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Revelation: “A Christian Rewriting of Ezekiel”

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Revelation: “A Christian Rewriting of Ezekiel”

  1. The throne vision (Rev 4/Ezk 1)
  2. The scroll with writing on front and back (Rev 5/Ezk 2)
  3. The plagues upon the covenant breakers (Rev 6/Ezk 5-8)
  4. The sealing of the foreheads of the saints (Rev 7/Ezk 9)
  5. The coals of fire from the altar of God (Rev 8/ Ezk 10)
  6. The day of judgment is at hand (Rev 10/Ezk12)
  7. Jerusalem compared to Sodom (Rev 11:8/Ezk 16)
  8. The Great city compared to a harlot (Rev 17-18/Ezk 16 & 23)
  9. The first resurrection (Rev 20:4-6/Ezk 37)
  10. Gog and Magog battling the saints (Rev 20:7-9/Ezk 38-39)
  11. The New Jerusalem (Rev 21/Ezk 40-48)
  12. The River of Life (Rev 22/Ezk 47)
    Same act by Ezekiel and John, but out of order
    Eating of the scroll by the prophet (Rev 10:8-11/Ezk 2)

Sources

  • The Meaning of the Revelation by Philip Carrington
  • The Days of Vengeance: An Exposition of the Book of Revelation by David Chilton
  • Ezekiel in the Apocalypse: The Transformation of Prophetic Language in Revelation by Jean-
    Piere Ruiz
  • John’s Use of the Old Testament in Revelation by G.K. Beale