1-10

a. The Accusations - 34:1-6


2. The True Shepherds - 34:11-31

a. The Regathering of the Flock - 34:11-16

b. The Judgment of the Flock - 34:17-22

c. The New Shepherd - 34:23-24

d. The New Covenant - 34:25-31

C. The Destruction of Edom - 35:1-15

1. The Declaration of Judgment - 35:1-4

2. The Cause of Judgment - 35:5

3. The Description of Judgment - 35:6-9

4. The Cause of Judgment - 35:10-13

5. Edom in the Kingdom - 35:14-15

D. Prophecy Concerning the Mountains of Israel - 36:1-15

1. The Desolation of the Mountains - 36:1-7

2. The Blessing of the Mountains - 36:8-15


E. Israel’s Restoration to the Land - 36:16-38

1. The Dispersion of Israel - 36:16-21

2. The Process of Israel’s Restoration - 36:22-31

a. The Sanctification of God’s Name - 36:22-23

b. The Steps to Israel’s Restoration - 36:24-28

c. Israel’s Condition in the Land - 36:29-31

3. The Restoration of the Land and its Blessings - 36:32-38

F. The Vision of the Dry Bones - 37:1-14

1. The Vision - 37:1-10

a. The Prophecy - 37:1-6

b. The Fulfillment - 37:7-10

2. The Interpretation - 37:11-14

G. The Sign of the Two Sticks - 37:15-28

1. The Reunion of Judah and Israel - 37:15-23

a. The Sign - 37:15-17

b. The Explanation - 37:18-20

c. The Application - 37:21-23

2. The Restoration of the Throne of David - 37:24-25

3. The New Temple - 37:26-28


H. Gog and Magog - 38:1 - 39:16

1. The Invasion and Destruction of Gog - 38:1-23

a. The Northern Confederacy - 38:1-6

b. The Place of the Invasion - 38:7-9

c. The Purpose of the Invasion - 38:10-12

d. The Protest - 38:13

e. The Invasion - 38:14-16

f. The Destruction of the Invaders - 38:17-23

2. The Overthrow of Gog - 39:1-16

a. Summary of the Invasion and of the Destruction of the Invaders - 39:1-8

b. The Seven Years of Burning - 39:9-10

c. The Seven Months of Burial - 39:11-16

I. The Campaign of Armageddon - 39:17-29

1. The Great Feast - 39:17-20

2. The Reasons for Israel’s Judgment - 39:21-24

3. The Restoration of Israel - 39:25-29


V. ISRAEL IN THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM - 40:1 - 48:35

A. Introduction: The Revelation to the Prophet - 40:1-4

B. The Millennial Temple - 40:5 - 43:27

1. The Outer Court - 40:5-27

a. The Outer Wall - 40:5 - Serves as the Compound Wall of the Temple Compound

b. The Eastern Gate - 40:6-16


c. The Thirty Chambers and the Pavement Around the Outer Court - 40:17-19

d. The Northern Gate - 40:20-23

e. The Southern Gate - 40:24-27

2. The Inner Court - 40:28-47

a. The Southern Gate - 40:28-31

b. The Eastern Gate - 40:32-34

c. The Northern Gate - 40:35-37

d. The Chambers and the Tables for the Preparation of the Sacrifices - 40:38-43

e. The Chambers for the Priests - 40:44-46

f. The Inner Court and the Altar of Sacrifice - 40:47


3. The Temple - 40:48 - 41:26

a. The Temple Porch or Vestibule - 40:48-49

b. The Holy Place - 41:1-2

c. The Holy of Holies - 41:3-4

d. The Temple Wall and the Side Chambers - 41:5-11

e. The Building of the Separate Place - 41:12-14

f. The Interior of the Temple - 41:15-26

g. Diagram: The Temple


4. The Chambers of the Outer Court - 42:1-14

a. The Northern Chambers - 42:1-9

b. The Eastern Chambers - 42:10-12

c. The Purposes of the Chambers - 42:13-14

5. The Temple Compound - 42:15-20


6. The Return of the Shechinah Glory - 43:1-12

a. The Return - 43:1-5

b. The First Message of the Shechinah - 43:6-9

c. The Commission to the Prophet - 43:10-12

7. The Altar of Sacrifice - 43:13-27

a. The Design and Measurements - 43:13-17

b. The Consecration of the Altar - 43:18-27


C. The Millennial System of Priesthood and Sacrifice - 44:1 - 46:24

1. The Law of the Outer Eastern Gate - 44:1-3

2. The Second Message of the Shechinah - 44:4-8

3. The Duties of the Levites: Caretaking - 44:9-14

4. The Duties of the Sons of Zadok: Sacrificing - 44:15-31

5. The Holy Oblation - 45:1-8

6. The Message to the Princes of Israel - 45:9-12


7. The Laws of Sacrifices and Offerings - 45:13 - 46:24

a. General Instructions - 45:13-17

b. The New Year Offering - 45:18-20

c. The Offerings for the Feast of Passover - 45:21-24

d. The Offerings for the Feast of Tabernacles - 45:25

e. The Law of the Inner Eastern Gate - 46:1-3

f. The Offerings for the Sabbath - 46:4-5

g. The Offerings for the New Moon - 46:6-7

h. The Laws of Entrance and Exit - 46:8-12

i. The Daily Offerings - 46:13-15

j. The Prince and His Inheritance - 46:16-18

k. The Boiling Places - 46:19-24


D. The Millennial River - 47:1-12

1. The Source - 47:1-2

2. The Depth - 47:3-5

3. Its Productive Abilities - 47:6-12

4. Diagram


E. The Millennial Israel - 47:13 - 48:29

1. The Fulfillment of the Covenants - 47:13-14

2. The Borders of the Land - 47:15-20

3. The Division of the Land - 47:21-23

4. The Seven Northern Tribes - 48:1-7

5. The Holy Oblation - 48:8-22

a. The Millennial Mountain - 48:8

b. The Northern Section - 48:9-12

c. The Central Section - 48:13-14

d. The Southern Section - 48:15-19

e. Summary of the Holy Oblation - 48:20

f. The Portion for the Prince - 48:21-22

6. The Five Southern Tribes - 48:23-28


7. Summary and Diagram - 48:29

F. The Millennial Jerusalem - 48:30-35

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