OT Characters: Ezekiel

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot48-ezekielmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>Yehezqe’l </i>(Ezekiel) -- "God will strengthen"</li><li>Only 2x in the O.T. (in the book of Ezekiel)</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>Passages referred to in this podcast: Ezekiel 2, 3, 4, 24, 33 (18)</li><li>Further material:<ul><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/articles/143-apologetics-messianic-prophecy-ezekiel-34">Ezekiel 34: Messianic prophecy</a></li><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/293-q-a-0112-tyre">Ezekiel 26: Tyre</a></li><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/5986-q-a-1228-allegory-in-ezekiel-16-women-and-beauty">Ezekiel 16: Allegory</a></li><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/5317-q-a-0547-ezekiel-47">Ezekiel 47: John 7</a></li><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/5329-q-a-0866-free-will">Ezekiel 36: Free Will</a></li><li><a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/327-q-a-0315-gog-magog">Ezekiel 38: Gog & Magog</a></li><li>For more on one of the literary types used in Ezekiel, apocalyptic, see my article on <a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/q-as/2062-q-a-0320-armageddon">Armageddon</a>.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Some things we learn about God:</strong></p><ul><li>The Lord works through us powerfully when we imbibe, ingest, and incorporate the word of God into our own lives.</li><li>He goes to great lengths to get our attention – sometimes in dramatic, colorful, even drastic ways.</li></ul><p><strong>For kids: </strong>Please see the useful lesson at <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Curr151.pdf" target="_blank">Bible Study Planet</a>.</p><p><strong>Passages</strong></p><p>Ezekiel 2 – Overwhelmed by the prophetic burden.</p><p>Ezekiel 3 – Has to keep on preaching, no matter what.</p><p>Ezekiel 4 – dramatization of siege of Jerusalem.</p><p>Ezekiel 16 -- Allegory of unfaithful Israel (see also chapter 23).</p><p>Ezekiel 24 – Subordinated emotion