Ezekiel Chapter 3 and
4
I.
Ezekiel Chapter 3: Sending the Prophet, Ezekiel
A.
Ezekiel who eat to scroll (3:1-3)
cf. (Mt 4:4, 1Pt 2:1-2)
·
The scroll was sweet as honey in his mouth
(Jer 1:9) (1Tim 1:2, 2Tim 1:2, 1Cor 16:10) (2Tim 2:15) (Phi 2:16, Heb4:12) (Eph 6:10-13) (Hos 4:1) (Jn 1:1-3, 14) (Mt 4:4)
B.
Situation of Israelite (3:4-15)
·
Hardness of their heart
·
Need of power of Holy Spirit (Ez 36:26-27)
C.
Responsibility of Watchman (3:16-21)
cf. (Is56:10, Jer6:17, Hos9:8)
1.
to the wicked
2.
to the righteous
·
Watchman has to preach the message regardless of
the responses of listeners (2Tim 4:2)
·
Neglect of duty leads to judgment.
D.
Ezekiel’s Silence (3:22-27)
1.
Get up, go out to the plain and listen to His
words (22, 23)
2.
Requested to be dumb (24-26)
3.
Allow him
to speak when He grants His permission (27)
·
Total submission, according to God’s guidance
·
Those who reject the message of God can not
receive His grace (Lk 16:31, Mt 11:15)
II.
Ezekiel Chapter 4: Predicted Siege of Jerusalem
A.
Symbolic actions for the Siege of Jerusalem (4:1-3)
(4:1-5:4): Four actions
1.
Inscribe a city on a brick (1-3)
2.
Lie down (4-8)
3.
Take Small amount of food (9-17)
·
God does not want to receive worship without
their heart (Is1:11-15)
·
God highly evaluates those who have a submissive
heart (Lem4:1-2)
B.
Carry the Sins of Israel (4:4-8)
1.
Sins of N Kingdom (4-5)
2.
Sins of S Kingdom (6-8)/ (2Kings17:19-23)
·
God’s Judgment will not be changed
·
God’s Judgment will be merciless
C.
God’s Judgment with Scarce of Food (4:9-17)
1.
Only little amount of food (9-11)
2.
Spread among the nation Eat unclean food (12-15)
3.
Jerusalem
will be perished without food (16-17)
·
Total submission, according to God’s guidance
·
Those who reject the message of God can not
receive His grace (Lk16:31, Mt11:15)
