EZEKIEL 34=FOR MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy=
WRITTEN Rpw=8-21-2025=TYPED 8-23-2025
EZEKIEL 34=OF
SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP
GOD’S WORD to=THE SHEPHERD=Of his people
LINES 1-2=THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST
The shepherds of ISRAEL
-A SHEPHERD means a KING or a prince
(Ie. Near East)
Joshua=Civic leader Example=King David also an EXAMPLE
The IDEA here=IS a SPIRITUAL LEADER
Jeremiah=was a SHEPHERD TO =?Ezekiel
-The LORD Jesus=IS THE PERFECT SHEPHERD
(But WOE to the SHEPHERDS=who feed themselves)
GODLY SHEPHERDS=Must SERVE=for the benefit of THE FLOCK
NOT themselves
LINES 3-4=THE GREED OF
The UNFAITHFUL shepherds=of Israel
The CIVIC and
spiritual LEADERS=Of Isreal=
EXPLOITED their flock=Without CARING for them
Not necessarily wrong=BUT to make a living doing it
WITHOUT LOVE and caring=is wrong
SHEPHERDS=should feed their flock=BY FAITHFULLY TEACHING
them
The WORD OF GOD
Ie.=GOD’S WORD=should be=their BREAD
The unfaithful shepherd=DOES NOT CARE=about the NEEDS
Of their FLOCK
THE GODLY SHEPHERD=is like a GOOD DOCTOR=Able to diagnose
The CONDITION of the sheep=and strengthen them
INSTEAD OF CARE=wisdom and compassion=the unfaithful
shepherd
USES FORCE and cruelty
LINES 5-6
THE RESULT of the WORK=of the UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERD
The sheep were SCATTERED=Because there was NO SHEPHERD
Ezekiel said=THIS WAS NOT GOOD=for the sheep
THE RESULT=The scattered flock=Became FOOD=FOR THE BEASTS
Ie. UNFAITHFUL
SHEPHERD=flock suffers
God stated twice=
THE FLOCK=BELONGS TO HIM!=NOT to=
The civic and SPIRITUAL SHEPHERDS
SADNESS=FEW godly shepherds
Searching to LEAD THE FLOCK
LINES 7-10=GOD PROMISES to=HOLD the unfaithful shepherds to account
GOD WOULD CORRECT=The unfaithful shepherds=
They could NOT do it themselves
GOD’S FLOCK=Became the sheep=for the shepherds
DID NOT SEARCH for them=But God still DID SEARCH for
THE LOST SHEEP
The shepherds FED THEMSELVES=and NOT the flock
They were NOT true shepherds=But more like beasts
-God PROMISES to deal=with the UNGODLY SHEPHERDS
LINES 11-16
GOD PROMISES=to do the work=
THE UNFAITHFUL shepherds would not do
-GOD HIMSELF=would SEARCH=for the lost sheep=and
DEAL with the UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDS
-God would COME DOWN=and seek out=and CARE for
The LOST SHEEP HIMSELF=FINALLY
Ie. The work would
BE FULFILLED=IN JESUS CHRIST
Ezekiel=a PARTIAL FULFILLMENT=In the return from exile
-But still AWAITING=FULL Fulfilment=Ie. End of the exiles
GOD PROMISED to=RESTORE ISRAEL
Ie=started 1800’s=1948 the state of ISRAEL=But yet to be
FULLY FULFILLED
THE RESTORATION=would be geographical and physical
-The land FULFILLMENT=is further along=than the spiritual
fulfillment
-WHAT the unfaithful shepherds would not do=
GOD WOULD DO HIMSELF!
-God would JUDGE the proud-a cleansing was COMING
To God’s people=IN
GOD’S JUDGMENT
LINES 17-19
DON’T TRAMPLE the pasture=and the foul water
Yahweh=gave a SEVERE REBUKE=to the unfaithful shepherds
GOD would make the DISTINCTION=among the sheep
Ie.=GREAT RESPONSIBILITY=some responsibility=NO
RESPONSIBILITY
-GOD’S CHARGE to the sheep=was that they=TREAD DOWN
Ie. The already
eaten pasture=RUING IT for the future
-They SPOILED=The pasture=and the water=for the coming SHEEP
Ie. UNSUSTAINABLE
PASTURES=Muddied waters=for future sheep=Because of
Their unconscionable actions
LINES 20-24
GOD WILL PROTECT HIS FLOCK=Against
Renegade sheep
God would judge=The fat and the lean sheep
-The “FAT” sheep=Thought they were BETTER than
The other sheep
They THREW their weight around=and made the LEAN SHEEP
Leave the pasture=and scatter
-God would SECURE his sheep=from the UNFAITHFUL SHEEP
AND REVEAL HIMSELF
NEW COVENANT=DAVID=and FINALLY JESUS
I=will BE their Lord=First David=then Jesus
LINES 25-30
GOD PROMISES=to BRING BLESSINGS and SECURITY=to his flock
-A COVENANT of peace with them=FOUND IN Isaiah and Jeremiah
THE MILLENIUM KINGDOM=Ie.
THE NEW COVENANT
MILLENIUM BEASTS GONE=SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS
Curse lifted=from the earth
They would dwell SAFELY=NO ONE would make them afraid
Ie. GOD WOULD
PROVIDE=for all their NEEDS
Israel would RETURN SAFELY=and would NO LONGER BE PREY
GOD would LOVE ISRAEL=and reveal himself to
THE RESTORED GLORY
LINE 31=GOD’S ASSURANCE TO HIS FLOCK
-To shepherds and RENEGADE SHEEP
In Yahweh’s pasture=You will RESPOND TO
GOD’S CORRECTION=”YOU ARE MINE=I AM YOUR GOD”
They could FIND their GLORY=and their RESPONSIBILITY=
In God the FATHER
WE are made in GOD’S IMAGE but God is
GREATER than us all
Rpw=8-23-2025=FOR MVF Cheryl
And Bobby Boy=TYPED
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