Ever compared the Revelation to Ezekial?

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I'm certainly not smart enough to have ever come up with any of this on my own, so I'm just showing you something I found in an old book:

"But there is at least one other factor that has greatly influenced the outline of the Revelation. It is constructed with strict adherence to one of the most famous Covenant Lawsuits of all time: the prophecy of Ezekiel. Revelation’s dependence upon the language and imagery of Ezekiel has long been recognized; one scholar has found in Revelation, no less than 130 separate references to Ezekiel. But St. John does more than merely make literary allusions to Ezekiel. He follows him — step by step — so much so that Philip Carrington could say, with only mild hyperbole:

“The Revelation is a Christian rewriting of Ezekiel. Its fundamental structure is the same. Its interpretation depends upon Ezekiel. The first half of both books leads up to the destruction of the earthly Jerusalem; in the second, they describe a new and holy Jerusalem. There is one significant difference. Ezekiel’s lament over Tyre is transformed into a lament over Jerusalem, the reason being that St. John wishes to transfer to Jerusalem the note of irrevocable doom found in the lament over Tyre. Here lies the real difference in the messages of the two books. Jerusalem, like Tyre, is to go forever.”

Consider the more obvious parallels:"

1. The Throne-Vision (Rev. 4/Ezek. 1)
2. The Book (Rev. 5/Ezek. 2-3)
3. The Four Plagues (Rev. 6:1-8/Ezek. 5)
4. The Slain under the Altar (Rev. 6:9-11/Ezek. 6)
5. The Wrath of God (Rev. 6:12-17/Ezek. 7)
6. The Seal on the Saint’s Foreheads (Rev. 7/Ezek. 9)
7. The Coals from the Altar (Rev. 8/Ezek. 10)
8. No More Delay (Rev. 10:1-7 /Ezek. 12)
9. The Eating of the Book (Rev. 10:8 -11/Ezek. 2)
10. The Measuring of the Temple (Rev. 11:1-2/Ezek. 40-43)
11. Jerusalem and Sodom (Rev. 11:8/Ezek. 16)
12. The Cup of Wrath (Rev. 14/Ezek. 23)
13. The Vine of the Land (Rev. 14:18-20/Ezek. 15)
14. The Great Harlot (Rev. 17-18 /Ezek. 16, 23)
15. The Lament over the City (Rev. 18/Ezek. 27)
16. The Scavengers’ Feast (Rev. 19/Ezek. 39)
17. The First Resurrection (Rev. 20:4-6/Ezek. 37)
18. The Battle with Gog and Magog (Rev. 20:7-9/Ezek. 38-39)
19. The New Jerusalem (Rev. 21/Ezek. 40-48)
20. The River of Life (Rev. 22/Ezek. 47)
 
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If it's a re-writing, then which one did God write? I mean no influence apart from God apparently in writing any of the Bible.

Ezekial 23:20-21
"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled."

Yep, must have been written by God. This is not the kind of thing any man would ever dream of writing...
 
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If it's a re-writing, then which one did God write? I mean no influence apart from God apparently in writing any of the Bible.
Ezekial 23:20-21
"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled."
Yep, must have been written by God. This is not the kind of thing any man would ever dream of writing...
I guess you are trying to make some kind of a point. But, could you try it again with enough words to show that point?
 
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I like Ezekiel.....especially the description of God's throne.....a very interesting concept....

One WHEEL on the ground with 4 legs, padded feet and 4 living creatures NEXT to the wheel....and when the wheel goes UP the living creatures GO UP because they are IN THE WHEEL................

Imagine that!
 

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It is not surprising to me that the same prophecies would be in OT and NT prophecy books.. The OT prophets did give prophecies dealing with the end times.. Which is what the Book of Revelation does..

I find a lot of parallels between the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelations too.. The beast described by Daniel goes hand in hand with the beast described by John in the Book of Revelations.. The one with 10 horns on which the harlot of Babylon sits..
 

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I like Ezekiel.....especially the description of God's throne.....a very interesting concept....

One WHEEL on the ground with 4 legs, padded feet and 4 living creatures NEXT to the wheel....and when the wheel goes UP the living creatures GO UP because they are IN THE WHEEL................

Imagine that!
His throne is a living throne.. Made up of Angelic cherubim's..
 
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His throne is a living throne.. Made up of Angelic cherubim's..
Yeah....I have studied it well, every word translated etc.......very interesting study.
 

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I'm certainly not smart enough to have ever come up with any of this on my own, so I'm just showing you something I found in an old book:

"But there is at least one other factor that has greatly influenced the outline of the Revelation. It is constructed with strict adherence to one of the most famous Covenant Lawsuits of all time: the prophecy of Ezekiel. Revelation’s dependence upon the language and imagery of Ezekiel has long been recognized; one scholar has found in Revelation, no less than 130 separate references to Ezekiel. But St. John does more than merely make literary allusions to Ezekiel. He follows him — step by step — so much so that Philip Carrington could say, with only mild hyperbole:

“The Revelation is a Christian rewriting of Ezekiel. Its fundamental structure is the same. Its interpretation depends upon Ezekiel. The first half of both books leads up to the destruction of the earthly Jerusalem; in the second, they describe a new and holy Jerusalem. There is one significant difference. Ezekiel’s lament over Tyre is transformed into a lament over Jerusalem, the reason being that St. John wishes to transfer to Jerusalem the note of irrevocable doom found in the lament over Tyre. Here lies the real difference in the messages of the two books. Jerusalem, like Tyre, is to go forever.”

Consider the more obvious parallels:"

1. The Throne-Vision (Rev. 4/Ezek. 1)
2. The Book (Rev. 5/Ezek. 2-3)
3. The Four Plagues (Rev. 6:1-8/Ezek. 5)
4. The Slain under the Altar (Rev. 6:9-11/Ezek. 6)
5. The Wrath of God (Rev. 6:12-17/Ezek. 7)
6. The Seal on the Saint’s Foreheads (Rev. 7/Ezek. 9)
7. The Coals from the Altar (Rev. 8/Ezek. 10)
8. No More Delay (Rev. 10:1-7 /Ezek. 12)
9. The Eating of the Book (Rev. 10:8 -11/Ezek. 2)
10. The Measuring of the Temple (Rev. 11:1-2/Ezek. 40-43)
11. Jerusalem and Sodom (Rev. 11:8/Ezek. 16)
12. The Cup of Wrath (Rev. 14/Ezek. 23)
13. The Vine of the Land (Rev. 14:18-20/Ezek. 15)
14. The Great Harlot (Rev. 17-18 /Ezek. 16, 23)
15. The Lament over the City (Rev. 18/Ezek. 27)
16. The Scavengers’ Feast (Rev. 19/Ezek. 39)
17. The First Resurrection (Rev. 20:4-6/Ezek. 37)
18. The Battle with Gog and Magog (Rev. 20:7-9/Ezek. 38-39)
19. The New Jerusalem (Rev. 21/Ezek. 40-48)
20. The River of Life (Rev. 22/Ezek. 47)
This is brilliant Willy. I have realised that the two books were tied together but this list of comparisons is much longer than I discovered so far. Im making sure I copy them down for future study.
 
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This is brilliant Willy. I have realised that the two books were tied together but this list of comparisons is much longer than I discovered so far. Im making sure I copy them down for future study.
Thank you for seeing it and receiving it just as simply and openly as I presented it. It is people like you — who aren't sitting back, sharpening their blades... waiting to slash a post to pieces — that make it a pleasure to share cool things like this list.