{"id":1837,"date":"2022-06-22T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T12:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:46:30","slug":"lesson-1-ezekiel-1-32-judahs-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/22\/lesson-1-ezekiel-1-32-judahs-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1: Ezekiel 1-32 Judah\u2019s Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that <\/strong>is<\/strong><\/em> unprofitable for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Hebrews 13:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Read\nthe Key Verse. Think for a minute. Is it ever hard to obey someone who is in\nauthority over you? Consider the authority in the written Word of God and those\nwho teach the doctrines therein. Even when it may be difficult, we are called\nto not only obey, but also choose to do it correctly. Consider how you treat\none who teaches you (and may occasionally correct or admonish you). Do not make\ntheir task more difficult, for they must give an accounting to God for how they\nteach you, and they want it to be a joyful time. If you respond incorrectly,\nyou may just miss the blessing intended for your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis: <\/strong>We must\nfirst have a heart of flesh, so God\u2019s Word can be written therein. Then we must\nbe a watchman, telling all of the world about Jesus, so they can know God as the<\/em><\/strong>\nGod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>Weeks\nof Bible study time could be spent just on the book of Ezekiel. However,\nbecause we are not doing an exhaustive study, but an overview, we will take two\nlessons to study highlights of the book of Ezekiel. Remember that Jeremiah\nwitnessed the captivity of Judah\nby Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem.\nThe book of Lamentations, written by Jeremiah, is a poem revealing the horrors\nof seeing the city of Jerusalem and\nthe temple of God\ndestroyed after a terrible siege against the city. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both\nlived during the demise of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezekiel was carried captive from Jerusalem\nduring the second invasion of Babylon\nby King Nebuchadnezzar. Once in Babylon,\nGod came to Ezekiel in a heavenly vision and called him to be a watchman for\nGod to the house of Israel.\nGod gave Ezekiel the words that needed to be spoken to His people. The people\nof Judah had to\nunderstand that they were being disciplined for their sin. God often called\nEzekiel \u201cthe son of man.\u201d     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After God showed Ezekiel the wickedness that had permeated\nGod\u2019s Temple, Ezekiel witnessed\nGod\u2019s Spirit depart from the Temple\nin Jerusalem, and finally from this\nearth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God was chastising His people by using their enemy, Babylon.\nIt was because of the many transgressions of God\u2019s people. But most\nimportantly, God wanted His people to\nknow that He is the Lord<\/strong> (this is expressed around 70 times in Ezekiel).\nEzekiel was to be sure to let God\u2019s people know that He had not forsaken them,\nbut that He had future plans for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 As many other prophets\nbefore, Ezekiel was to call the people to repentance. There were many signs\nthat God had Ezekiel use to gain the people\u2019s attention, and to reinforce the\nmessage God had for His people. For lack of time, we will not look at these.\n(Some of the signs of Ezekiel: a tile, filthy food, a razor, a pot, a fire, lay\non left\/right, prepare his clothes to move, smite hands together, not to mourn\nhis wife\u2019s death, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is in the book of Ezekiel where we also understand that God judges each individual. God does not save the child because of the father, or the father because of the child. Each person is accountable unto God for his or her actions in his or her own life \u2013 whether in righteousness or in iniquity. God wants each individual to turn from his or her sin, and only then will he or she live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q4 – Lesson 1 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q4 – Lesson 1 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are teaching this to younger children, the following is a craft idea to help them remember this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made binoculars adding stickers and the verse Ezekiel 3:17 to help us remember the importance of being a Watchman (like Ezekiel) who warns people with the Word of God.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key Verse Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. \u2014Hebrews 13:17 Key Verse Thought: Read the Key Verse. Think for a minute. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[62,567,796,947,753],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-two-quarter-four","tag-ezekiel","tag-judah","tag-lesson-1","tag-quarter-four","tag-year-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/2213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}