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-title = "Ezekiel {}:{}–{}"
+title = "Luke {}:{}–{}"
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-### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel{}.{}-{})
+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk{}.{}-{})

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-title = "Ezekiel 1:1–4"
-date = "2023-02-27"
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-### Introduction
-
-Now that the study of Luke has concluded, I want to switch to an Old Testament
-book. The pastor at my church has been going through Revelation recently, and
-that book uses a lot of the same imagery and themes as Ezekiel, so it seems
-good to me to study it in parallel.
-
-### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel1.1-4)
-
-The prophet Ezekiel served during the Babylonian Exile, when the kingdom of
-Judah had been conquered and deported because they had failed to uphold the
-covenant God had made with them through Moses. Again and again God sent
-prophets to warn the people that this would happen and to call for repentance.
-Sometimes the people would respond, but never fully or wholeheartedly, and so
-the time finally came for God's judgement to be fulfilled upon His people.
-
-The book of Ezekiel starts with a time reference. It has more than any of the
-other prophetic writings, which scholars have determined to fall between 593
-and 573 B.C. Generally, Ezekiel uses the date of the exile of King Jehoiachin,
-the last of the Davidic line to rule in Judah. (Technically Jehoichin's uncle
-Zedekiah ruled after him, but he isn't considered a legitimate heir as he was
-installed by the Babylonian conquerors.)
-
-Ezekiel was a priest, hundreds of miles away from the temple in which he should
-serve. Normally, priests would begin to serve in the temple when they reached
-thirty years of age. Ezekiel, however, gets a different call from Yahweh, and
-sees a vision of His glory. He sees a stormy wind, a great cloud brimming with
-light and lightning as if it were made of metal. All of these things are very
-common descriptions of God manifesting His glory before human beings. All of
-Moses, Isaiah, and Jeremiah were brought into the presence of God to receive
-their prophetic calls, and because Ezekiel experienced this too, we can know
-that he has been delegated the authority to speak on God's behalf.
-
-* * *
-
-When our lives have not gone the way we expected, You are still in control,
-ready to use us as You see fit.