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What kind of answer is that? Until you can be honest about how you plucked this verse out of context, I'm not going to read a single utterance of yours about anything else. You just used non-words to try and wave away the inconvenient reality of what Ezekiel was actually saying. You quoted the proverb God was MOCKING to try and argue that the whole book was about the future!The Lords Words are not yet fulfilled completely. What He said to Ezekiel, was is His timing, not ours.
So if the whole book is NOT about the future - but is OBVIOUSLY about the judgements that were going to start in Ezekiel's lifetime - how do we tell the difference? What might actually be about the future, and what is actually about then and there - Ezekiel's generation?
Oh - well that might require some understanding of how the original audience understood it, hey? You know - hermeneutics? Some understanding of the history and theology of the times?

21 The word of the Lord came to me: 22 “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’? 23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled. 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations among the people of Israel. 25 But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
26 The word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.’ 28 “Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
26 The word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.’ 28 “Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
From the wiki:
The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of Judah's capital city Jerusalem. Then in 587 BCE, the Babylonian empire conquered Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and sent the Jewish upper classes into the Babylonian captivity.
However, Ezekiel also prophesied the eventual restoration of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. It is believed he died around 570 BCE; Ezekiel's Tomb is the most important Jewish religious site in Mesopotamia. Three decades later in 539 BCE, the Persian empire conquered Babylon and the Edict of Cyrus repatriated the Jews in the return to Zion.
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Ezekiel - Wikipedia
Here is a good explanation of the Ezekiel temple.
Amillennial Interpretation of Ezekiel 40-48 | Monergism
Meg. T. asks:"Dr. Riddlebarger, what is your take on Ezekiel's description of the Temple? I've never heard an amil explanation of the cooking pots and rooms
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