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Introduction + Ezekiel 1:1-10

Introduction
  • Ezekiel is one of the Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel)
    • Length of time prophesying
    • Length of book
    • Written Prophets vs. Spoken Prophets
  • History of the Old Testament
    • Pre-History: Creation, Adam/Eve, Cain/Abel, Noah, the Flood
    • Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Twelve Tribes (70 individuals) ~ 2000 BC
    • Law: Moses, Exodus, Passover, Red Sea, Tabernacle, Law (600,000 families) ~ 1500 BC
    • Judges: Colonizing Promised Land, Joshua, Judges, Samuel the Prophet
    • United Kingdom: Saul, David, Solomon, Temple ~1000 BC
    • Divided Kingdom
      • Idolatry entered into the kingdom (there was idolatry before e.g. golden calf, time of judges, but now it becomes part of life esp. in the Northern Kingdom)
      • From 900-400 BC
      • The Books of the Prophets take place during this period
      • The Prophets overlapped time periods, but not always geographically
      • Most of the Prophets were killed in Jerusalem ("Oh Jerusalem Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets")
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