Ezekiel Lesson 11 Handout

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Ezekiel Reassurance and Restoration

Lesson 11 February 14, 2010 Page 1

1) Description of Israels Shepherds (34:1-10)a) Indictment against shepherds of Israel (1-6)b) Judgment against false shepherds (7-10)

2) God, the True Shepherd (34:11-30)a) Declares Himself the Shepherd (11-16)b) He will execute judgment (17-22)c) One Shepherd (23-24)d) A covenant of peace (25-29)e) The blessedness of knowing God (30-31)

3) Prophecy of Edoms Destruction (35:1-15)a) Genesis 36:8, So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau isEdomb) Why the curse? Because you have had an ancient hatred (vs 5)c) Purpose: Then they shall know that I am the LORD (15)d) Question: Why another prophecy against Edom? (Ezekiel 25:12-14)

4) Restoration of the Land of Israel (36:1-15)a) What does regeneration look like?

i) Motive of regeneration the glory of God (36:22 & 32)ii) Knowledge of God: 38, Then they shall know that I am the LORDiii) Abhorrence of sins: 31-32, you will loathe yourselves in your own sightiv) Forgiveness of sins: 25, I will cleanse you v) Regeneration: 26,27, I will give you a new heartvi) Gift of the Holy Spirit, I will put My Spirit within you.vii) Obedience to Gods laws, you will keep My judgments and do them.

5) Restoration of the People of Israel (36:16-38)6) The Dry Bones Live (37:1-14)

a) How does regeneration work? Cf Lazarus in the NT: Lazarus, come forth!b) The feeling of Israel, can these bones live? (37:3)c) Vs 11 is key: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel.d) Commentators:

i) Feinberg: the passage is speaking figuratively of the resurrection of the dead nation, and not of aphysical resurrection of dead persons (p 214)

1) ESV Study Bible: it stands on its own as a powerful statement of God's power to re-create thecommunity

7) The symbol of one stick (37:15-28)a) National reunification!b) Spiritually clean, I will cleanse them. .and I will be their God (23)c) Messiah will rule and reign, David My servant shall beking over them, (24)d) Millennial blessingse) Abrahamic Covenant fulfilled (Cf Genesis 12:1-3, I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make

your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who

curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed)

f) Future Tabernacle (Ezekiel 40-43)g) Gods glory will again dwell with Israel


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Scripture: Chapter 34-37

Key Verse: Ezekiel 37:14, I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will

place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spokenit

and performed it, says the LORD

Outline:

1) Description of Israels Shepherds (34:1-10)2) God, the True Shepherd (34:11-30)3) Prophecy of Edoms Destruction (35:1-15)4) Restoration of the Land of Israel (36:1-15)5) Restoration of the People of Israel (36:16-38)6) The Dry Bones Live (37:1-14)7) The Symbol of the One Stick (37:15-28)Detail:

1) Description of Israels Shepherds (34:1-10)a) Familiar metaphor of sheep and shepherd!

i) Contrasts false shepherd wii)

True Shepherd the Messiah

iii)The irresponsible shepherds are the Kings, prophets and priests!b) Familiar formula: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2Son of

man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them

c) Indictment against shepherds of Israel (1-6)i) What they do:

(1)They feed themselves (2)(a)Expanded: You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool;

you slaughter the fatlings (3)

(b)A self-centered ministry instead of a serving ministry(c)Used privileges of leadership to enrich themselves

(2)Corrupt leadership: with force and cruelty you have ruled them (4)


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(3)You did not:(a)feed the flock(b)strengthened the weak(c)

Heal those who were sick (probably does not mean physicalhealing!)

(d)Seek the lostii) What they should be doing:

(1)Feed the flock(2)Lead flock with servant leadership

iii)Consequences their actions:(1)Flock scattered: they were scattered because there was no

shepherd(2)Flock vulnerable and unprotected . Lost!

d) Judgment against false shepherds (7-10)i) God against them: Behold, I amagainst the shepherdsii) Accountability: I will require My flock at their handiii)Loss of position and privilege: I will cause them to cease feeding the

sheep

(1)Termination of the Judean Kings rule!(2)Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:33)(3)Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah captive (2

Chron 36:6; 2 Kings 24:12, 25:7)


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2) God, the True Shepherd (34:11-30)a) Declares Himself the Shepherd (11-16)

i) Vs 11, Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.ii)

Actions: (note I will) (17 times from vss 10-31)(1)What actions will the True Shepherd do?(2)Re-gather, Seek, Feed, Save, Judge, et al.

iii)Note close parallels with(1)Psalm 23 &(2)John 10:1-30(3)Also Zechariah 13:6-8(4)Isaiah 40 (especially vs 11, He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He

will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom,Andgently lead those who are with young)

iv)Note promise of re-gathering at the end of the age!b) He will execute judgment (17-22)

i) Sheepgoat judgment: Behold, I shall judge between sheep andsheep, between rams and goats (17)

ii) Cf Matthew 25:32-34, A ll the nations will be gathered before Him, andHe will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep

from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the

goats on the left.34

Then the King will say to those on His right hand,

Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you

from the foundation of the world


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c) One Shepherd (23-24)i) Text: I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them

My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.24

And I,

the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them;I, the LORD, have spoken

ii) Question:(1)Literal David resurrected? OR(2)Messiah / Savior the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant?

iii)Case for Messiah:(1)2 Sam 7:12, When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your

fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your

body, and I will establish his kingdom(2)Jeremiah 23:5, Behold, thedays are coming, says the LORD, That

I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and

prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth

(3)Hosea 3:5, Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek theLORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and

His goodness in the latter days

d) A covenant of peace (25-29)i) Vs 25, I will make a covenant of peace with themii) Section is clearly Millennial!iii)Curse reversal: Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the

earth shall yield her increase

iv)Vs 26, there shall be showers of blessing (in case you ever wonderedthe hymn-writers basis!)

v) Cf Acts 3:19-20, Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins maybe blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence

of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to

you before


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e) The blessedness of knowing God (30-31)i) Text: Thus they shall know that I, the LORD their God, am with them,

and they, the house of Israel, areMy people, says the Lord GOD.

You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, andI am yourGod, says the Lord GOD

ii) Ultimately there will be national salvation of Israel - Romans 11:25-27iii)Ultimate objective of the Lord for His people:

(1)Ephesians 4:13, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of theknowledge of the Son ofGod

(2)Ephesians 3:10, to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of Godmight be made known by the church to the principalities and powers

in the heavenly places3) Prophecy of Edoms Destruction (35:1-15)

a) Edom and Israel long enemiesi) Genesis 27:41, So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which

his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning

for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.

ii) Genesis 36:8, So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau isEdomb) This section contrasts the curse on Mount Seir verses the blessings on the

mountains of Israel. Ezek 34:13-14, And I will bring them out from the

peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their

own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in

all the inhabited places of the country.14

I will feed them in good pasture,

and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie

down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

c) Why the curse? Because you have had an ancient hatred (vs 5)d) Purpose: Then they shall know that I am the LORD (15)e) Question: Why another prophecy against Edom? (25:12-14)

i) An elaboration of the previous? ORii) Edom representative of all of Israels enemies? (Isaiah 34:5 w Isaiah

63:1-4)


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4) Restoration of the Land of Israel (36:1-15)a) This chapter presents the regeneration of Israel

i) Literal Israelii)

Literal land(1)The ancient heights have become our possession (vs 2)(2)I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the

cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.11

I will multiply upon

you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will

make you inhabited as in former times (10-11)

iii)Literal regenerationb) What does regeneration look like?

i) Motive of regeneration the glory of God (36:22 & 32)(1)Thus says the Lord GOD: I do not do this for your sake, O house of

Israel, but for My holy names sake, which you have profaned among

the nations wherever you went.23

And I will sanctify My great name,

which has been profaned among the nations, which you have

profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the

LORD,

(2)Not for your sake do I do this, says the Lord GOD, let it be knownto you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of

Israel!

ii) Knowledge of God: 38, Then they shall know that I am the LORDiii)Abhorrence of sins: 31-32, Then you will remember your evil ways and

your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your

own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.32

Not for your

sake do I do this, says the Lord GOD, let it be known to you. Be

ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!

iv)Forgiveness of sins: 25, Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and youshall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your

idols


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v) Regeneration: 26,27, I will give you a new heart and put a new spiritwithin you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a

heart of flesh.27

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in

My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.vi)Gift of the Holy Spirit, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit

within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a

heart of flesh.27

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in

My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

vii)Obedience to Gods laws, I will give you a new heart and put a newspirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give

you a heart of flesh.27

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to

walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.5) Restoration of the People of Israel (36:16-38)

a) For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries,and bring you into your own land. (24)

b) Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall beMy people, and I will be your God.

29I will deliver you from all your

uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine

upon you. (vss 28-29)

6) The Dry Bones Live (37:1-14)a) How does regeneration work?

i) Explained here in this visionii) Cf Lazarus in the NT: Lazarus, come forth! (John 11:1-44)

b) Gods question to Ezekiel probably reflected the feeling of Israel, can thesebones live? (37:3)

c) Vs 11 is key: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Theyindeed say, Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut

off! 12Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:

Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up

from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.13

Then you shall

know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people,

and brought you up from your graves.14

I will put My Spirit in you, and you


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shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I,

the LORD, have spoken itand performed it, says the LORD.

d) Commentators:i)

Feinberg: the passage is speaking figuratively of the resurrection of thedead nation, and not of a physical resurrection of dead persons (p 214)

ii) ESV Study Bible:1) it stands on its own as a powerful statement of God's power to re -

create the community

2) Note 2 phases:a) Ezek. 37:8 The first phase of prophesying results in the rebuilt

bodies, which lack breath. So far this activity only yields corpses

but it is still a necessary first step.b) Ezek. 37:910 The second phase of prophesying is addressed to

the breath (or wind or spirit/Spirit; Hb. ruakh, which can take all

three meanings). The coming of the wind/breath/spirit that gives

life powerfully alludes to God's creative work in Gen. 2:7. God

creates, and God re-creates.

iii)Shepherds notes: This prophecy is not fulfilled by the Jews who live inIsrael today; it will be fulfilled when believing Jews return to the land at

the return of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:30-31, Then the sign of the Son

of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will

mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of

heaven with power and great glory.31

And He will send His angels with a

great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from

the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other) (p 89)


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7) The Symbol of the One Stick (37:15-28)a) Text: As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: For

Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions. Then take another

stick and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, andforall the houseof Israel, his companions.

17Then join them one to another for yourself

into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. (16-17)

b) National reunification!i) 21-22, Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I will take

the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone,

and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own

land;22

and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of

Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer betwo nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.

ii) Had been 2 nations since the death of Solomon in 931 bc!c) Spiritually clean, They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols,

nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I

will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned,

and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their

God (23)

d) Messiah will rule and reign, David My servant shall beking over them,(24)

e) Millennial blessingsf) Abrahamic Covenant fulfilled (Cf Genesis 12:1-3,I will make you a great

nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a

blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses

you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed)

g) Future Tabernacle (Ezekiel 40-43)h) Gods glory will again dwell with Israel

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