The Message of Ezekiel
Subtitle: A New Heart and a New Spirit (The Bible Speaks Today)
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780830824250
Subjects: Religion - Commentaries / Reference; O.T.; Commentaries; Religion; Biblical Commentary - Old Testament; Bible.; Bible; Ezekiel; O.T
First sentence: As birthday treats go, Ezekiel's thirtieth birthday experience is unsurpassed.
Description: Ezekiel comes to us as a stranger from a distant time and land. Who is this priest who, on his thirtieth birthday, has a dazzling vision of God on a wheeled throne? Who is this odd prophet who engages in outlandish street theater and speaks for God on international affairs? Who is this seer who paints murals of apocalyptic doom and then of a restored temple bursting with emblems of paradise? Are we bound to take this literally, reading prophet and newspaper side by side? Or is there a better way?