A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

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• A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL
• BY
• HAROLD HARSTVEDT
• SOUTH WALTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
• WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA, 32459
• THE FOLLOWING CHARTS MAY BE HELPFUL
• IN STUDYING THE PROPHETS
• NAMES DATES IN BLUE ARE APPROXIMATE
• AND CORRELATED WITH HISTORY

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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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EZEKIEL

• Ezekiel means God will strengthen.
• Ezekiel was a prophet and a priest.
• He was carried captive to Babylon in 597 BC?
• Book of Ezekiel was written about 595-597BC?
• The saddest day of his life was the death of his
  wife.
• The LORD told Ezekiel that his wife would die on
  the very day that the armies of Babylon laid
  siege on Jerusalem. He was commanded not to
  grieve for her.
• The sadness of her death is likened to
• the grief of God at the sin of Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel prepared himself for this tragedy
• even as God had prepared Himself
• for the death of His beloved city Jerusalem.

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EZEKIEL

• No other event in the lives of the Old Testament
  prophets is as touching as this.
• The harshness of God's command to His prophet
  emphasizes the Lord's grief over the fate and
  sufferings of His rebellious people.
• Believers in God have been called upon
• to suffer many indignities through the ages,
• But in the suffering of Ezekiel,
• We learn something of the suffering of God
  Himself.
• Ezekiel shows us how ugly serious our sin is.
• Our rebellion brings grief and hurt to God,
• against whom our sin is directed.

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THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

• EZEKIEL IS A LONG BOOK OF 48 CHAPTERS.
• IT IS LOGICALLY AND ORDERLY STRUCTURED.
• THIS MAKES IT EASY TO ANALYZE UNDERSTAND.
• THE BOOK IS WRITTEN IN THREE MAIN DIVISIONS
• JUDGMENT OF JUDAH CHAPTERS 4-24
• JUDGMENT OF ALL NATIONS CHAPTERS 25-32
• BLESSING OF GOD'S PEOPLE CHAPTERS 33-48

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER ONE

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER ONE

• EZEKIELS VISION OF GOD V. 1-3
• VISION OF 4 CREATURES 4 WHEELS V. 4-25
• VISION OF FIRMAMENT AND THRONE V. 26-28
• WHIRLWIND FROM THE NORTH

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READ EZEKIEL 11-3

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in
  the fourth
• month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was
  among
• the captives by the River Chebar, that the
  heavens
• were opened and I saw visions of God.
• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• 3 The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
  the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the
  Chaldeans by the River Chebar and the hand of
  the LORD was upon him there.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11-3

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in
  the fourth
• month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was
  among
• the captives by the River Chebar, that the
  heavens
• were opened and I saw visions of God.
• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• 3 The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
  the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the
  Chaldeans by the River Chebar and the hand of
  the LORD was upon him there.
• WHO TOOK EZEKIEL CAPTIVE? WHEN?
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT EZEKIEL?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in
  the fourth
• month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was
  among
• the captives by the River Chebar, that the
  heavens
• were opened and I saw visions of God.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• I saw visions of God

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in
  the fourth
• month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was
  among
• the captives by the River Chebar, that the
  heavens
• were opened and I saw visions of God.
• WHO TOOK EZEKIEL TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHEN? 597BC? - 595BC?
• WHO WAS AMONG THE CAPTIVES?
• ESTHER 599BC? - 597BC?
• DANIEL 598BC? - 594BC?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11

• WHO WAS AMONG THE CAPTIVES?
• ESTHER 599BC? - 597BC?
• READ ESTHER 25-7
• 5 In Shushan the citadel there was a certain
  Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the
  son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.
• 6 Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with
  the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah
  king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon had carried away.
• 7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that
  is, Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had
  neither father nor mother. The young woman was
  lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother
  died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11

• WHO WAS AMONG THE CAPTIVES?
• DANIEL 598BC? - 594BC?
• READ DANIEL 11
• 2 Kings 2410-17
• 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim
  king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  came to Jerusalem and besieged it. NKJV
• DANIEL 16-7
• 6 Now from among those of the sons of Judah were
  Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
• 7 To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names
  he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar to
  Hananiah, Shadrach to Mishael, Meshach and to
  Azariah, Abed-Nego. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 316
• 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son
  and Zedekiah his son. NKJV
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• READ 2 KINGS 2415-16
• 15 And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon.
  The king's mother, the king's wives, his
  officers, and the mighty of the land he carried
  into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• 16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and
  craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were
  strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon
  brought captive to Babylon. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 369-10
• 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became
  king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months
  and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the
  LORD.
• 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar
  summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the
  costly articles from the house of the LORD, and
  made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over
  Judah and Jerusalem.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 11-3

• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• READ JEREMIAH 2224-25
• 24 "As I live," says the LORD, "though Coniah
  the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the
  signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you
  off
• 25 and I will give you into the hand of those
  who seek your life, and into the hand of those
  whose face you fear the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
  king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• REMEMBER THE BASKETS OF FIGS
• READ JEREMIAH 241-2
• 1 The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets
  of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away
  captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of
  Judah, and the princes of Judah with the
  craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had
  brought them to Babylon.
• 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs
  that are first ripe and the other basket had
  very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were
  so bad.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the
  fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• READ JEREMIAH 291-2
• 1 Now these are the words of the letter that
  Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the
  remainder of the elders who were carried away
  captive to the priests, the prophets, and all
  the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
  captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• 2 (This happened after Jeconiah the king, the
  queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah
  and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had
  departed from Jerusalem.) NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 12

• WHO WAS JEHOIACHIN? JECONIAH? CONIAH?
• WHEN WAS HE TAKEN CAPTIVE?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 283-4
• 3 Within two full years I will bring back to
  this place all the vessels of the LORDS house,
  that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away
  from this place and carried to Babylon.
• 4 And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah
  the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the
  captives of Judah who went to Babylon,' says the
  LORD, 'for I will break the yoke of the king of
  Babylon.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 13

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 3 The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
  the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the
  Chaldeans by the River Chebar and the hand of
  the LORD was upon him there.
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT EZEKIEL?
• HOW OLD WAS EZEKIEL? 25? OR OLDER?
• AT WHAT AGE COULD THE LEVITES SERVE?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 13

• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT EZEKIEL?
• HOW OLD WAS EZEKIEL? 25? OR OLDER?
• AT WHAT AGE COULD THE LEVITES SERVE?
• READ NUMBERS 423
• 23 From thirty years old and above, even to
  fifty years old, you shall number them, all who
  enter to perform the service, to do the work in
  the tabernacle of meeting.
• READ NUMBERS 430
• 30 From thirty years old and above, even to
  fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone
  who enters the service to do the work of the
  tabernacle of meeting.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 13

• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT EZEKIEL?
• HOW OLD WAS EZEKIEL? 25? OR OLDER?
• AT WHAT AGE COULD THE LEVITES SERVE?
• WHEN WAS THIS CHANGED? WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 824-25
• 24 This is what pertains to the Levites From
  twenty-five years old and above one may enter to
  perform service in the work of the tabernacle of
  meeting
• 25 and at the age of fifty years they must cease
  performing this work, and shall work no more.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 13

• WHEN WAS THIS CHANGED? WHY?
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 2324
• 24 These were the sons of Levi by their fathers'
  houses the heads of the fathers' houses as they
  were counted individually by the number of their
  names, who did the work for the service of the
  house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years
  and above. NKJV
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 2327-28
• 27 For by the last words of David the Levites
  were numbered from twenty years old and above
• 28 because their duty was to help the sons of
  Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in
  the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying
  of all holy things and the work of the service of
  the house of God, NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 13

• HOW OLD WAS EZEKIEL? 25? OR OLDER?
• AT WHAT AGE COULD THE LEVITES SERVE?
• WHEN WAS THIS CHANGED? WHY?
• READ EZRA 38
• 8 Now in the second month of the second year of
  their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem,
  Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son
  of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the
  priests and the Levites, and all those who had
  come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began
  work and appointed the Levites from twenty years
  old and above to oversee the work of the house of
  the LORD.

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READ EZEKIEL 14-5

• 4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was
  coming out of the north, a great cloud with
  raging fire engulfing itself and brightness was
  all around it and radiating out of its midst like
  the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
  
• 5 Also from within it came the likeness of four
  living creatures. And this was their appearance
  they had the likeness of a man.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 14-5

• 4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was
  coming out of the north, a great cloud with
  raging fire engulfing itself and brightness was
  all around it and radiating out of its midst like
  the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
  
• 5 Also from within it came the likeness of four
  living creatures. And this was their appearance
  they had the likeness of a man.
• WHAT IS A WHIRLWIND?
• Whirlwind OT5591- hurricane, storm, tempest
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE?
• WHAT WERE THESE FOUR LIVING CREATURES?
• WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE NORTH?
• ASSYRIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 14

• 4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was
  coming out of the north, a great cloud with
  raging fire engulfing itself and brightness was
  all around it and radiating out of its midst like
  the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
  
• WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE NORTH?
• ASSYRIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 114-15
• 14 Then the LORD said to me "Out of the north
  calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants
  of the land.
• 15 For behold, I am calling All the families of
  the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD "They
  shall come and each one set his throne At the
  entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, Against all
  its walls all around, And against all the cities
  of Judah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 14

• WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE NORTH?
• ASSYRIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 2319-20
• 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone
  forth in fury A violent whirlwind! It will fall
  violently on the head of the wicked.
• 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back
  Until He has executed and performed the thoughts
  of His heart. In the latter days you will
  understand it perfectly. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 14

• WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE NORTH?
• ASSYRIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 2319-20
• 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone
  forth in fury A violent whirlwind! It will fall
  violently on the head of the wicked.
• 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back
  Until He has executed and performed the thoughts
  of His heart. In the latter days you will
  understand it perfectly. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 15

• 5 Also from within it came the likeness of four
  living creatures. And this was their appearance
  they had the likeness of a man.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• four living creatures
• WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE?
• they had the likeness of a man
• WHAT WERE THESE FOUR LIVING CREATURES?
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE?
• READ ISAIAH 61-3
• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 46-8

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WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE?

• READ ISAIAH 61-3
• 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the
  Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and
  the train of His robe filled the temple.
• 2 Above it stood seraphim each one had six
  wings with two he covered his face, with two he
  covered his feet, and with two he flew.
• 3 And one cried to another and said "Holy,
  holy, holy is the LORD of hosts The whole earth
  is full of His glory!" NKJV
• HOW DID ISAIAH DESCRIBE THESE SERAPHIM?
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EACH OTHER?
• "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts
• The whole earth is full of His glory!"

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WHAT DID JOHN SEE?

• READ REVELATION 46-8
• 6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass,
  like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and
  around the throne, were four living creatures
  full of eyes in front and in back.
• 7 The first living creature was like a lion,
  the second living creature like a calf, the third
  living creature had a face like a man, and the
  fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
• 8 The four living creatures, each having six
  wings, were full of eyes around and within. And
  they do not rest day or night, saying "Holy,
  holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and
  is to come!" NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 16-9

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four
  wings.
• 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of
  their feet were like the soles of calves' feet.
  They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.
  
• 8 The hands of a man were under their wings on
  their four sides and each of the four had faces
  and wings.
• 9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures
  did not turn when they went, but each one went
  straight forward.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 16-9

• 6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four
  wings.
• 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of
  their feet were like the soles of calves' feet.
  They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.
  
• 8 The hands of a man were under their wings on
  their four sides and each of the four had faces
  and wings.
• 9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures
  did not turn when they went, but each one went
  straight forward.
• WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE?
• WHAT DID THEY REPRESENT?
• ANGELS? OR FOUR KINGDOMS?
• Assyria, Persia, Greece and Rome?
• SEE DANIEL CHAPTERS TWO SEVEN

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DANIEL CHAPTERS TWO SEVEN

• CHAPTER TWO SEVEN
  NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIEL
• GREAT IMAGE FOUR BEASTS
• FOUR KINGDOMS? FOUR KINGDOMS?
  
• BABYLONIAN GOLD HEAD LION
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• MEDO-PERSIAN SILVER BREAST BEAR
• DARIUS CYRUS?
• MACEDONIAN BRASS THIGHS LEOPARD
• ALEXANDER?
• ROME IRON LEGS BEAST OF IRON
• ROME DIVIDED FEET OF IRON TEN HORNS

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READ EZEKIEL 110-12

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had
  the face of a man each of the four had the face
  of a lion on the right side, each of the four had
  the face of an ox on the left side, and each of
  the four had the face of an eagle.
• 11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched
  upward two wings of each one touched one
  another, and two covered their bodies.
• 12 And each one went straight forward they went
  wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did
  not turn when they went.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 110-12

• 10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had
  the face of a man each of the four had the face
  of a lion on the right side, each of the four had
  the face of an ox on the left side, and each of
  the four had the face of an eagle.
• 11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched
  upward two wings of each one touched one
  another, and two covered their bodies.
• 12 And each one went straight forward they went
  wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did
  not turn when they went.
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEM?
• WHERE DID THEY GO?
• WHO WAS GUIDING THEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 110

• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEM?
• face of a man - face of a lion
• - face of an ox - the face of an eagle.
• READ ISAIAH 62
• 2 Above it stood seraphim each one had six
  wings with two he covered his face, with two he
  covered his feet, and with two he flew.
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE?
• seraphim
• HOW DID ISAIAH DESCRIBE THESE SERAPHIM?
• each one had six wings with two he covered his
  face, with two he covered his feet, and with two
  he flew

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 110

• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEM?
• face of a man - face of a lion - face of an ox
• - the face of an eagle.
• READ REVELATION 47
• 7 The first living creature was like a lion,
  the second living creature like a calf, the third
  living creature had a face like a man, and the
  fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
• HOW DID JOHN DESCRIBE THEM?
• like a lion - like a calf - like a man - like a
  flying eagle

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 110

• WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE?
• seraphim
• READ ISAIAH 63
• 3 And one cried to another and said "Holy,
  holy, holy is the LORD of hosts The whole earth
  is full of His glory!" NKJV
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EACH OTHER?
• "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts
• The whole earth is full of His glory!"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 110

• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• The four living creatures
• READ REVELATION 48
• 8 The four living creatures, each having six
  wings, were full of eyes around and within. And
  they do not rest day or night, saying "Holy,
  holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and
  is to come!" NKJV
• HOW DID JOHN DESCRIBE THEM?
• each having six wings, were full of eyes
• WHAT WERE THEY SAYING?
• "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
• Who was and is and is to come!"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 111

• 11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched
  upward two wings of each one touched one
  another, and two covered their bodies.
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEM?
• Their wings stretched upward
• two wings of each one touched one another,
• and two covered their bodies.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 111

• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEM?
• Their wings stretched upward
• two wings of each one touched one another,
• and two covered their bodies.
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE?
• READ ISAIAH 62
• 2 Above it stood seraphim each one had six
  wings with two he covered his face, with two he
  covered his feet, and with two he flew.
• HOW DID ISAIAH DESCRIBE THESE SERAPHIM?
• each one had six wings with two he covered his
  face, with two he covered his feet, and with two
  he flew

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 112

• 12 And each one went straight forward they went
  wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did
  not turn when they went.
• WHERE DID THEY GO?
• each one went straight forward
• WHO WAS GUIDING THEM?
• they went wherever the spirit wanted to go,
• and they did not turn when they went

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READ EZEKIEL 113-14

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures,
  their appearance was like burning coals of fire,
  like the appearance of torches going back and
  forth among the living creatures. The fire was
  bright, and out of the fire went lightning.
• 14 And the living creatures ran back and forth,
  in appearance like a flash of lightning.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 113

• 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures,
  their appearance was like burning coals of fire,
  like the appearance of torches going back and
  forth among the living creatures. The fire was
  bright, and out of the fire went lightning.
• 14 And the living creatures ran back and forth,
  in appearance like a flash of lightning.
• WHAT WAS THEIR APPEARANCE?
• like burning coals of fire,
• like the appearance of torches
• in appearance like a flash of lightning
• WHAT WERE THESE CREATURES DOING?
• the living creatures ran back and forth,

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READ EZEKIEL 115-16

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 15 Now as I looked at the living creatures,
  behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each
  living creature with its four faces.
• 16 The appearance of the wheels and their
  workings was like the color of beryl, and all
  four had the same likeness. The appearance of
  their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the
  middle of a wheel.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 115-16

• 15 Now as I looked at the living creatures,
  behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each
  living creature with its four faces.
• 16 The appearance of the wheels and their
  workings was like the color of beryl, and all
  four had the same likeness. The appearance of
  their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the
  middle of a wheel.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• a wheel was on the earth
• beside each living creature with its four faces.
• HOW DID HE DESCRIBE THE WHEELS?
• their workings was like the color of beryl,
• and all four had the same likeness
• a wheel in the middle of a wheel

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READ EZEKIEL 117-18

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 17 When they moved, they went toward any one of
  four directions they did not turn aside when
  they went.
• 18 As for their rims, they were so high they
  were awesome and their rims were full of eyes,
  all around the four of them.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 117-18

• 17 When they moved, they went toward any one of
  four directions they did not turn aside when
  they went.
• 18 As for their rims, they were so high they
  were awesome and their rims were full of eyes,
  all around the four of them.
• IN WHAT DIRECTION DID THEY MOVE?
• they went toward any one of four directions
• they did not turn aside when they
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEIR RIMS?
• they were so high they were awesome
• and their rims were full of eyes
• WHAT WERE THESE EYES DOING?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 118

• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THEIR RIMS?
• and their rims were full of eyes
• WHAT WERE THESE EYES DOING?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 169
• 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
  throughout the whole earth, to show Himself
  strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to
  Him. In this you have done foolishly therefore
  from now on you shall have wars. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 48
• 8 The four living creatures, each having six
  wings, were full of eyes around and within. And
  they do not rest day or night, saying "Holy,
  holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is
  and is to come!"

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READ EZEKIEL 119-21

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels
  went beside them and when the living creatures
  were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were
  lifted up.
• 20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went,
  because there the spirit went and the wheels
  were lifted together with them, for the spirit of
  the living creatures was in the wheels.
• 21 When those went, these went when those
  stood, these stood and when those were lifted up
  from the earth, the wheels were lifted up
  together with them, for the spirit of the living
  creatures was in the wheels.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 119-21

• 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels
  went beside them and when the living creatures
  were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were
  lifted up.
• 20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went,
  because there the spirit went and the wheels
  were lifted together with them, for the spirit of
  the living creatures was in the wheels.
• 21 When those went, these went when those
  stood, these stood and when those were lifted up
  from the earth, the wheels were lifted up
  together with them, for the spirit of the living
  creatures was in the wheels.
• WHERE DID THE WHEELS GO?
• WHO WAS GUIDING THEM? HOW?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 119

• 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels
  went beside them and when the living creatures
  were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were
  lifted up.
• WHERE DID THE WHEELS GO?
• When the living creatures went,
• the wheels went beside them and
• when the living creatures were lifted up from the
  earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 120

• 20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went,
  because there the spirit went and the wheels
  were lifted together with them, for the spirit of
  the living creatures was in the wheels.
• WHERE DID THE WHEELS GO?
• WHO WAS GUIDING THEM? HOW?
• Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went,
• because there the spirit went
• and the wheels were lifted together with them,
• for the spirit of the living creatures was in the
  wheels.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 121

• 21 When those went, these went when those
  stood, these stood and when those were lifted up
  from the earth, the wheels were lifted up
  together with them, for the spirit of the living
  creatures was in the wheels.
• WHERE DID THE WHEELS GO?
• WHO WAS GUIDING THEM? HOW?
• When those went, these went
• when those stood, these stood
• and when those were lifted up from the earth,
• the wheels were lifted up together with them,
• for the spirit of the living creatures was in the
  wheels.

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READ EZEKIEL 122-23

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 22 The likeness of the firmament above the heads
  of the living creatures was like the color of an
  awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads.
• 23 And under the firmament their wings spread
  out straight, one toward another. Each one had
  two which covered one side, and each one had two
  which covered the other side of the body.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122-23

• 22 The likeness of the firmament above the heads
  of the living creatures was like the color of an
  awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads.
• 23 And under the firmament their wings spread
  out straight, one toward another. Each one had
  two which covered one side, and each one had two
  which covered the other side of the body.
• WHAT WAS ABOVE THE LIVING CREATURES?
• WHAT IS THE FIRMAMENT?
• HOW MANY WINGS DID THE CREATURES HAVE?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122-23

• WHAT IS THE FIRMAMENT?
• READ GENESIS 114-17
• 14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the
  firmament of the heavens to divide the day from
  the night and let them be for signs and seasons,
  and for days and years
• 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament
  of the heavens to give light on the earth" and
  it was so.
• 16 Then God made two great lights the greater
  light to rule the day, and the lesser light to
  rule the night. He made the stars also.
• 17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens
  to give light on the earth, NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122-23

• 22 The likeness of the firmament above the heads
  of the living creatures was like the color of an
  awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads.
• 23 And under the firmament their wings spread
  out straight, one toward another. Each one had
  two which covered one side, and each one had two
  which covered the other side of the body.
• WHAT WAS ABOVE THE LIVING CREATURES?
• The likeness of the firmament
• above the heads of the living creatures
• HOW MANY WINGS DID THE CREATURES HAVE?
• Each one had two which covered one side,
• and each one had two which covered the other side

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READ EZEKIEL 124-25

• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF GOD
• 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their
  wings, like the noise of many waters, like the
  voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of
  an army and when they stood still, they let down
  their wings.
• 25 A voice came from above the firmament that
  was over their heads whenever they stood, they
  let down their wings.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 124-25

• 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their
  wings, like the noise of many waters, like the
  voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of
  an army and when they stood still, they let down
  their wings.
• 25 A voice came from above the firmament that
  was over their heads whenever they stood, they
  let down their wings.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL HEAR?
• I heard the noise of their wings
• WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE?
• like the noise of many waters, like the voice of
  the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army
• WHAT CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• A voice came from above the firmament

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 124

• 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their
  wings, like the noise of many waters, like the
  voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of
  an army and when they stood still, they let down
  their wings.
• WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE?
• like the noise of many waters,
• like the voice of the Almighty,
• READ PSALMS 293-4
• 3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters The
  God of glory thunders The LORD is over many
  waters.
• 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful The voice
  of the LORD is full of majesty. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 124

• 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their
  wings, like the noise of many waters, like the
  voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of
  an army and when they stood still, they let down
  their wings.
• WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE?
• like the noise of many waters, like the voice of
  the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army
• CYRUS' ARMY MEDES, PERSIANS, ARMENIANS?
• READ ISAIAH 134
• 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains,
  Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of
  the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The
  LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 125

• 25 A voice came from above the firmament that
  was over their heads whenever they stood, they
  let down their wings.
• WHAT CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• A voice came from above the firmament
• READ PSALMS 1813
• 13 The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most
  High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of
  fire.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 125

• 25 A voice came from above the firmament that
  was over their heads whenever they stood, they
  let down their wings.
• WHAT CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• A voice came from above the firmament
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY TO MOSES?
• READ EXODUS 2018-19
• 18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings,
  the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet,
  and the mountain smoking and when the people saw
  it, they trembled and stood afar off.
• 19 Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us,
  and we will hear but let not God speak with us,
  lest we die." NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 126-27

• 26 And above the firmament over their heads was
  the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a
  sapphire stone on the likeness of the throne was
  a likeness with the appearance of a man high
  above it.
• 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and
  upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with
  the appearance of fire all around within it and
  from the appearance of His waist and downward I
  saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with
  brightness all around.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 126-27

• 26 And above the firmament over their heads was
  the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a
  sapphire stone on the likeness of the throne was
  a likeness with the appearance of a man high
  above it.
• 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and
  upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with
  the appearance of fire all around within it and
  from the appearance of His waist and downward I
  saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with
  brightness all around.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• WHO IS EZEKIEL DESCRIBING?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 126

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• the likeness of a throne,
• in appearance like a sapphire stone
• on the likeness of the throne was
• a likeness with the appearance of a man high
  above it
• WHO WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD?
• WHAT DID THEY SEE?
• READ EXODUS 249-10
• 9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and
  Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
• 10 and they saw the God of Israel. And there was
  under His feet as it were a paved work of
  sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens
  in its clarity.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 126

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT?
• the likeness of a throne,
• in appearance like a sapphire stone
• on the likeness of the throne was
• a likeness with the appearance of a man high
  above it
• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 1911-16

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 126

• on the likeness of the throne was
• a likeness with the appearance of a man high
  above it
• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 1911-16
• 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white
  horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful
  and True, and in righteousness He judges and
  makes war.
• 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on
  His head were many crowns. He had a name written
  that no one knew except Himself.
• 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood,
  and His name is called The Word of God.
• 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a nme
  written KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 127

• 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and
  upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with
  the appearance of fire all around within it and
  from the appearance of His waist and downward I
  saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with
  brightness all around.
• WHO IS EZEKIEL DESCRIBING?
• the appearance of His waist and upward
• the color of amber with the appearance of fire
• from the appearance of His waist and downward
• the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 127

• WHO IS EZEKIEL DESCRIBING?
• the appearance of His waist and upward
• the color of amber with the appearance of fire
• from the appearance of His waist and downward
• the appearance of fire with brightness all
  around.
• WHO DID DANIEL SEE?
• READ DANIEL 105-6
• 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a
  certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was
  girded with gold of Uphaz!
• 6 His body was like beryl, his face like the
  appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of
  fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in
  color, and the sound of his words like the voice
  of a multitude.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 127

• WHO IS EZEKIEL DESCRIBING?
• the appearance of His waist and upward
• the color of amber with the appearance of fire
• from the appearance of His waist and downward
• the appearance of fire with brightness all
  around.
• WHO DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 114-16
• 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as
  white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire
  
• 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined
  in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many
  waters
• 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of
  His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His
  countenance was like the sun shining in its
  strength.

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READ EZEKIEL 128

• 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud
  on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the
  brightness all around it. This was the appearance
  of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when
  I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice
  of One speaking. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud
  on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the
  brightness all around it. This was the appearance
  of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when
  I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice
  of One speaking. NKJV
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• THE GLORY OF THE LORD?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud
  on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the
  brightness all around it. This was the appearance
  of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when
  I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice
  of One speaking. NKJV
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• THE GLORY OF THE LORD?
• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 42-3
• 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit and behold, a
  throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
• 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a
  sardius stone in appearance and there was a
  rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an
  emerald. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• So when I saw it, I fell on my face,
• and I heard a voice of One speaking.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 21-5
• 1 And He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your
  feet, and I will speak to you."
• 2 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to
  me, and set me on my feet and I heard Him who
  spoke to me.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• So when I saw it, I fell on my face,
• and I heard a voice of One speaking.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 21-5
• 3 And He said to me "Son of man, I am sending
  you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious
  nation that has rebelled against Me they and
  their fathers have transgressed against Me to
  this very day.
• 4 For they are impudent and stubborn children.
  I am sending you to them, and you shall say to
  them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'
• 5 As for them, whether they hear or whether
  they refuse for they are a rebellious house
  yet they will know that a prophet has been among
  them.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• So when I saw it, I fell on my face,
• and I heard a voice of One speaking.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOHN?
• READ REVELATION 117-19
• 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as
  dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to
  me, "Do not be afraid I am the First and the
  Last.
• 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold,
  I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys
  of Hades and of Death.
• 19 Write the things which you have seen, and the
  things which are, and the things which will take
  place after this. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 312-18
• 12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use
  great boldness of speech
• 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so
  that the children of Israel could not look
  steadily at the end of what was passing away.
• 14 But their minds were blinded. For until this
  day the same veil remains un-lifted in the
  reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is
  taken away in Christ.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128

• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 312-18
• 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a
  veil lies on their heart.
• 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the
  veil is taken away.
• 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the
  Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
• 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as
  in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
  transformed into the same image from glory to
  glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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