SERMON: Old Testament Overview Part 11 - The Minor Prophets
Old Testament Overview Part 11 : The Minor Prophets This Session: Introductions Ezekiel Daniel End Times? I. Introductions Last time, we considered the major prophets into the time of the exile. II. Ezekiel “Then they will know that I am the Lord” (75x). NAME: “Ezekiel” [“Strengthened by God”] A priest/prophet, like Jeremiah One of 10,000 captives taken in the 2nd siege of Nebuchadnezzar, 11 years before the final overthrow of Jerusalem DATE: 593 BC (1:2) to 571 BC (29:17) (written first to the exiles in Babylon) THEME: Condemnation, consolation, and restoration Full of strange signs to the people: He shuts himself up in his home. He binds himself. He is struck dumb. He was to lie on his right and his left sides for a total of 430 days. He ate bread that was prepared over dung. He shaved his head and beard, considered shameful. A message for our social justice era: “The soul who sins will die” (18:1-32) We cannot char...