Jensens survey of the old testament adam 216
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2. Sign of the Prophet’s Posture
Discomforts of captivity
4:4-8
3. Sign of Famine
Deprivations of captivity
4:9-17
4. Sign of the Knife and Razor
Utter destruction of the city
5:1-17
5. Sign of House Moving
Removal to another land
12:1-7,17-20
6. Sign of the Sharpened Sword
Judgment imminent
21:1-17
7. Sign of Nebuchadnezzar’s Sword
Babylon the captor
21:18-23
8. Sign of the Smelting Furnace
Judgment and purging
22:17-31
9. Sign of Ezekiel’s Wife’s Death
Blessings forfeited
24:15-27
10. Sign of the Two Sticks
Reunion of Israel and Judah
37:15-17
D. ALLEGORIES
Allegories in the Bible are stories intended
to teach spiritual lessons. John Bunyan’s The
Pilgrim’s Progress is a classic example of an
allegory. In Ezekiel the allegories have the
same purpose as the symbolic actions. They
di er in that the allegories teach by words;
the symbolic actions teach by actual events.
Below are listed the main allegories of
Ezekiel. Read each allegory, and try to
determine the spiritual lesson it teaches.
1. The Vine
15:1-8
2. The Faithless Wife
16:1-63
3. The Two Eagles7
17:1-21
4. The Cedar
17:22-24
5. The Two Women
23:1-49
6. The Boiling Caldron
24:1-14
E. APOCALYPTIC IMAGERY
Apocalyptic writing prophesies of things
to come by means of much symbol and
imagery. Daniel and Revelation are the two
books of the Bible usually classi ed as
apocalyptic.
Ezekiel
contains
many
apocalyptic passages. Identify the contents
of each of the following:
6:1-14
28:25-26
38:1-23
7:5-12
34:25-31
39:1-29
20:33-44
36:8-15,33-36
47:1-12
There are many resemblances between
Ezekiel and Revelation. This is clearly seen
when passages like the following are
compared:
F. POEMS
The poems of Ezekiel are lamentations, or
elegies. They are found at 19:1-14 and 27:136.
IV. SURVEY
1. Scan the entire book in one sitting. This
should only be a cursory reading, for main
impressions and observations of atmosphere.
What things stand out to you?
2. Secure a chapter title for each of
Ezekiel’s forty-eight chapters. Record these
on paper.
3. Now begin to look for groupings of
chapters, according to similar content.
4. Is there any turning point in the book?
5. Be on the lookout for words and
phrases which are repeated throughout the
book. Such words and phrases, if they are
strong, are clues to the theme of the book.
6. From this introductory study of the
text, what does the book teach about God?
About the prophet Ezekiel? About the
people?
7. Study carefully survey Chart 87,
comparing the outlines with the survey you
have made thus far. The observations and
suggestions which follow concern this
survey chart.
8. Observe that basically the book of
Ezekiel is made up of three main parts:
Fate of Judah (desolation)
Foes of Judah (destruction)
Future of Judah and Israel (restoration)
