Walk Through the Bible: Ezekiel
Text for Sermon: Ezekiel 1:1-3; 2:3-5; 36:22-26; 37:1-6
Introduction.
Let me begin by stating the obvious. In preaching through a book of the Bible each week, I am not doing justice to any of them. At best I can give a summary overview with some background and highlights. Hopefully these appetizers will give you a taste for each book and create a desire to pursue a deeper knowledge by reading through each of the books.
Of all the books we are not doing justice to, that is especially true of Ezekiel and it will be true again when we get to last book of the Bible, Revelation. It is almost impossible to do justice to this book in this short of space. It is filled with obscure and strange visions. Like the apostle John exiled on the island of Patmos, so Ezekiel is exiled by the river Chebar in Babylon and is given extraordinary visions of God and the future. Ezekiel has been called the Revelation of the OT.
Where is your happy place? Where is your perfect place? A place you love to visit?
Where on earth would you describe as your paradise? You all know Phama and I are pretty partial to Catalina Island off the coast of LA. But if our son and family move off the island we might not go back. Paradise would change because of relationships.
Now there is a concept. Is paradise defined by geography or relationships?