Ezekiel pt. 1

Question 1

Ezekiel means

Answer 1

May God Make Strong, or God, He Makes Strong

Question 2

Ezekiel dates

Answer 2

597 - ?

Question 3

What phase is Ezekiel?

Answer 3

1st Phase of Babylon exile.

Question 4

Chebar definition

Answer 4

joining/coming together

Question 5

Ezekiel beings prophesying around, which is ___ years after ____

Answer 5

593/592, 5 years after Jehoiahin

Question 6

Ha Cohen

Answer 6

The Priest

Question 7

Ezekiel was a ____ priest from the ________

Answer 7

cultic priest from the line of David - Zakok

Question 8

Ezekiel was the son of

Answer 8

Buzi & Nahor

Question 9

Buz, Buzi, Buzite

Answer 9

contempt

Question 10

Ekekiel ministered as a prophet of the Lord in what were the _________: which were :______

Answer 10

the Darkest Days of Judah’s History: The Days leading to, and during the initial Phase of the Babylonian Captivity

Question 11

Kings of Judah

Answer 11

Josiah 640-609

Jehoahaz 609 (reigned only 3 years)

Jehoiakim (Eliakim) 609-598

Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) 598-597

Zedekiah (Mattaniah) 597-587

Fall of Jerusalem 587

Question 12

Josiah died in year _____ in _______ at ______

Answer 12

Josiah died in 609 in battle at Karkamesh

Question 13

Consequences of Josiah’s death: Longterm & Shortterm

Answer 13

Long: nation is now open to military threat Short: theological crisis undermining the great reform

Question 14

Who succeeds Josiah?

Answer 14

Jehoaz/Shallum

Question 15

Jeohaz/Shallum reigned only ______, and was removed by _________ and was sent _____

Answer 15

reigned only 3 months, removed by Pharaoh Necho and sent to Egypt as prisioner

Question 16

For a short ____ years, between ___-___ Judah fell under _____ control.

Answer 16

4 years: 609-605, Egyptian

Question 17

The Babylonians were expanding too quickly for ____ to contain and during the reign of ____ the tiny nation of ___ would totally loose in depended to Babylon and disappear into the Babylonian empire

Answer 17

Egypt to contain. During the reign of Jehoiakim, Judah falls to Babylon

Question 18

____ follows Jehoahaz, in the year ____, ends reign in ___

Answer 18

JehoiakiM in 609-598

Question 19

Pharaoh Necho of Egypt replaced ____ with his brother _____ who changed his name.

Answer 19

Jeohahaz in 609 to his brother Eliakim, who changed his name JehoiakiM

Question 20

Necho intened to have a ___ loyal to __ and to provide a _____

Answer 20

Necho intened to have a PUPPET KING loyal to Egypt to provide a buffer between Egypt and Babylonian expansion.

Question 21

In the year ____, ______ replaces JehoiakiM.

Answer 21

598, JehoiachiN

Question 22

Jehoiachin, winin ____ months, _________ to the _____ as Jeremiah instructed.

Answer 22

3 months, JehoiachiN surreneders Babylonians.

Question 23

Following the surrened to the Babylonians, JehoiachiN was __________

Answer 23

deposed and taken prisoner to Babylon with many citizens

Question 24

After JehoiachiN surrenders to Babylon, the Babylonians replaced him with ________ who was his ______.

Answer 24

Zedekiah who was Jehoiachin’s uncle in 597.

Question 25

Zedekiah's previous name:

Answer 25

Mattaniah

Question 26

Zedekiah pays tribute to Babylon for a few years, overtime it becomes difficult. When he thinks they are preoccupied, he doesn't send payment. What happens?

Answer 26

Nebuchanezer, king of Babylon, sends his wrath. which leads to the fall of Jerusalem in 587.

Question 27

Fall of Jerusalem date

Answer 27

587

Question 28

As Zedekiah is taken prisioner, Nebuchanezer does what to his family?

Answer 28

7 Sons killed in front of him and then plucks out his eyes.

Question 29

Who were false prophets speaking against Ezekiel?

Answer 29

Ahad of Kolaiah Zedekiah of Maaseiah

Question 30

Jeremiah, contrary to what the false prophets were saying, wrote letters to the exiles in Babyllon trying to cinvince them that \_\_\_

Answer 30

exile would last 70 years rebellion pointless

Question 31

4 sections of Book of Ezekiel

Answer 31

1. Commission of Ezekiel 1-3 2. Judgement of Judah 4-24 3. Judgement of Nations 25-32 4. Restoration of Israel 33-48

Question 32

The Book of Ezekiel and the Prophet Ezekiel show

Answer 32

no greater oneness and unity between the WORD of the Prophet and the WORD of God found in the Bible.

Question 33

God's will for Sinful Israel Ezekiel realizes that ___ and _____ for Israel lies soley in \_\_\_\_\_'s hands

Answer 33

Ezekiel realizes that **JUDGEMENT** and **REDEMPTION** for Israel lies soley in **GOD**'s hands

Question 34

Ezekiel's Message is Summed Up in one Formula\_ Used how many times in Book of Ezekiel?

Answer 34

"....I Am The Lord!" Used 72 times

Question 35

Ezekiel's ministry in 2 stages

Answer 35

1. from 597-587: Ezekiel preached that Israel and Judah deserved the punishment of exile 2. 587 --onwards Ekekiel attempted to prepare his fellow Exiles for the Coming NEW AGE.

Question 36

The Exile was not the _____ but merely the \_\_\_\_

Answer 36

END but the TURNING POINT.

Question 37

Ezekiel's story is unique. It is full of ___ and ____ that often defy literal translation.

Answer 37

METAPHORS and SYMBOLS.