Thru the Bible vol. 25: The Prophets (Ezekiel)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
Radio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a sixty-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. This volume on Ezekiel includes introductory sections, detailed outlines and a thorough, paragraph-by-paragraph discussion of the text. A great choice for pastors—and even better choice for the average Bible reader and student!
Top Highlights
“Our Lord Jesus called it the place of torment for those who are lost” (Page 158)
“The message of Ezekiel is the most spiritual of all the prophets because he dealt particularly with the Person of God. Someone has said, ‘Ezekiel is the prophet of the Spirit, as Isaiah is the prophet of the Son, and Jeremiah the prophet of the Father.’” (Page viii)
“All of this Ezekiel is doing to get a message through to the people. Verse 24 is the key to this entire Book of Ezekiel:” (Page 121)
“You see, the people in captivity had gone from one extreme to another. As long as Jerusalem had stood and the false prophets continued to say they would return, they maintained a false hope. Now that Jerusalem has been destroyed, they go to the other extreme—they have what psychologists call manic depressive psychosis. They are in a bad state: they were high up one day, but now they have hit the very depths. They say, ‘We have no hope.’ This vision is being given to them to let them know they do have a hope, and it is for the whole house of Israel.” (Page 186)
“these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:” (Page 70)
J. Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. After completing his education (earning his A.B. from Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee; his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas), and after pastoring Presbyterian churches in Decatur, GA, Nashville, TN, and Cleburne, TX, he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, where he accepted a call to the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. He recalls this period as the happiest in his life, with a young family and a young congregation whom he loved.