The Book Of Ezekiel

Have you ever had a dream or a vision that you believed was extremely odd or abnormal? Like many of others, you are not alone and not only have other humans had abnormal dreams, but so has God’s prophets. Ezekiel is prime example of someone who God sent abnormal or unusual visions and dreams to. Still to this day, researchers and theologians are still reviewing Ezekiel’s visions and looking for meanings in them. Throughout all of Ezekiel’s writings, there are many fascinating prophecies and visions and an abundance of New Testament parallels.
Ezekiel’s name is “God strengthens,” or “May God strengthen me.” Ezekiel, the son of Buzi the priest, was born approximately in 623 B.C. in Jerusalem and lived during the Babylonian captivity (Constable). He was taken captive around 597 B.C. with Jehoiachin. Jehoiachin, the King of Judah was eighteen at the time of exile and had been the King of Jerusalem for three months (ESV 1496). King Nebuchadnezzar exiled thousands of citizens
Both of these books directly address the destruction of Jerusalem, God’s return, and God’s New Jerusalem. Most of Ezekiel’s visions parallel with a vision in Revelations. Some of these include Ezekiel’s vision in chapter 1:5-14 (De Vries). Ezekiel sees in a vision four living creatures that include a man, eagle, ox, and lion. These creatures are the exact same that are found in Revelation 4. Also, the throne described in Ezekiel 11:26-28 was to have an appearance as a bow. Likewise in Revelations 4:1-5 John states that there was a rainbow around the throne. Both of these are not conciseness. Also, the New Jerusalem in referenced in both Revelation 21 and Ezekiel 40-48 along with the vision of the River of Life that is found in Ezekiel 47 and Revelation 22. God perfectly crafted that Ezekiel would prophesize the same things that John would for His