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Who Was Ezekiel, and How Did God Use This Prophet?

Britt Mooney

Despite Ezekiel’s hardships, including exile and rejection, he remained committed to his calling and relied upon God’s strength to see him through a traumatic time in Judah’s history. ...

Why Does Ezekiel Prophecy to a Valley of Dry Bones?

Hope Bolinger

One of the oddest and most famous passages in Ezekiel (found in chapter 37) has inspired numerous Sunday school lessons, sermons, and even a song. In the chapter, the prophet Ezekiel is led by God i...

Why Does Ezekiel Curse Seven Cities?

Hope Bolinger

Throughout Ezekiel, we find a number of curses called down upon various groups of people. Although this may seem odd in lieu of the text showing how God will pour his wrath upon Judah, it makes sens...

What Does Ezekiel's Vision of the Wheel Actually Mean?

Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith

Ezekiel’s Wheel was a magnificent vision that God showed him. It is important to note that at the time of this vision Ezekiel was in captivity in Babylon....

Who or What Are the Ophanim, “the Wheels,” in the Bible?

Annette Griffin

The Ophanim described in Ezekiel’s vision are impossible to define apart from the full scope of the revelation. In Ezekiel 1 we find a young priest on the precipice of his new calling....

How Do We See the Gospel in the Strange Book of Ezekiel?

Mike Leake

Ezekiel is so clouded with symbols and signs and actions that we can get lost in it all. Truthfully, digging deep here can almost feel like you’re interacting with a mad-man. But you aren’t. Ezekiel i...

Why Was Lucifer, Satan, Banished to Hell?

Dolores Smyth

Satan’s pride was the first sin committed in the universe, and humanity has been on notice ever since that pride goeth before the fall. Arguably, all sins are rooted in pride if we consider that sin i...

How Does Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones Connect to Pentecost?

Ed Jarrett

I do not believe there are any “coincidences” in the Bible. I believe that the author of the Bible, God, is intentional in what he includes. And that much of the Old Testament is only understood fully...

What Does the Bible Teach in Ezekiel's Story of Two Adulterous Sisters?

Hope Bolinger

Ezekiel is a strange book. It uses some of the most bizarre imagery in all of Scripture — apart from Revelation — and the passage on the two adulterous sisters in Ezekiel 23 stands at no...

Are Cherubs in the Bible?

Melissa Henderson

Are cherubs in the Bible, or just an image that appeared in Christian legends and artwork after the fact? Here's what the Bible says about this particular kind of angel....

What Is Biblical Prophecy about Israel?

Greg Grandchamp

Where does the nation of Israel fit into God’s plan for the End Times? What does God have in store for Israel and the gift of eternal life at the end of the world?...

Who Were the Major Prophets and What Did They Do?

Blair Parke

In the Bible, there are four major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. All are featured in books from the Bible, and Jeremiah may have written two. All expound valuable, biblical insight ...

The Gospel of the Holy Spirit

How important is the Holy Spirit in your understanding of the gospel?...

The Old Testament Is Filled with Fulfilled Prophecy

Jim Wallace

There are many ways to verify the reliability of scripture -- perhaps the most persuasive argument can be found in the area of prophecy....

Who Were the Minor Prophets?

Mike Leake

We might think that the Minor Prophets are less important than the Major Prophets. But that’s not what the word minor means here. “Minor” has more to do with their size and scope than it has to d...

What Was the Firmament That God Created on the Second Day?

Betty Dunn

On the second day of the Creation described here in Genesis 1, God commanded that there be a firmament separating the seas and oceans of Earth from the waters above the firmament. ...

What Is Gematria and Should Christians Use It?

Mike Leake

For example, have you ever heard someone hypothesize that the number 666 in Revelation 13:18 points to Nero Caesar? Then you’ve witnessed the usage of gematria. But is this a biblical way to study Scr...

What Does the Bible Say about Justice?

Jeannie Myers

The Lord loves justice (Psalm 33:5). All His ways are just and true (Revelation 15:3). Psalm 89:14 tells us that righteousness and justice are the very foundation of His throne. When God lis...

The Problem with False Prophets, Then and Now

Hope Bolinger

Ancient Israel around the early 600s/late 500s BC was getting a lot of bad news from prophets like Jeremiah and Ezekiel. They didn't like what they were hearing. So instead of heeding the prophets' wa...

Why Is Babylon Famous in the Past and in the End Times?

Lisa Loraine Baker

Babylon in the Bible was an important city-state on the banks of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia (the southern part of modern Iraq). ...