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Jesus the new Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 36:24-28 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

	Ezekiel	Jesus
Son of man	addressed Eby God about 90 times (e.g. Eze 2:1)	referred to himself about 80 times in the Gospels (e.g. Mt 8:20)
Denounced Jewish leaders for corruption and hypocrisy	to the wicked counsellors (Eze 11:1-13) and the idolatrous elders (Eze 14:1-11)	seven woes to the scribes and Pharisees (Mt 23:1-36)
Prophesied using allegories and parables	God planting a young twig taken from a tall cedar tree (Israel) and it becomes a great tree (the Church) with birds of every kind (Gentiles) living in it (Eze 17:22-23) Jewish leaders as bad shepherds and God as the good shepherd who will gather his sheep Israel (Eze 34)	parable of the mustard seed, one of the smallest seeds sown (the twelve apostles) becoming a large tree (the Church) where birds can nest (Mk 4:30-32) the good shepherd with one flock of all nations i.e. the Church, the new Israel (Jn 10:1-18)
Prophesied baptism	cleansing of sin with water and Holy Spirit for a new heart (Eze 36:24-27)	being born again of water and the Spirit (Jn 3:5) to wash away sins (Acts 22:16)

Son of man: how God addressed Ezekiel about 90 times (e.g. Eze 2:1); how Jesus referred to himself about 80 times in the Gospels (e.g. Mt 8:20)
Denounced Jewish leaders for corruption and hypocrisy: Ezekiel to the wicked counsellors (Eze 11:1-13) and the idolatrous elders (Eze 14:1-11); Jesus's seven woes to the scribes and Pharisees (Mt 23:1-36)
Prophesied using allegories and parables
- God planting a young twig taken from a tall cedar tree (Israel) and it becomes a great tree (the Church) with birds of every kind (Gentiles) living in it (Eze 17:22-23); Jesus's parable of the mustard seed, one of the smallest seeds sown (the twelve apostles) becoming a large tree (the Church) where birds can nest (Mk 4:30-32)
- Jewish leaders as bad shepherds and God as the good shepherd who will gather his sheep Israel (Eze 34); Jesus is the good shepherd with one flock of all nations (Jn 10:1-18)
Prophesied baptism: cleansing of sin with water and Holy Spirit for a new heart (Eze 36:24-27); being born again of water and the Spirit (Jn 3:5) to wash away sins (Acts 22:16)