Oct 18, 2022
EZEKIEL 14-15:
The
title that the Lord calls Ezekiel is ‘son of man’, which the Lord
is using in the normal sense, meaning ‘ordinary human’. The title
for Jesus— ‘Son of Man’, is a special usage. For that, check out
Daniel 7.
Note in yesterday’s reading when Ezekiel acted out how King Zedekiah would go into exile, Ezekiel covered his eyes. It was revealed to Ezekiel that Zedekiah would go to Babylon but not see it. This was fulfilled since Zedekiah had his eyes blinded after watching his sons’ deaths. This also fulfilled the prophecy against his sons.
If you are reading along with me in the GNT, in chapter 14, verses 14 and 20, GNT followed the liberal side of Biblical scholarship popular in the 1960s in identifying Daniel the prophet as Danel, the mythical Ugaritic hero. Ezekiel and Daniel were contemporaries. Ezekiel arrived in Babylonia only 9 years after Daniel. I think it very plausible that Daniel’s miraculous deeds (publicized even in the king’s proclamations) would have made him famous, especially among his fellow exiles during the time Ezekiel was writing. So I disagree with GNT and will read Daniel instead of Danel.The remote Ugaritic figure named Danel was not famed to be righteous, as would be necessary in today’s passage. See the footnote in the NET in 14:14 and these articles for more information.
Article: Did Ezekiel know Daniel?
Wallace: Who is Ezekiel’s Daniel?
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:
Yesterday we heard more passionate expressions
of love, and today is the final chapter of Solomon’s
Song.
MATTHEW 27a:
I
imagine that as the high priest tore his clothes and shouted
‘blasphemy’ that his expression was not one of grief, but of
triumph. And Peter recognized that Jesus was to be sentenced to
death when he denied Christ.
GNT Translation
note:
Mat. 27:34 There they offered [to] Jesus wine
mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not
drink it.