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1. Information About Ezekiel and His Time, 17
Prophet's Name, 17
Scriptural Information About the Prophet, 17
Date of Ezekiel's Mission, 17
Prophesied To, 18
Contemporary Prophets, 18
Contemporary Prophets Contrasted, 19
Kings of Babylonia, 19
The Fall of Judah, 20
Kings of Judah, 20
National Conditions, 22
Outline of the Book, 23
2. Critical Information About the Book of Ezekiel, 25
Style of the Book, 25
Date of Authorship and Author's Background, 25
Textual Transmission, 25
Bible Criticism, 26
3. Historical Summary: The Fall of Babylonia, The Rise of Media and Persia, and the Babylonian Exile of the Jews, 27
The Decline and Fall of Babylonia, 27
Babylonian Kings, 27
The City of Babylonia, 27
The Rise and Fall of Media, 31
The Rise of Persia, 32
Judah During the Babylonian Captivity, 33
Summary, 33
4. Ezekiel's Call to the Ministry and Introductory Visions, 37
Chapter 1: Ezekiel s Vision of the Four Creatures, the Four Wheels, and the Lord, 37
Chapter 2: Ezekiel's Call: To Be a Prophet to a Rebellious Nation, 39
Chapter 3: Ezekiel's Preparation and Instruction for His Prophetic Mission, 39
5. Prophecies Against Judah and Jerusalem, 41
Chapter 4: Three Symbolic Acts. The Fate of Jerusalem, 41
Chapter 5: Fourth Symbolic Act: Thirds of Jerusalem to Die by Fire and Famine,
The Sword, and a Third Shall Be Scattered, 41
Chapter 6: Judah will be Destroyed by Famine, Sword and Pestilence, 42
Chapter 7: The Lord Will Shortly Pour out his Fury Upon Judah
Chapter 8: A Vision of the Sinfulness of Judah, 42
Chapter 9: A Vision of Heavenly Beings Destroying Jerusalem, 42
Chapter 10: A Vision of the Cherubim, 42
Chapter 11: Israel's Princes Will Be Judged in the Borders of Israel, 43
Chapter 12: Two Symbolic Acts: Captivity and Famine, 43
Chapter 13: False Prophets Will Be Punished For Prophesying Peace
Chapter 14: The People Are So Wicked Even Noah, Daniel, and Job Could Not
Save Them, 44
Chapter 15: Allegory of the Vine Tree: Jerusalem Will Be Burned, 44
Chapter 16: Allegory of the Unfaithful Wife: Jerusalem Has Betrayed the Lord, 44
Chapter 17: Allegory of the Two Eagles and the Cedar Tree, 45
Chapter 18: The Doctrine of Repentance and Punishment, 46
Chapter 19: Allegories of the Lioness and Her Whelps and the Vine and Its Branch:
Laments for the Mother of Zedekiah, 46
Chapter 20: Israel's Iniquity and Promised Redemption, 46
Chapter 21: The Sword of the Lord Will Smite Judah and Ammon, 47
Chapter 22: The Sins of Jerusalem, 47
Chapter 23: Aholah and Aholibah: An Allegory of the Wickedness of
Samaria and Jerusalem, 48
Chapter 24: Allegory of the Boiling Cauldron and the Death of Ezekiel's Wife, 48
6. Prophecies Against Surounding Nations, 49
Chapter 25: The Fall of Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines Foretold, 49
Chapter 26: Nebuchadnezzar to Destroy the Tyre, 49
Chapter 27: A Dirge Over Tyre, 49
Chapter 28: Tyre and Zidon Will Be Destroyed, 50
Chapter 29: Nebuchadnezzar Will Conquer Egypt, 50
Chapter 30: Nebuchadnezzar Will Conquer Egypt, 50
Chapter 31: The Egyptians Will Fall as Did Assyria, 50
Chapter 32: Egypt Will Join the Fallen Nations in Hell, 51
7. Prophecies Concerning the Last Days, 53
Chapter 33: The Doctrine of Repentance and Punishment, 53
Chapter 34: The Lord Will Gather His People, and David Shall Rule Over Them, 53
Chapter 35: Edom Will Be Desolate, 54
Chapter 36: Israel Will Be Multiplied and Will Rebuild the Waste Places, 55
Chapter 37: The Dry Bones and the Two Sticks, 55
Chapter 38: The Battle of Armageddon, 57
Chapter 39: The Battle of Armageddon, 58
Chapter 40: The Latter-Day Temple in Jerusalem, 59
Chapter 41: The Latter-Day Temple in Jerusalem, 59
Chapter 42: The Latter-Day Temple in Jerusalem, 59
Chapter 43: The Latter-Day Temple in Jerusalem, 59
Chapter 44: The Ordinances for the Temple in Jerusalem, 59
Chapter 45: The Division of Land for the Temple and the Prince, 60
Chapter 46: Regulations for the Prince, 60
Chapter 47: Israel's Borders in the Last Days, 60
Chapter 48: The Areas of Inheritance for the Tribes of Israel, 60
8. Six Major Doctrines of the Old Testament, 63
Scriptures Are Studied So Man Can Apply Basic Teachings, 63
The Old Testament s Central Doctrines, 63
9. The Nature of God and Godhood, 65
List of Fifty-eight Attributes of God, 65
10. God's Communication With Man, 74
The Prophetic Function (10 characteristics), 74
The Nature of Revelation and Prophecy (14 characteristics), 76
List of Thirty-five Lessons Concerning the Prophets and Their Calling, 78
11. The Nature of Sin, Perversions of Religious Truths and Practices, 81
Apathy, Lack of Faith, and Negative Personal Traits, 83
Rejection and Opposition To God's Plan, 84
Moral Depravity, 86
Social, Economic, and National Wickedness, 89
The Sins of the People, 91
12. The Nature of Man's Agency and God's Judgments, 95
Man and His Agency, 96
God's Interactions With Man's Agency, 96
The Nature of God's Punishments, 98
God Controls Individuals and Nations, 101
13. Council for Righteous Living, 103
Sixteen Key Passages, 103
14. The Events of the Last Days, 105
1st Event: The Apostasy, 107
2nd Event: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, 108
3rd Event: The Restoration of the Church, 108
4th Event: The Beginning of the Times of the Gentiles, 109
5th Event: War Poured Out Upon All Nations, 109
6th Event: The Period of Preparatory Wars, 109
7th Event: The Fulness of the Times of the Gentiles, 110
8th Event: The Rising of Slaves Against Their Masters, 110
9th Event: The Third World War, 110
10th Event: The Saints to Suffer Persecution, 110
11th Event: The Fulfilling of the Times of the Gentiles, 111
12th Event: Saints in Foreign Lands Will Gather to the Americas, 111
13th Event: The Gospel Will Be Taken from the Gentiles and Later Given to Israel, 111
14th Event: God Will Pour Out His Judgments Upon the Earth, 111
15th Event: Internal Wars in the United States, 112
16th Event: World-wide Revolutions and Deterioration of Government Occur as the Period of Wars of Total Destruction Begins, 112
17th Event: The Saints in America Will Gather to Places of Refuge in the
Western Mountains, 113
18th Event: The Political Kingdom of God Will Be Established, 113
19th Event: The Law of Consecration Will Be Established, 113
20th Event The New Jerusalem and Its Temple Will Be Built in Missouri, 114
21st Event: The Conversion of the Lamanites, 114
22nd Event: The Ten Tribes of Israel Will Come From the North to Missouri, 114
23rd Event: Christ Will Come to the New Jerusalem Temple, 115
24th Event: 144,000 High Priests Will Be Called, 116
25th Event: A Period of Great Plagues and Destruction, 116
26th Event: The Fourth World War, A Universal Conflict, 117
27th Event: The Coming of the Ancient of Days and the Savior to the Council at
Adam-ondi-Ahman, 118
28th Event: The Fall of the Great Abominable Church, 118
29th Event: The Gathering to the New Jerusalem and Its Rise as a
World Center of nfluence, 119
30th Event: The Gathering to the Land of Israel of the Scattered Remnants of Judah, 119
30th and 31st Events: General References to the Gathering of the House of Israel, 120
31st Event: The Removal of the Ten Tribes from America to the Land of Israel, 124
32nd Event: The Rule of David the Prince, 124
33rd Event: The Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, 126
34th Event: Israel's Political Affairs, 128
35th Event: The Battle of Armageddon, 129
36th Event: The Fall of Rome, 136
37th Event: The Appearance of Christ on the Mount of Olives, 136
38th Event: The Conversion of the House of Israel, 137
39th Event: Christ Will Come to the Jerusalem Temple and Place His Glory Upon Zion, 139
40th Event: A Mission to the Heathen Nations, 140
41st Event: Israel's Growth Following the Battle of Armaggedon and the Final Mission
to All Mankind, 141
42nd Event: Christ's Coming in Glory, 144
43rd Event: The First Resurrection, Resurrection of the Righteous, 146
44th Event: The Millennium, 147
45th Event: The Battle of Gog and Magog, 148
46th Event: The Second Resurrection, Resurrection of the Unrighteous, 148
47th Event: The Final Judgment, 148
48th Event: The Crowning and Exalting of Christ and the Saints, 149
49th Event: The Dissolution of the Earth and Its Heaven, 150
50th Event: The Re-creation of the Earth as a Celestial World, 150
15. Summary of the Book of Ezekiel, 151
16. Insights from the Inspired Version, 155
Index, 155
About the Author, 159
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