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EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. THE GLORY OF THE LORD RETURNS V. 1-6 THE LORD WILL REMAIN IN TEMPLE IF ISRAEL REPENTS OF THE SINS WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE V. 7-12 DESCRIBE THE TEMPLE TO ISRAEL AND THE LAWS PERTAINING TO IT

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EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

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  1. EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

  2. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-THREE THE GLORY OF THE LORD RETURNS V. 1-6 THE LORD WILL REMAIN IN TEMPLE IF ISRAEL REPENTS OF THE SINS WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE V. 7-12 DESCRIBE THE TEMPLE TO ISRAEL AND THE LAWS PERTAINING TO IT DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR V.13-18 CONSECRATING THE ALTAR V. 19-27

  3. READ: EZEKIEL 43:1-2 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east. 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.

  4. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:1-2 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the East. 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the East. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL? ‘He brought me to the gate that faces toward the East’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ ‘His voice was like the sound of many waters’ ‘The earth shone with His glory’

  5. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:1 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the East. WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL? ‘He brought me to the gate that faces toward the East’ WHEN DID EZEKIEL FIRST SEE VISIONS OF GOD? READ: EZEKIEL 1:1 1 It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. NKJV WHERE WAS EZEKIEL? ‘I was among the captives by the River Chebar’

  6. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:1 WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL? ‘He brought me to the gate that faces toward the East’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE AT THE EAST GATE? READ: EZEKIEL 8:16 16 He brought me into the inner court of the LORD‘S house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the East, and they were worshiping the sun toward the East. NKJV WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING? ‘They were worshiping the sun toward the East”

  7. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ READ: EZEKIEL 10:4 4 The glory of the LORDwent up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD‘S glory. NKJV WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO? ‘The glory of the LORDwent up from the cherub’ ‘and paused over the threshold of the temple’

  8. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ READ: EZEKIEL 10:18-19 18 The glory of the LORDdeparted from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 The cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the East gate of the LORD‘S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. NKJV WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO? ‘The glory of the LORDdeparted from the threshold’ ‘of the temple and stood over the cherubim’ ‘They stood at the door of the East gate’

  9. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ READ: EZEKIEL 11:23 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the East side of the city. NKJV WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO? ‘the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city’ AND ‘Stood on the mountain on the East side of the city’

  10. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ READ: ZECHARIAH 14:4 4 His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the East. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From East to West, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the North And half of it toward the South. WHO IS ZECHARIAH TALKING ABOUT? WHERE IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES? ‘His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives’ ‘facing Jerusalem on the East’

  11. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘The glory of the God of Israel; ‘Came from the way of the East’ READ: MATTHEW 24:3 3 As He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ NKJV WHERE WAS JESUS? ‘He sat on the Mount of Olives’ EAST OF JERUSALEM?

  12. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the East. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘His voice was like the sound of many waters’ ‘The earth shone with His glory’ READ: EZEKIEL 1:24 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings. NKJV

  13. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘His voice was like the sound of many waters’ ‘The earth shone with His glory’ WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD? READ: REVELATION 1:13-15 13 In the midst of the seven lamp-stands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

  14. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘His voice was like the sound of many waters’ ‘The earth shone with His glory’ WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD? READ: REVELATION 14:2 2 I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. NKJV READ: REVELATION 18:1 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:2 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘His voice was like the sound of many waters’ ‘The earth shone with His glory’ WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD? READ: REVELATION 21:10-11 10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

  16. READ: EZEKIEL 43:3-4 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 3 It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw — like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

  17. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:3-4 3 It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw — like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the East. WHAT DID EZEKIEL LIKEN THIS VISION TO? ‘It was like the vision which I saw‘ ‘when I came to destroy the city’ ‘The visions were like the vision’ ‘which I saw by the River Chebar’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE? ‘the glory of the LORD came into the temple’ ‘by way of the gate which faces toward the East’

  18. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:4 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD came into the temple’ ‘by way of the gate which faces toward the East’ READ: EZEKIEL 10:18-19 18 The glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the templeand stood over the cherubim. 19 The cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the East gate of the LORD‘S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. NKJV WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO? ‘The glory of the LORD departed from the threshold’ ‘of the temple and stood over the cherubim’ ‘They stood at the door of the East gate’

  19. READ: EZEKIEL 43:5 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

  20. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; andbehold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple. WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO? ‘The Spirit lifted me up & brought me into the inner court’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the temple’ WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT?

  21. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO? ‘The Spirit lifted me up’ WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE HIM? ‘brought me into the inner court’ HAD THE SPIRIT DONE THIS BEFORE? READ: EZEKIEL 11:24 24 The Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me. NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO? ‘The Spirit lifted me up & brought me into the inner court’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the temple’ WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT? HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 13:21-22 21 The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people. NKJV

  23. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO? ‘The Spirit lifted me up & brought me into the inner court’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the temple’ WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT? HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE ISRAEL? READ: NUMBERS 9:15-16 15 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. NKJV

  24. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the temple’ WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT? READ: EXODUS 40:34-35 34 The cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. NKJV WHAT COVERED THE TABERNACLE? ‘The cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting’ WHY COULDN’T MOSES ENTER THE TABERNACLE? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle’

  25. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:5 WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD? ‘the glory of the LORD filled the temple’ WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT? READ: 1 KINGS 8:10-11 10 ….When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not continue ministeringbecause of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. WHAT COVERED THE HOLY PLACE? ‘the cloud filled the house of the LORD’ WHAT COULDN’T THE PRIESTS DO? WHY? ‘continue ministering because of the cloud’ the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD

  26. READ: EZEKIEL 43:6-7 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me. 7 And He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

  27. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:6-7 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me. 7 And He said to me, ‘Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places. WHO IS BESIDE EZEKIEL? ‘a man stood beside me’ WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ ‘the place of the soles of My feet’ WHERE ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’

  28. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:6 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me. WHO IS BESIDE EZEKIEL? ‘a man stood beside me’ IS THIS THE SAME MAN? READ: EZEKIEL 40:3 3 He took me there and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. NKJV WHO IS THIS PERSON?

  29. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ ‘the place of the soles of My feet’ WHERE ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY? READ: PSALMS 99:5 Exalt the LORD our God worship at His footstool; He is holy. READ: PSALMS 132:7 Let us go into His tabernacle Let us worship at His footstool.

  30. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ ‘the place of the soles of My feet’ WHERE ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID DAVID SAY? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 28:2-3 2 King David rose to his feet and said, ‘Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.’ 3 But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.' NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ ‘the place of the soles of My feet’ WHERE ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:1 1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger. NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ ‘the place of the soles of My feet’ WHERE ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 60:13 13 ‘The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, The cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I will make the place of My feet glorious. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? WHY? READ: EXODUS 34:13-16 13 You shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images 14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name’ HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘by their harlotry’ WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 18:21 21 You shall not let anyof your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name’ HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘by their harlotry’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 20:30-31 30 …. ‘Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? 31 When you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?As I live, I will not be inquired of by you.’

  36. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name’ HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘by their harlotry WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 52:1 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. NKJV

  37. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name’ HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘by their harlotry WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 3:17 17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name’ HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘by their harlotry WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 37:23 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ AND ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 2:2-3 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD‘S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.’ NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:7 WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL? ‘this is the place of My throne’ AND ‘I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: MALACHI 3:1 1 ‘Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,’ Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

  41. READ: EZEKIEL 43:8-9 THE TEMPLE: THE LORD‘S DWELLING PLACE 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

  42. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8-9 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. HOW DID THEY DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME? ‘they set their threshold by My threshold’ ‘they set their doorpost by My doorpost’ ‘with a wall between them and Me’ WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? ‘put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings‘ ‘far away from Me’

  43. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? READ: 2 KINGS 16:11-15 WHAT DID KING MANASSEH DO? READ: 2 KINGS 21:4-7 WHAT DID KING AMON DO? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 33:21-23

  44. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8 WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? READ: 2 KINGS 16:11-15 11 Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Urijah the priest made it before King Ahaz came back from Damascus. 12 When the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it. 13 He burned his burnt offering and his grain offering; and he poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

  45. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8 WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? READ: 2 KINGS 16:11-15 14 He brought the bronze altar which was before the LORD, from the front of the temple — from between the new altar and the house of the LORD — and put it on the north side of the new altar. 15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, ‘On the great new altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.’ NKJV

  46. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8 WHAT DID KING MANASSEH DO? READ: 2 KINGS 21:4-7 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, ‘In Jerusalem I will put My name.’ 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 He made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. 7 He even set a carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son, ‘In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;’ NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:8 WHAT DID KING AMON DO? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 33:21-23 21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them. 23 He did not humble himself before the LORD, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:9 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? ‘put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings‘ ‘far away from Me’ WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FIRST? READ: JEREMIAH 16:18 18 FirstI will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols. NKJV

  49. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 43:9 WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? ‘put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings‘ ‘far away from Me’ ‘I will dwell in their midst forever’ WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHEN? READ: EZEKIEL 37:26-28 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, andI will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My tabernacle shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 28 The nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.

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