Old Testament · BOOK 26 OF 66

Ezekiel

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Illustration: Symbolic biblical vision, Ezekiel watches four living creatures with four wings and faces suggesting human lion ox eagle, gleaming intersecting wheels full of eyes beside each, luminous storm cloud, no human portrait of God, majestic family-friendly not horror..

Living Creatures and Wheels

Ezekiel 1

Ezekiel’s opening vision describes living creatures, extraordinary wheels, and the glory of the LORD.

Illustration: Ezekiel receives an unrolled ancient scroll offered by a luminous symbolic hand at edge of a radiant cloud, no full divine figure, unreadable writing, reverent landscape..

Ezekiel Receives the Scroll

Ezekiel 2:8–3:3

Ezekiel was told to receive and eat a scroll containing lamentation, mourning, and woe.

Illustration: An ancient watchman stands on stone ramparts holding a warning trumpet, townspeople below, distant approaching danger suggested without fighting, symbolic scene..

A Watchman for the People

Ezekiel 33:1–9

God appointed Ezekiel as a watchman to warn His people.

Illustration: Ezekiel stands above a wide dry valley where scattered clean dry bones in distance transition toward fully clothed living people standing together, hopeful radiant wind, non-graphic symbolic restoration not horror..

The Valley Restored to Life

Ezekiel 37:1–14

Ezekiel saw dry bones come together and receive breath. The vision represents hope and restoration for the house of Israel, not a scene of graphic violence.

Illustration: Ezekiel holds two plain wooden sticks together as one before attentive ancient Israelites, simple symbolic gesture, no readable labels..

Two Sticks Joined Together

Ezekiel 37:15–28

God told Ezekiel to join two sticks as a sign of reunion. The action expressed the promise that His divided people would become one.

Illustration: A clear river flows from an imagined ancient temple into a dry landscape becoming lush with fruit trees on both banks and abundant fish, visionary panorama..

The River That Brings Life

Ezekiel 47:1–12

Ezekiel saw water flowing from the temple, bringing life wherever it went.