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Category Archives: Daniel Block
Daniel Block on Inductive Study
Daniel Block offers some basic (but essential) advice to students of Scripture to study the text as primary, rather than turning to other sources first. “When you are wrestling with biblical texts, wrestle with the texts.” (see more at Koinonia). … Continue reading
Ezekiel 47-48 – The River And The Land
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 47:1-6 – A trickle from the temple becomes a great river. The location that Ezekiel is shown may indicate where the “sea” was once kept in Solomon’s temple, but there is no mention of such … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, Daniel Block, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, Iain Duguid, Isaiah, Joel, John, Joshua, Leviticus, Numbers, Psalms, Revelation, Zechariah
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Ezekiel 43-44 – The Glory of the LORD and the Temple Torah
43:1-5 – The glory returns. Why does the glory of the LORD approach from the east? (cf. Eze.11:23) There is no ignoring the approaching glory which radiates the land and comes with a great tumult of sound. This vision is … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, Daniel Block, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Ezekiel, Iain Duguid, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Leviticus, Mark, Numbers
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Ezekiel 40-42 – A New House for the LORD
40:1-4 – A new vision. The date given in verse one marks the twenty-fifth year of the exile of Jehoiachin and the fourteenth year since the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem (April 28, 573BC). The twenty-five year mark may … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, Daniel Block, Exodus, Ezekiel, Isaiah, John, Micah, Numbers, Revelation, temple
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Ezekiel 38-39 – Gog and Magog
38:1-9 – Who is Gog and what will he do? It is believed that this is a reference to the recent figure Gyges of Lydia (reigned in approximately the first half of the seventh century BC according to certain Assyrian … Continue reading
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Ezekiel 37 – Sticks and Bones
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 37:1-14 – The valley of dry bones. Once again the “hand of the LORD” was on Ezekiel (cf. 1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 33:22; 40:1) and the Spirit (Heb. rûah) of the LORD set him right … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Samuel, Daniel Block, Deuteronomy, Ezekiel, Genesis, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew, Walther Zimmerli
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The Spirit in the Old Testament
Dan Block (whom I have high hopes of doing my Ph.D. studies under) has beaten me to the punch. He has not only written several articles (JETS 32, 1989; SBJT 1.1 Spring 1997) where he articulates the theology of the … Continue reading
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Ezekiel 35-36 – Two "Mountainous" Prophecies
35:1-9 – A prophecy against Mount Seir. Where is Mount Seir and what does it represent? It is the primary site for the kingdom of Edom (house “father” was Esau) which lies to the southeast of Israel and Judah. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Daniel Block, Deuteronomy, Douglas Stuart, Ezekiel, Genesis, Iain Duguid, Joel, Leviticus, Luke, Matthew, Numbers, Obadiah, Psalms, Revelation
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Ezekiel 29-32 – A Message Against Egypt
29:1-6a – A prophecy against Pharaoh. The date notice places this prophecy on January 7, 587 BC. The prophecy against Pharaoh (king of Egypt) is also be connection a prophecy against all of Egypt. Pharaoh Hophra (Greek—Aphries 589-570 BC; see … Continue reading
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Ezekiel 26-28 – A Prophecy Against Tyre
26:1-6 – The date given (while presenting textual difficulties) suggests Feb. 3, 585 BC (Block NICOT II:35). This would place this prophecy at about the very time that Nebuchadnezzar began his thirteen year siege of Tyre and just one month … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Daniel Block, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, Iain Duguid, Isaiah, Jonah, Psalms, Revelation, Ugaritic
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