STRANGE "STREET THEATER"
EZEKIEL HAD TO LIE ON HIS LEFT SIDE FOR 390 DAYS TO REPRESENT THIS MANY YEARS OF ISRAEL’S SIN.
WHAT IS 390?
EZEKIEL SAW A VISION OF FOUR LIVING CREATURES, EACH HAVING THIS MANY WINGS.
WHAT IS FOUR?
GOD TOOK EZEKIEL TO A VALLEY FULL OF THESE, WHICH WERE "VERY DRY."
WHAT ARE BONES?
GOD GAVE EZEKIEL A SCROLL COVERED IN LAMENTATIONS AND TOLD HIM TO DO THIS TO IT.
WHAT IS EAT IT?
IN ONE PARABLE, JERUSALEM IS COMPARED TO A RUSTY ONE OF THESE SITTING ON A FIRE.
WHAT IS A POT / CAULDRON?
THE PROPHET WAS TOLD TO TAKE A SHARP SWORD AND USE IT AS ONE OF THESE TO SHAVE HIS HEAD AND BEARD.
WHAT IS A RAZOR?
THE CREATURES HAD FOUR FACES: A HUMAN, A LION, AN EAGLE, AND THIS FARM ANIMAL.
WHAT IS AN OX?
GOD ASKED EZEKIEL, "SON OF MAN, CAN THESE BONES" DO THIS?
WHAT IS LIVE?
EVEN THOUGH THE SCROLL WAS FULL OF BAD NEWS, EZEKIEL SAID IT TASTED AS SWEET AS THIS.
WHAT IS HONEY?
GOD TOLD EZEKIEL TO PUT CHOICE PIECES OF THIS INTO THE POT TO BOIL.
WHAT IS MEAT?
AFTER SHAVING HIS HAIR, EZEKIEL HAD TO DIVIDE IT INTO THIS MANY EQUAL PARTS TO SHOW DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS.
WHAT IS THREE?
NEXT TO THE CREATURES WERE WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS, AND THE RIMS WERE FULL OF THESE "PEEPING" PARTS.
WHAT ARE EYES?
AS EZEKIEL PROPHESIED, THERE WAS A NOISE AND A SHAKING, AND THE BONES CAME TOGETHER, BONE TO ITS THIS.
WHAT IS BONE?
THE SPECIAL BREAD EZEKIEL MADE INVOLVED WHEAT, BARLEY, BEANS, AND THESE PROTEIN-RICH LEGUMES.
WHAT ARE LENTILS?
THE "RUST" ON THE POT REPRESENTED THIS NEGATIVE MORAL QUALITY OF THE CITY.
WHAT IS SIN / FILTHINESS?
EZEKIEL HAD TO PACK HIS BAGS AND DIG A HOLE THROUGH ONE OF THESE TO ACT OUT AN EXILE ESCAPE.
WHAT IS A WALL?
ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE CREATURES WAS SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE AN EXPANSE OF SHINING THIS.
WHAT IS CRYSTAL / ICE?
AFTER THE BONES GOT MUSCLE AND SKIN, THEY STILL NEEDED THIS STUFF TO ACTUALLY BREATHE.
WHAT IS BREATH / WIND?
EZEKIEL WAS TOLD HE WOULD BE "MUTE" AND UNABLE TO DO THIS UNTIL GOD OPENED HIS MOUTH.
WHAT IS SPEAK?
EZEKIEL WAS TOLD TO PILE THIS UNDER THE POT TO MAKE IT BOIL VIOLENTLY.
WHAT IS WOOD?
TO SHOW THE PEOPLE'S TIGHT SPOT, EZEKIEL WAS TOLD TO BAKE HIS BREAD OVER A FIRE FUELED BY THIS "GROSS" MATERIAL.
WHAT IS DUNG / WASTE?
THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS LOCATED INSIDE OF THESE SPINNING OBJECTS.
WHAT ARE THE WHEELS?
ONCE THEY WERE ALIVE, THE BONES STOOD UP AND BECAME AN EXCEEDINGLY GREAT ONE OF THESE.
WHAT IS AN ARMY?
THE BREAD EZEKIEL MADE IS NOW THE NAMESAKE OF A POPULAR MODERN BRAND OF THIS TYPE OF "SPROUTED" BREAD.
WHAT IS EZEKIEL 4:9?
THE POT WAS TO BE LEFT EMPTY ON THE COALS UNTIL IT BECAME THIS TEMPERATURE TO BURN AWAY THE IMPURITIES.
WHAT IS HOT / GLOWING?