Where Jesus is in this book
Jesus in Ezekiel
Ezekiel prophesies to the exiles in Babylon through startling visions, dramatic signs, and vivid oracles. He announces judgment on a rebellious people, then promises a stunning restoration, a new heart and new spirit, a valley of dry bones raised to life, and God's own presence returning. Its shepherd and temple visions point toward Christ.
The book in brief
Ezekiel, a priest exiled to Babylon, receives an overwhelming vision of God's glory and is commissioned as a watchman. Through symbolic acts and searching oracles he confronts Judah's idolatry and warns that Jerusalem will fall, even depicting God's glory departing the temple. After the city falls, his message turns to hope. He promises that God will gather his scattered people, cleanse them, and give them a new heart and a new spirit so they can truly obey. He denounces the false shepherds who fed themselves and promises that God himself will shepherd the flock through one shepherd, his servant David. The book climaxes in the vision of dry bones coming to life and a restored temple from which a river flows to heal the land, closing with the name of the city, the Lord is there.
A moment that points to Him
In Ezekiel 34 God condemns Israel's selfish shepherds and vows to seek the lost sheep himself, then to set over them one shepherd, his servant David. Jesus took up this very image when he called himself the good shepherd who seeks the lost and lays down his life for the sheep. What God promised to do personally in Ezekiel, come and shepherd his flock, he accomplished in Jesus, the Son of David who gathers and heals the scattered people of God.
Where Jesus is in this book
Ezekiel points to Christ through prophetic promise and rich typology, and both can be named honestly. The shepherd oracle of chapter 34, where God himself comes to shepherd his flock through his servant David, is directly taken up by Jesus as the good shepherd. The promise of a new heart and a new spirit in chapter 36 anticipates the inward renewal Christ gives by the Spirit. The vision of dry bones brought to life in chapter 37 foreshadows resurrection and the life Jesus imparts. The healing river flowing from the temple in chapter 47 finds its fulfillment in Christ, the true temple and source of living water. Ezekiel does not name Jesus, but its central promises are answered in him with remarkable directness.
Questions people ask
where is Jesus in the book of Ezekiel
Jesus appears in Ezekiel through promise and type. Chapter 34 foretells God shepherding his flock through his servant David, which Jesus claims as the good shepherd. Chapter 36 promises a new heart and spirit, given by Christ through the Spirit. The dry bones of chapter 37 foreshadow resurrection, and the temple river of chapter 47 points to Christ, the source of living water.
what is the vision of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37
In Ezekiel 37 the prophet sees a valley of dry bones that come together, grow flesh, and live again as God's Spirit enters them. It first pictures God reviving exiled Israel, restoring hope where all seemed dead. It also foreshadows resurrection and the new life the Spirit brings, a life fully secured through Jesus, who raises the dead.