We continue the unfolding vision of God’s self-revelation through the prophets—now among the exiles in Babylon. By the River Chebar The heavens open far from Jerusalem. Not in the Temple.Not in the land of promise.But in exile. Ezekiel stands among the displaced, the disoriented, the judged—and suddenly: “I saw visions of God.”

Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, was born in 622 BC. He was a priest by calling and training, the third of the “major prophets,” following Isaiah and Jeremiah. Though his ministry overlaps historically with Jeremiah and the rise of Nebuchadnezzar, Ezekiel’s calling and emphasis are markedly different. Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar move largely within the realm of political and military power—kings, nations siege, and exile. Ezekiel, by contrast, is sent to the people themselves. His c