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Ezekiel comes to us as a stranger from a distant time and land. Who is this priest who, on his thirtieth birthday, has a dazzling vision of God on a wheeled throne? Who is this odd prophet who engages in outlandish street theater and speaks for God on international affairs? Who is this seer who paints murals of apocalyptic doom and then of a restored temple bursting with emblems of paradise? Are we bound to take this literally, reading prophet and newspaper side by side? Or is there a better way? Christopher Wright is a proven interpreter and communicator of the Old Testament, and in this commentary he masterfully opens our eyes to see and understand the message of Ezekiel. Ezekiel's vision of the glory of God--its departure and return--is first set within Israel's history and then in the culmination of God's promises in Christ. Embedded in the pattern of the strange, the bizarre and the wonderful is a word that still speaks to God's people today.
Author: Christopher J. H. Wright
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 08/10/2001
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780830824250
ISBN10: 0830824251
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Commentary | Old Testament | General