Life-Study of Ezekiel

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The book of Ezekiel being parallel to the book of Revelation
Visions related to life
The flow of living water
Visions of Jerusalem
Both Ezekiel and John standing in the position of a priest
A miniature of the entire Bible
God’s eternal purpose
Life, nature, image, and building
The four sections of Ezekiel
An extraordinary introduction
The date of the visions
The thirtieth year
The fifth year

Introduction (2) _{msg. 2}

The place
In Chaldea
By a river
The person
Among the captives
A priest
The son of Buzi, yet strengthened by God
The conditions for seeing the visions
The heavens being opened
A vision received
The word of God coming expressly
The hand of God being upon him

The Wind, the Cloud, the Fire, and the Electrum _{msg. 3}

Our spiritual experiences being according to our knowledge of God
The Bible being a book of pictures that describe spiritual things
The stormy wind
From the north
Signifying the Spirit of God
Our spiritual experiences always beginning with a spiritual storm
The cloud
The brooding God coming as the wind and staying as the cloud
Experiencing and enjoying God as the gracious cloud
The fire
The glowing electrum
The basic experience

The Wind, the Cloud, the Fire, and the Electrum Being A Christian's Spiritual Life Story _{msg. 4}

Not a theory but an experience of the blowing wind, the covering cloud, the consuming fire, and the glowing electrum
The radiant expression of the redeeming God
The spiritual history of every Christian
Being graced by the Lord
The manifestation of the electrum

The Four Living Creatures _{msg. 5}

Not dead but living
Four in number
A corporate expression
Bearing the appearance of a man
The living creatures having four faces
The face of a man
The face of a lion
The face of an ox
The face of an eagle
The four living creatures being a fourfold expression of Christ

Eagle's Wings, Man's Hands, and Calf's Hoofs _{msg. 6}

The eagle’s wings
Signifying the strength of God applied to us
For covering and for moving
The hands of a man
Having the hoofs of a calf
Being straight
Being cloven
Shining as burnished brass
Freshness and livingness

The Coordination of the Four Living Creatures (1) _{msg. 7}

Coordination in the divine power, strength, and supply
For the Lord’s expression, move, and administration
The way of coordination
Coordination in ministry
Coordination in the meetings
Walking backward and sideways
Following the Spirit
The issue of coordination
Becoming burning coals
Burning out the negative things
Making us fervent
Producing power
Becoming burning torches
The sanctifying fire becoming the sanctifying light
Having a fire going up and down
The brightness of the fire and the lightning in the fire
Not walking but running

The Coordination of the Four Living Creatures (2) _{msg. 8}

God’s expression, move, and administration for the fulfillment of His purpose
The basis of coordination
All being out of Christ
Having the same life
Having the same heart to express Christ
The necessity of coordination
Necessary for God’s expression
Necessary for God’s move
Necessary for God’s administration
The prerequisites of coordination
Experiencing the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum
Allowing the Lord to continue His work on us and experiencing the dealing of the cross
Being a proper man
Having the calf’s hoofs
The practical condition of coordination
Living and acting by God’s grace and God’s power
Walking according to the Spirit
Moving straight forward and accommodating others
The result of coordination
The corporate expression of Christ
Becoming burning and full of light
The move of the great wheel
God’s administration
The carrying out of God’s will

The High and Dreadful Wheels _{msg. 9}

For the corporate expression of the Lord
For the move of the Lord
Manifest to all
An extraordinary move
Details concerning the high and dreadful wheels
The wheels being at the side of the faces of the living creatures
The wheels being upon the earth
The wheels having the appearance of beryl
The wheels having the same appearance
The wheels going in four directions
The wheels being dreadfully high
The wheels being full of eyes
A wheel within a wheel
The wheel following the living creatures
The spirit being in the wheels

A Sky as Clear as the Terrible Crystal _{msg. 10}

Based on all the previous experiences
A clear sky, expanding and stable
Being straight in our coordination
A voice coming out of the wings of the living creatures
The living creatures using two wings to cover themselves
As the sound of great waters
As the voice of the Almighty
As the voice of an army
Letting down their wings to listen to God’s voice

The Throne Above the Clear Sky _{msg. 11}

A clear sky and a clear conscience
A clear sky and the throne
The highest spiritual experience — having the throne in our firmament
The throne and God’s purpose
The throne transmitted to the earth through the living creatures
The authority in the church not being human and natural but being the throne above the clear sky
The clear sky and the throne vindicating
The throne being in the likeness of a sapphire stone

The Man on the Throne _{msg. 12}

The one on the throne having the appearance of a man
God’s intention to have a man
Bringing man to the throne
Satan’s rebellion against the throne
The Lord Jesus being a man on the throne
The Lord Jesus being the Pioneer to the throne
The appearance of the man on the throne
Having a rainbow

The Degradation of God's People    _{msg. 13}
God's Judgment Upon His People    _{msg. 14}
God's Judgment Upon the Nations    _{msg. 15}

Israel being the center of God’s economy among the human race on earth
Seven representative nations
Divided into three groups
Applicable to today’s situation
Ammon and Moab
Edom and Philistia
Tyrus and Zidon
Egypt
God’s judgment
The result of God’s judgment upon the nations

God's Recovery of Life _{msg. 16}

God’s judgment and God’s recovery
Setting the watchman
Coming to be a Shepherd
Searching for his sheep and seeking them out
Bringing them out of the nations
Bringing them back to their own land
Bringing them back to the high mountains
Bringing them back to the rivers
Feeding His flock by the rivers
Bringing them back to the good and fat pasture
Causing them to lie down
Binding up that which was broken
Judging between rams and goats
Setting up David as a shepherd over them
Taking care of us
Coming to be the king
Making a covenant of peace with them
Causing the evil beasts to cease out of the land
Breaking all their yokes
Delivering them from slavery
Never being a prey to the enemy
Dwelling in peace and safety
Making them a blessing
The shower coming in season
Showers of blessing
The tree of the field yielding its fruit and the earth yielding its increase
The Lord being a plant of renown
No longer being consumed with hunger in the land
God being their God, and they being His people

The Outward and Inward Recovery by Life _{msg. 17}

Judging the old man again
The recovery of the good land
The outward recovery and the inward recovery
Caring for His holy name
Bringing them to their own place
The Lord washing us with clean water
Cleansed from filthiness
Cleansed from idols
A new heart and a new spirit
Loving the Lord with our heart
Receiving the Lord with our spirit
A soft heart
Exercising our spirit
Putting His Spirit into their spirit
The land becoming like the garden of Eden
Increasing them with men like a flock

The Dry Bones, the Two Sticks, and the Army _{msg. 18}

The plant of renown and the garden of Eden
A chapter showing how God renews us and regenerates us
Being dead and dry bones
Being scattered
God’s people coming up out of their graves
Recovery through prophesying
The wind, the breath, and the Spirit
A noise and a shaking
The breath coming in
Two dry sticks being joined
The way of life
Oneness by life
Further judgment

The Vision of the Holy Building of God _{msg. 19}
The Outer and Inner Courts _{msg. 20}

The outer court
The pavement
The chambers
The number thirty
The width of the pavement
Connected to the gate
The boiling places
The inner court
Another set of stairs
A place for washing the burnt offerings
The tables
Two more chambers

The Altar _{msg. 21}

The altar being the center of the compound
The meeting place of God and man
Death being a release to God
Death being a termination to man
The design and measurements of the altar
The hearth
The greater ledge
The lesser ledge
The base
The horns
The steps
The cubit measurement
The altar and the temple

The Temple and Side Chambers _{msg. 22}

The temple
The porch
The steps
The two pillars
The outer temple
The entries
The inner temple
The side chambers
Being the fullness of the temple
Signifying the Triune God in resurrection
The outer wall
The latticed windows and palm trees
The space left
Open space
The doors

The Building at the Back, the Walls, the Incense Altar, the Holy Chambers, and the Boiling Places _{msg. 23}

The building at the back of the temple
The size of the temple and the separate area in front of it and behind it
The walls of the temple
The wooden incense altar
No lampstand
The doors
The holy chambers
The two boiling places
The land surrounding the temple
A strong impression of separation
An impression of progression
An impression of balance
A picture of the church life

The Return of God's Glory to the House _{msg. 24}

The glory returning because the building of the temple was completed
The glory returning from the east
His appearance being the same
The east gate being open to the glory of the Lord
The Lord’s strong desire for His house
The people’s whoredom and carcasses
The Lord instructing Ezekiel to show God’s house to the people
The altar — the place for God’s people to be redeemed and consecrated
A summary of the law of the house

The Priests and the Offerings _{msg. 25}

The outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east being shut
The priests
Being circumcised
Being like the sons of Zadok
Offering the fat and the blood
Not wearing any woolen garment
Putting off the garments wherein they minister and laying them in the holy chambers
Their hair being cut short
Not drinking wine
Not taking for their wives a widow or one who has been put away
Teaching God’s people the difference between the holy and the profane
Standing before God to judge in controversy
Keeping God’s laws and statutes in God’s feasts
Hallowing God’s Sabbaths
Not being defiled by dead persons
Offering the sin offering
Having only God as their possession
Enjoying the riches of Christ
The offerings
Requiring richness in the experience of Christ
Three categories of heave offerings
When to offer
The yearly offering
The monthly offering
The weekly offering
The daily offering
The offerings at the appointed feasts

The River Flowing from the House _{msg. 26}

God being food and water to man
The factors which produced the riveR
Water flowing out from the threshold
The river flowing toward the east
The water flowing out from the right side of the house
Flowing by the side of the altar
The man with the measuring reed
Measuring the flow of the river
Measuring a thousand cubits
The depth of the flow depending on how much we have been measured and taken over by the Lord
Grace versus self-effort
The river causing everything to live
The river flowing toward the east sea
The river being unable to heal the marshes

The Holy Land and the Holy City _{msg. 27}

The holy land
The temple being the issue of the land
A history of the land
A land of milk and honey
The borders of the land
The subdivisions of the good land
The middle portion
The nearness of the tribes to Christ not being the same
The holy city
A mingling of God and man
Causing all who enter to be one

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