Covenant in Ezekiel, Part 3
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A Valley Full of Dry Bones
The first vision in Ezekiel 37 is the best known in the book. If people are ignorant of everything else in the book, they are often aware of the valley of dry bones, though frequently they have no idea what it means. It surely doesn’t help when commentators apply the whole passage to the Christian church.
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Covenant in Ezekiel, Part 1
The Glory of the Lord
Ezekiel begins with a vision of what appears to be a moveable throne, with a kind of platform beneath it (Ezek. 1:22-26). At its sides, just below the platform were wheels (Ezek. 1:19-21), and creatures full of life (“living creatures”), who had some sort of symbiotic attachment to each other; the creatures energizing the wheels.1 These are identified later as cherubim (Ezek. 10:1ff.). The “voice of the Almighty” seemed to be heard in the wings of these creatures (Ezek.
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Jeremiah’s Great Eschatological Vision (Part 5)
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What Yahweh Thinks of Covenant-Breakers
Having just uttered what is undoubtedly one of the most unambiguous promises in literature, and coming on the back of an entire extended portion on the subject of Israel’s eschatological hope (Jer. 30 – 33), Jeremiah switches gear to relate an incident under the quickly ebbing reign of king Zedekiah.
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Jeremiah’s Great Eschatological Vision (Part 3)
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The Guarantee of the Lord of Creation and Providence
Returning to where we left off in Jeremiah 31, after Jeremiah has revealed a New covenant to replace the Mosaic covenant, he is given revelation which underlines its validity.
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Jeremiah’s Great Eschatological Vision (Part 2)
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The Locus Classicus of the New Covenant
Then we arrive at the prophecy about the New covenant (Jer. 31:31-34). The verses are immediately followed by a Divine guarantee of future fulfillment (Jer. 31:35-37). So it behooves us to look at it carefully:
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Jeremiah’s Great Eschatological Vision (Part 1)
Excerpts from the book The Words of the Covenant: A Biblical Theology (forthcoming)
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Covenant in Isaiah, Part 6
This post continues a series of extracts from a draft chapter in the book The Words of the Covenant: A Biblical Theology, Vol. 1 (forthcoming, d.v.). Read the series.
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