Heavenly Visions and Eschatological Revelation in the Book of Ezekiel

Show notes:

• A brief overview of Ezekiel (1:32)
• The centrality of the covenantal dynamic – Ezekiel 1:1-2; Tg. Ezek. 2:9-10 (5:52)
• Influential elements in Ezekiel that later characterize apocalypticism (10:44)
• The angelic mediary – Ezekiel 8-11 (14:59)
• Heavenly revelation and divine sovereignty – 1 Enoch 14:18-22 (16:32)
• Eschatological revelation and the recapitulation of Israel’s history – Ezekiel 20 (20:03)
• The purpose of written prophecy – Deuteronomy 31:21-29; Isaiah 30:8; Habakkuk 2:2-3 (23:55)
• Gog and Magog – Ezekiel 38-39; Sib. Or. 3.319-323; Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 12:2 (29:46)
• Ezekiel in Second Temple Literature – Ezekiel 36-37; Romans 11:15; 1 Enoch 90:3-4, 18, 20; 4 Maccabees 18:14-19 (35:36)
• Ezekiel in the New Testament – Revelation 4-5; 1 Enoch 14; John 10 (42:26)