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Introduction
theological crisis of immense proportions
northern nation: understandable demise
But, Judah?
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Serious QuestionsQ Why was Judah a kingdom under
judgment?
Q Why had Jerusalem been desecrated by the pagans & destroyed?
Q Why had Yahweh allowed the destruction of the culture, religion, shrine, & political entity of his people?
Q Why had the people lost control of the land that was to be theirs forever?
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Clear conclusion: direct historical
judgment (2 Kg. 24:2-4; 2 Chr. 36:15-17; Je. 37:6-
10; 52:3) part of the
Deuteronomic code since Moses (Dt. 28:64-68)
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Lamentations.
2 Kings 25 & Jeremiah 52: … factual accounts
Lamentations: … emotional devastation
Jerusalem & Judah:
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Ezekiel, the Priest
Coming desolation of Jerusalem: before the fact after the fact
from far-off Babylon (Eze. 1:1; 8:1)
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full of strange and perplexing imagery and symbols (chariot throne of God supported by four living creatures, Eze. 1:5-21)
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Ezekiel's Visions
transcendence of Yahweh God's omnipotence not limited
by the failure of his people prediction:
a restoration for Judah, an act of grace (Eze. 36, 37)
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Daniel
Babylonians allowed deportees to settle in colonies & preserve national identity
Daniel: to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in the 2nd deportation (Da. 1:1-6)
Ezekiel’s contemporary (Eze. 14:14, 20; 28:3)
part of Nebuchadnezzar's court retinue
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Daniel
Historical section (chapters 1-6) & prophetic section (chapters 7-12) Historical
Daniel as a chief minister/interpreter of dreams
Prophetic relationship of Israel to the nations in the future
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