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Look upon us where we languish, Lord. Come to us with your word and breath of life where we are weary and isolated. Recall to us your promises and renew us in hope. Wherever life and hope are needed, be present in the person of Christ, embodied in the words and work of those who live by your will. Amen.

III: Devastation and Promise

William H. Johnson, Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, ca. 1943-1944, tempera and pen and ink with pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.990R-V Devastation and Promise -48

A. The Great Indirection – chaps. 25-32 (Oracles against the Nations) B. Promises 1. The good – chaps. 34; 37:15-28 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones – chap. 37:1-14 3. A new order of holiness – chaps. 40-48 (God’s presence in ) C. The “future” of Ezekiel’s “visions” The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32

Ezek. 24:25-27 – And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart’s affection, and also their sons and their daughters, 26 on that day, one who has escaped will come to you to report to you the news. 27 On that day your mouth shall be opened to the one who has escaped, and you shall speak and no longer be silent. So you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32

Ezek. 33:21-22 – In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen.” Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; but he had opened my mouth by the time the fugitive came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer unable to speak. The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell

Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell

Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell

Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell TYRE SIDON Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell AMMON ASSYRIA MOAB ELAM EDOM PHILISTIA TYRE EDOM SIDON “THE NORTH” EGYPT SIDON Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell The Great Indirection Ezekiel 25-32 Ezek. 24:25-27 – one shall come to tell

Ezek. 33:21-22 – one came to tell Promises -48 B. Promises 1. The 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones 3. A new order of holiness – God’s presence in Jerusalem Promises Ezekiel 33-48 B. Promises 1. The good shepherd 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones 3. A new order of holiness – God’s presence in Jerusalem The Good Shepherd ; 37:15-28

Psalms 78:70-72 – The LORD chose his servant , and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the nursing ewes he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of , his inheritance. With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skillful hand. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34; 37:15-28 Isaiah 44:28 – [Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer…,] who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd, and he shall carry out all my purpose.” The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34; 37:15-28 :1-4 – Woe to the who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel…: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away…. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands… I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them…. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34:2-6 Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed my sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep…. My sheep were scattered…over all the face of the earth, with no one to search or seek for them. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34:12-14 As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34:15-16 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34:23-24 I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34; 37:15-28 Isaiah 55:3-5 – I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. The Good Shepherd :25-26 My servant David shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore. Promises Ezekiel 33-48 B. Promises 1. The good shepherd 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones 3. A new order of holiness – God’s presence in Jerusalem Re-creation Ezekiel 37:1-14

J. M. Bocksberger, Dutch, 16th c. Pitts Theology Library, Emory U.

Wm. Ottley, British 18th-19th c. Harvard Art Museum #1915.7

Abraham Rattner, American, 20th c. Smithsonian American Art Museum #1981.153.21 Re-creation Ezekiel 37:1-14 v. 8 – “…but there was no breath in them.” Genesis 1:1-2 – “In the beginning…a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” Genesis 2:7 – “The Lord God formed the human from the dust of the ground, and breathed into its nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living being.” Re-creation Ezekiel 37:1-14 vv. 9-10 – “Then the LORD said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.” Re-creation Ezekiel 37:1-14 …and you shall know that I am the LORD. (vv. 6, 13; cf. v. 14) Promises Ezekiel 33-48 B. Promises 1. The good shepherd 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones 3. A new order of holiness – God’s presence in Jerusalem A New Order of Holiness -48 Ezekiel 40:4 – “Mortal, look closely and listen attentively, and set your mind upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you; declare all that you see to the house of Israel.” A New Order of Holiness Ezekiel 40-48 Ezekiel 40:4 – “Mortal, look closely and listen attentively, and set your mind upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you; declare all that you see to the house of Israel.” A New Order of Holiness Ezekiel 40-48 :12 – “Then you shall know that I am the :9 – “Now let LORD, whose statutes you them put away their have not followed…but you idolatry and the corpses have acted according to the of their kings far from me, ordinances of then nations and I will reside among that are around you.” them forever.” A New Order of Holiness Ezekiel 40-48 Ezekiel 43:10-11 – “Describe the temple to the house of Israel, and let them measure the pattern…. Make known to them the plan…and write it down…, so that they may observe and follow the entire plan….” A New Order of Holiness Ezekiel 40-48

Ezekiel 48:35 – “And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord is There.” Devastation and Promise Ezekiel 25-48

A. The Great Indirection – chaps. 25-32 (Oracles against the Nations) B. Promises 1. The good shepherd – chaps. 34; 37:15-28 2. Re-creation in the valley of the dry bones – chap. 37:1-14 3. A new order of holiness – chaps. 40-48 (God’s presence in Jerusalem) C. The “future” of Ezekiel’s “visions” The Future of Ezekiel’s “Visions” “apocalypse” = “revelation” Apocalypse of John = NT Book of Revelation vision of heavenly Jerusalem vision of God’s throne heavenly beings (“one like a human”) earthly abominations The Future of Ezekiel’s “Visions” The good shepherd “I am the good shepherd…” Mark 6 “…because they were like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 18 “If a shepherd has a hundred sheep….” The Future of Ezekiel’s “Visions” Restoration to the land Zionism – many forms of Zionism Jewish sovereignty in “the land” – 1948 Paradigm of God’s dealing with Israel: as God promised land to Israel and the details were left to historical and social forces, so God promises land to every people and we are called to work out the details Heart.Soul.Mind 2019-2020 The Prophets St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport IA