Ezekiel.
The glory of the LORD departs and returns — God's presence is the point of the whole story.
Who wrote Ezekiel?
Ezekiel, priest exiled to Babylon in 597 BC.
Who was it written for?
The exiles in Babylon.
Structure
- Call and visions (1–3)
- Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem (4–24)
- Oracles against the nations (25–32)
- Restoration and the new temple (33–48)
Key verses
Why Ezekiel matters
Ezekiel's visions are some of the strangest material in the Bible — wheels within wheels, the dry bones brought to life, the river flowing from the temple. The book's theme is the presence of God, departing the temple in judgment and returning in restoration. The valley of dry bones (chapter 37) is the great image of resurrection hope that the New Testament inherits.
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