Transcript Ezekiel and Daniel © John Stevenson, 2012 The Prophet-Priest • • • • • • • 1 - 24 25 - 32 33 - 48 Oracles against Judah Oracles against Nations Oracles of Salvation Ezekiel’s call (1-2) Judgment (3-7) Temple.

Ezekiel and Daniel
© John Stevenson, 2012
The Prophet-Priest
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Oracles against
Judah
Oracles
against
Nations
Oracles of
Salvation
Ezekiel’s call (1-2)
Judgment (3-7)
Temple (8-11)
Judgment (12-14)
Pictures (15-19)
Judgment (20-23)
Pictures (24)
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Amon
Moab
Edom
Philistia
Tyre
Sidon
Egypt
• Watchman
(33)
• Restoration
(34-37)
• Gog & Magog
(38-39)
• New Temple
(40-48)
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610
600
Jehoahaz
580
Zedekiah
Obadiah?
Fall of
Nineveh
560
Babylonian Captivity
Jerusalem &
Temple
Destroyed
Jeremiah
Habakkuk
570
Jehoiachin
Josiah
Amos
Joel?
590
Daniel
Ezekiel
Ezekiel’s Chariot Vision
• Something like glowing metal in
the midst of the fire (1:4).
• Four living beings
• Wheels within wheels
1 Chronicles 28:18
...the altar of incense refined
gold by weight; and gold for the
model of the chariot, even the
cherubim, that spread out their
wings, and covered the ark of the
covenant of the LORD
Daniel 7:9
I kept looking Until thrones
were set up, and the Ancient of
Days took His seat; His vesture was
like white snow, and the hair of His
head like pure wool. His throne was
ablaze with flames, its wheels were
a burning fire
Meaning of the Vision
• God is the God over all life, whether wild
animals or domesticated animals or birds
of men
And each one had four faces. The first
• The
wheels
are
a picture
of the
face
was the
face
of a cherub,
themighty
second
face was the face of a man, the
power
of God.
third the face of a lion, and the fourth the
face of an eagle (Ezekiel 10:14).
The Glory of the Lord
• Ezekiel sees the glory of the
presence of the Lord within
His temple (8:4).
• The glory of God is seen at
the doorway to the temple
(9:3).
• It next leaves the doorway
and moves out to the Eastern
Gate (10:18)
The Glory of the Lord
• It moves completely out of the
city of Jerusalem: And the
glory of the LORD went up
from the midst of the city, and
stood over the mountain
which is east of the city
(Ezekiel 11:23).
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1 - 24
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33 - 48
Oracles against
Judah
Oracles
against
Nations
Oracles of
Salvation
Ezekiel’s call (1-2)
Judgment (3-7)
Temple (8-11)
Judgment (12-14)
Pictures (15-19)
Judgment (20-23)
Pictures (24)
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Amon
Moab
Edom
Philistia
Tyre
Sidon
Egypt
• Watchman
(33)
• Restoration
(34-37)
• Gog & Magog
(38-39)
• New Temple
(40-48)
Ezekiel 26:1-3
Now in the eleventh year, on the
first of the month, the word of the
LORD came to me saying, 2 “Son of
man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of
the peoples is broken; it has opened to
me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid
waste,’ 3 therefore thus says the Lord
GOD, 'Behold, I am against you, O
Tyre, and I will bring up many nations
against you, as the sea brings up its
waves.”
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Ezekiel 26:4
They will destroy the walls of Tyre
and break down her towers; and I will
scrape her debris from her and make
her a bare rock.
Ezekiel 26:5
“She will be a place for the
spreading of nets in the midst of the
sea, for I have spoken,” declares the
Lord GOD, “and she will become spoil
for the nations.”
Ezekiel 26:7-8
For thus says the Lord GOD,
“Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the
north
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon, king of kings, with horses,
chariots, cavalry and a great army. 8
He will slay your daughters on the
mainland with the sword; and he will
make siege walls against you, cast up
a ramp against you and raise up a
large shield against you.”
Ezekiel 26:9-10
The blow of his battering rams he
will direct against your walls, and with
his axes he will break down your
towers. 10 Because of the multitude of
his horses, the dust raised by them will
cover you; your walls will shake at the
noise of cavalry and wagons and
chariots when he enters your gates as
men enter a city that is breached.
Ezekiel 26:12
Also they will make a spoil of your
riches and a prey of your merchandise,
break down your walls and destroy
your pleasant houses, and throw your
stones and your timbers and your
debris into the water.
Alexander
the Great of
Macedonia,
332 B.C.
Tyre 
• Seven
month
siege
• Fall of Tyre
on July 29.
332 B.C.
Ezekiel 37
Ezekiel 37:1-2
The hand of the LORD was upon
me, and He brought me out by the
Spirit of the LORD and set me down in
the middle of the valley; and it was full
of bones. 2 He caused me to pass
among them round about, and behold,
there were very many on the surface of
the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Ezekiel 37:11-12
Then He said to me, “Son of man,
these bones are the whole house of
Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are
dried up and our hope has perished.
We are completely cut off.’
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Therefore prophesy and say to them,
'Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I
will open your graves and cause you to
come up out of your graves, My
people; and I will bring you into the
land of Israel.”
Ezekiel 37:13-14
“Then you will know that I am the
LORD, when I have opened your
graves and caused you to come up out
of your graves, My people. 14 I will put
My Spirit within you and you will come
to life, and I will place you on your own
land. Then you will know that I, the
LORD, have spoken and done it,”
declares the LORD.
Ezekiel’s Vision
A Temple within the City
John’s Revelation
The New Jerusalem
• Ezekiel is taken in this
vision to a very high
mountain (40:2)
• John is carried in the
Spirit to a great and high
mountain (21:10)
• A man uses a rod to
measure the
dimensions of the
temple (40:5-ff)
• An angel measures the
city with a rod (21:15-17)
• The entire temple area
is a perfect square
(42:15-20)
• The entire city is a
perfect cube (21:16)
Ezekiel’s Vision
A Temple within the City
John’s Revelation
The New Jerusalem
• The presence of the
• No need of sun or moon
glory of the Lord enters
because the Lord
the temple (43:3-4)
illumines His city (22:5)
• No foreigner is
admitted into the
temple (44:9)
• Nothing unclean and no
unbeliever is allowed into
the city (21:8, 27)
• A river of water flows
out of the temple
(47:1)
• A river of the water of life
comes from the throne of
God (22:1)
Ezekiel’s Vision
A Temple within the City
John’s Revelation
The New Jerusalem
• There are a total of 12
gates around the city
(48:30-34)
• There are 12 gates to the
city (21:21)
• The name of the city
shall be: “The Lord is
there” (48:35).
• The throne of God shall
be there (22:3)
Ezekiel 43:4-5
And the glory of the LORD
came into the house by the way of
the gate facing toward the east. 5 And
the Spirit lifted me up and brought me
into the inner court; and behold, the
glory of the LORD filled the house.
Statesman-Prophet
610
600
590
580
Jerusalem
& Temple
Destroyed
Zephaniah
560
550
Babylonian
Captivity
Kings of Judah
Joel?
570
Amos
The Prophet of Social Justice
Daniel
Jeremiah
Habakkuk
Obadiah?
Ezekiel
540
530
Return
from
Exile
Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of
Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to
Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the
Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah
into his hand, along with some of the
vessels of the house of God; and he
brought them to the land of Shinar, to
the house of his god, and he brought
the vessels into the treasury of his
god.
 Carchemish
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
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Pharaoh
Neco
Jerusalem
 Carchemish
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
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Pharaoh
Neco
Jerusalem
1:1
8:1
Written in the Third Person
Written in the First
Person
Seven Historical
Narratives
Four Prophetic
Visions
Features of the Book
• Partially written in Aramaic
1:1
8:1
Written in the Third Person
Written in the First
Person
Seven Historical
Narratives
Four Prophetic
Visions
Written in
Aramaic
Written in Hebrew
Hebrew
Prophetic
Prophetic History
Prologue History relating
relating to the Jews
to the Gentiles
Features of the Book
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Partially written in Aramaic
Emphasis on the Kingdom
Emphasis on Prayer
The Spiritual Battle
Daniel and Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Daniel
A priest who spoke of
matters of spirit
A statesman who spoke
of matters of state
Emphasizes times of
Israel’s glory
Emphasizes times of
Gentile’s glory
Residence as a prisoner
Residence in a palace
Focus on Israel and the
Jews
Focus on Gentiles and
the world
Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon
A Commitment to Purity
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that
he would not defile himself with the
king's choice food or with the wine
which he drank; so he sought
permission from the commander of the
officials that he might not defile
himself.
Daniel 1:19
The king talked with them, and
out of them all not one was found like
Daniel,
Hananiah,
Mishael
and
Azariah; so they entered the king’s
personal service.
Daniel 1:20-21
As for every matter of wisdom
and understanding about which the
king consulted them, he found them
ten times better than all the magicians
and conjurers who were in all his
realm. 21 And Daniel continued until
the first year of Cyrus the king.
Dream of image of the four kingdoms (2)
Rescue of Daniel’s friends from the fiery
furnace (3)
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the tree
Daniel’s interpretation
Nebuchadnezzar’s humiliation (4)
Belshazzar’s handwriting on the wall
Daniel’s interpretation
Belshazzar’s death (5)
Rescue of Daniel from the lion’s den (6)
Night vision of the four beasts (7)
Daniel 2
Vision of a great
statue
Meaning
Kings &
Kingdoms
Head of fine gold Babylon
Breast & arms of Medes &
silver
Persia
Daniel 7
Vision of beasts
from the sea
Lion with wings
Bear with three
ribs in its teeth
Daniel 2
Vision of a great
statue
Meaning
Daniel 7
Kings &
Vision of beasts
Kingdoms
from the sea
Head of fine gold Babylon
Lion with wings
Breast & arms of Medes &
Bear with three
silver
Persia
ribs in its teeth
Belly & thighs of
Greek
Leopard with 4
bronze
Empire
wings & 4 heads
Daniel 2
Vision of a great
statue
Meaning
Kings &
Kingdoms
Head of fine gold Babylon
Breast & arms of Medes &
silver
Persia
Belly & thighs of
Greek
bronze
Empire
Legs of iron & Antiochus?
clay; ten toes
Rome?
Daniel 7
Vision of beasts
from the sea
Lion with wings
Bear with three
ribs in its teeth
Leopard with 4
wings & 4 heads
Beast with iron
teeth & ten horns
Daniel 2
Meaning
All previous
Coming of
kingdoms
the Lord
destroyed by the and His
stone cut without Kingdom
hands
A new kingdom
that will never be
destroyed (2:44)
Daniel 7
Ancient of Days
takes his seat
and passes
judgment
His kingdom will
be an everlasting
kingdom (7:27)
Lessons from Daniel 7
• Earthly power in and of itself
degenerates into brutality.
• It is the tendency of brutality to
increase.
• Restoration is an act of God, not
of man.
Daniel 7
Daniel 8
Dream comes in the Vision given in the third
first year of Belshazzar
year of the reign of
king of Babylon
Belshazzar the king
Successive beasts rise A ram standing by a
up out of the ocean
canal is attacked by a
goat coming from the
• Babylon
west
• Medes & Persia
• Medes & Persia
• Greece
• Greece
• Other Kingdom
Large horn broken;
Terrible beast has ten
gives way to ten horns
horns
Daniel 7
Out comes a small
horn that…
• Pulls up three
previous horns
• Utters great boasts
• Alterations in times
and law
• Wages war against
saints and wins
against them
Daniel 8
Out comes a small
horn that…
• Grows exceedingly
• Magnifies itself
against heaven
• Removes regular
sacrifice & throws
down the temple
• Flings truth to the
ground
Daniel 7
Daniel 8
Endures for 2300
Saints are given into
his hand for a time, mornings and evenings
times, and half a time
Then the holy place will
Then sovereignty,
be properly restored
dominion, and
greatness are given to
the saints of the Most
High
Daniel 11:2
And now I will tell you the truth.
Behold, three more kings are going to
arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain
far more riches than all of them; as
soon as he becomes strong through his
riches, he will arouse the whole empire
against the realm of Greece
Daniel 11:3
And a mighty king
will arise, and he will
rule with great authority
and do as he pleases.
Daniel 11:4
But as soon as he has arisen, his
kingdom will be broken up and
parceled out toward the four points of
the compass, though not to his own
descendants, nor according to his
authority which he wielded; for his
sovereignty will be uprooted and given
to others besides them.
“To the
strongest!”
Daniel 11:5
Then the king of the South will
grow strong, along with one of his
princes who will gain ascendancy
over him and obtain dominion; his
domain will be a great dominion
indeed.
Daniel 11:6
And after some years they will
form an alliance, and the daughter of
the king of the South will come to the
king of the North to carry out a peaceful
arrangement. But she will not retain her
position of power, nor will he remain
with his power, but she will be given up,
along with those who brought her in,
and the one who sired her, as well as
he who supported her in those times.
• Antiochus IV
• Hostage in Rome
• Escape
• Appointments in
Judah
Antiochus imposed the
following regulations
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Jews could not assemble for prayer
Observance of the Sabbath forbidden
Possession of the Scriptures illegal
Circumcision was illegal
Dietary laws illegal
Pagan sacrifices mandated
• Maccabean Revolt
• 166 B.C.
• Mattathias
• Temple liberated
Daniel 11:29-30
At the appointed time he will return
and come into the South, but this last
time it will not turn out the way it did
before. 30 For ships of Kittim will come
against him; therefore he will be
disheartened and will return and
become enraged at the holy covenant
and take action; so he will come back
and show regard for those who forsake
the holy covenant.
Daniel 11:31
And forces from him will arise,
desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do
away with the regular sacrifice. And they
will set up the abomination of desolation.
Antiochus Epiphanes
• Comes on the heels of Alexander’s
generals
• Magnifies itself against the Jews and
against their God
• He puts a stop to the sacrificial system
and makes alterations to the Law
• He attempts to overturn the truth of the
Scriptures
• He has power over the nation of Israel
Antiochus Epiphanes
• His sway over the Temple endures for
approximately 3 and a half years (2300
mornings and evenings).
• Then the holy place is ultimately properly
restored
Daniel 12:1
Now at that time Michael, the great
prince who stands guard over the sons
of your people, will arise. And there will
be a time of distress such as never
occurred since there was a nation until
that time; and at that time your people,
everyone who is found written in the
book, will be rescued.
“A time of distress…”
• Abomination of Desolation brought
by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168
B.C.
• Destruction of the Temple brought
by Titus in A.D. 70
• The Final Judgment
Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the
dust of the ground will awake, these to
everlasting life, but the others to
disgrace and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:4
But as for you, Daniel, conceal
these words and seal up the book
until the end of time; many will go
back and forth, and knowledge will
increase.
Daniel 9
Daniel 9:1-2
In the first year of Darius the son of
Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was
made king over the kingdom of the
Chaldeans-- 2 in the first year of his
reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books
the number of the years which was
revealed as the word of the LORD to
Jeremiah the prophet for the completion
of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely,
seventy years.
Daniel 9:3
So I gave my attention to the Lord
God to seek Him by prayer and
supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and
ashes.
Daniel 9:4-5
I prayed to the LORD my God and
confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the
great and awesome God, who keeps His
covenant and lovingkindness for those
who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned, committed
iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled,
even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.”
Daniel 9:6
“Moreover, we have not listened to
Your servants the prophets, who spoke
in Your name to our kings, our princes,
our fathers and all the people of the
land.”
Daniel 9:20-21
Now while I was speaking and
praying, and confessing my sin and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting
my supplication before the LORD my
God in behalf of the holy mountain of my
God, 21 while I was still speaking in
prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision previously, came
to me in my extreme weariness about
the time of the evening offering.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been decreed
for your people and your holy city, to
finish the transgression, to make an end
of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to
bring in everlasting righteousness, to
seal up vision and prophecy and to
anoint the most holy place.
Seventy Sevens
• To finish the transgression
• To make an end of sin
• To make atonement for iniquity
• To bring in everlasting righteousness
• To seal up vision and prophecy
• To anoint the most holy place
Daniel 9:25
So you are to know and discern
that from the issuing of a decree to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem until
Messiah the Prince there will be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be
built again, with plaza and moat, even in
times of distress.
Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing,
and the people of the prince who is to
come will destroy the city and the
sanctuary. And its end will come with a
flood; even to the end there will be war;
desolations are determined.
Author
Bible
Date
Decree
Cyrus
Ezra
1:1-4
539
Jews allowed to
return & rebuild
temple
Darius
Ezra
6:8-12
520
Jews allowed to
complete the
temple
Artaxerxes
Ezra
7:11-28
Neh. 1
457
Artaxerxes
Ezra brings
another return
445 Nehemiah allowed
to rebuild walls
Date for giving the decree
Cyrus
Darius
Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes
Ezra
1:1-4
Ezra
6:8-12
Ezra
7:11-28
Neh. 1
Plus 483
years
539
56 B.C.
520
37 B.C.
457
27 A.D.
445
39 A.D.
62 Weeks
(434 Years)
605 B.C.
171 B.C.
Middle of
70th week
temple
desecrated
by Antiochus
IV
First fall of
Jerusalem
7 Weeks
(49 Years)
587 B.C.
Temple
destroyed
538 B.C.
Temple to
be rebuild
Murder
of High
Priest
69 Weeks
(adapted years)
444 B.C.
Order to
rebuild
walls of
Jerusalem
(
Church
Age
Crucifixion
of Christ
)
70th
Week
Rapture
2nd
Coming
of Christ
457 B.C.
69 Weeks
First order
to rebuild
walls of
Jerusalem
70th
Week
Beginning
of ministry
of Jesus
Jerusalem
destroyed
For we are slaves; yet in our bondage
our God has not forsaken us, but has
extended lovingkindness to us in the
sight of the kings of Persia, to give us
reviving to raise up the house of our
God, to restore its ruins and to give us
a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
(Ezra 9:9).
Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing,
and the people of the prince who is to
come will destroy the city and the
sanctuary. And its end will come with a
flood; even to the end there will be war;
desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:27
And he will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week, but in the
middle of the week he will put a stop to
sacrifice and grain offering; and on the
wing of abominations will come one who
makes desolate, even until a complete
destruction, one that is decreed, is
poured out on the one who makes
desolate.
Construction: From the issuing of a
decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
Messiah: …until Messiah the Prince
Construction: …it will be built again
Messiah: Messiah will be cut off
Anti-messiah: …and the people of the
prince who is to come
Destruction: …will destroy the city and the
sanctuary; desolations are determined
Messiah: He will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week
Destruction: He will put a stop to the
sacrifice and grain offering
Therefore when you see the
abomination of desolation which
was spoken of through Daniel the
prophet, standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand), 16 then
those who are in Judea must flee
to the mountains.
(Matthew 24:15-16)
Whoever is on the housetop must
not go down to get the things out
that are in his house. 18 Whoever is
in the field must not turn back to
get his cloak. 19 But woe to those
who are pregnant and to those
who are nursing babies in those
days! 20 But pray that your flight will
not be in the winter, or on a
Sabbath.
(Matthew 24:17-20)
For then there will be a great
tribulation, such as has not
occurred since the beginning of
the world until now, nor ever will.
(Matthew 24:21)
“...the entire nation was now
shut up by fate as in a prison,
and the Roman army
encompassed the city when it
was crowded with inhabitants.
Accordingly, the multitude of
those that therein perished
exceeded all the destructions
that either men or God ever
brought upon the world.”
(Wars of the Jews 6:9:4).