Ezekiel: Prophet in Exile – Oracles Against the Nations

Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 25-32

SERMON  NOTES
ORACLES  AGAINST  THE  NATIONS
Ezekiel  25:1-17;  Ezekiel  28:1-19

Ezekiel 25-32  is  similar  to  Isa. 13-23;  Jer.46-51;  Amos 1:1-2:3.  Ezekiel  mentions  seven  major  nations  or  cities.  Babylonia  is  missing.

1. The  Lord  is  the  judge  of  all  the  earth.

– Gen.18:25;  Ps.94:2

– He  judges  all  deeds  (2 Cor.5:10),  all  words  (Matt.12:36),  all  thoughts  (1 Cor.4:5)

– Acts 12:19-23;  Ezek.29:3, 9; 30:18

2.  We  all  have  God’s  law  written  upon  our  hearts.

– Rom.2:14-16

(a)  The  were  malicious  towards  God’s  people  (25:3-7, 15;  see  Gen.12:1-3)

(b)  They  were  filled  with  terrible  pride  (27:1-3;  28:17)

(c)  They  were  idolaters  (28:2, 9-10)

3. Only  the  judge  can  forgive.

– 28:25-26  for  Israel;  28:24  for  Sidon;  Mark 2:6-7;  1 Thess.1:9-10.

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