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EZEKIEL:  LESSON EIGHT

THE LAND – PEOPLE – ENEMY

Time: 585  B.C. (Chapters 36-39)

 I. THE LAND BLESSED – THE PEOPLE REVIVED    (Chapters 36-39)

A. The land addressed and blessed (36:1-38)

1. Surrounding lands who blasphemed the land of Israel will bear their shame (v. 1-7).

2. The land of Israel will be blessed better than former state (v. 8-5).

3. God’s wrath upon Israel’s sin caused God’s name to be profaned among the nations.  He was considered a weak local god unable to keep his people in his land (v. 16-21).

4. God would counter the nations’ false impression of His power by restoring His sanctified people in their land (v. 22-31).

5. God will do o for His name’s sake (v. 32-36).

6. God will be inquired of again by a sanctified people (v. 37-38).

B. The people revived (37:1-28)

1. The vision of the dry bones: a hopeless or dead people raised to a new life in their own land (v. 1-14).

2. The sign of the two sticks becoming one : the divided nations of Israel and Judah become one under the King (v. 15-28).

C. The enemy conquered (38:1-39:29)

1. Gog of the land of Magog, as a numerous and mighty enemy, will be destroyed by God when they come upon God’s people, who are established in peace in their land. – “None shall make them be afraid.”    

QUESTIONS:

1. In chapter 36, to whom is the prophet speaking?

2. What false impression did the surrounding nations have of a desolated Israel?

3. Whose name was profaned in Israel’s destruction?

4. When and how would this problem be solved?

5. What is new about God being “inquired of” in verses 37-38 that was not seen in earlier chapters?  

6. What is the significance of “very dry bones” in the vision in the valley?  

7. What happened when Ezekiel prophesied over the bones?    

8. Do we have a similar picture of a “people’s cause” revived in the New Testament?

9. In 37:15-23, what do the two sticks becoming on represent?   

   

10. Who will be “king” over the “united people”?   

11. Where do we first read of Magog in the Bible?     Locate the probable place of his descendants?

 

12. Characterize God’s people at the time when this Gog of Magog comes to conquer them?

13. When God conquers Gog, how long will the fire last that burns their weapons?

14. How long will Israel be burying  the dead enemy?

15. What will the valley of the enemy’s burial be called?

16. What is the message for God’s people in the prophesy of the enemy, Gog of Magog?