Timothy Appel, looks at the text of Holy Scripture both in its broad context and its narrow detail, all for the sake of proclaiming Christ crucified and risen for sinners. Through fantastic visions and attention-grabbing action prophecies, the prophet Ezekiel is a faithful watchman who proclaims the word of the LORD to bring people to repentance over their sins and to faith in the coming Savior, Jesus Christ, the glory of the LORD made flesh. Just when Ezekiel should have begun his service as priest in the temple in Jerusalem, the LORD called him to be a prophet in exile in Babylon. “The Faithful Watchman” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s description of the altar in the temple points forward to the final sacrifice for sins that Christ made for sinners on the cross. Ezekiel sees that this will be a time when the people will no longer defile the name of the LORD we pray for this now in the Lord’s Prayer even as we await its complete fulfillment in eternity. This hearkened back to the LORD’s presence in the cloud that filled the tabernacle and temple it also points forward to the way God’s presence came to dwell among us in the incarnation of the Son. Previously, Ezekiel had seen the glory of the LORD leave the temple in Jerusalem, but now he sees the glory of the LORD fill the new temple. Timothy Appel to study Ezekiel 43:1-27.Įzekiel reaches a key moment in his vision of the new temple. Ned Moerbe, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blackwell, OK, joins host Rev.