The Prince of Ezekiel

[visionary]

There is a study I found on the internet I would like opinions on... Is this prince ultimately the evil one or a good guy... on which Daniel's prophecy could make more sense..

"The Prince" of Ezekiel: Who Is He?

 

[yedida]

I read the study and must admit, that I know no more now than I did!!

 

[hop]

I surely think he is a good guy. There is no evidence to think evil of him coz God sets him apart from the rest.

 

[GuardianShua]

There is a study I found on the internet I would like opinions on... Is this prince ultimately the evil one or a good guy... on which Daniel's prophecy could make more sense..

"The Prince" of Ezekiel: Who Is He?

What is the question? To what verse? One verse only please. Forget all the rest.

 

[Tim Myers]

Well, first of all, I would have to take issue with a sentence in the very introduction of the article:

"The focus will be on this individual as he is depicted in the last nine chapters, where the Prophet describes the Third Temple..."

This statement is already making unverifiable assumptions before the author has even begun writing the actual article itself.....

The assumption that the writer of Ezekiel is actually referring to a "Third Temple" is based on, I believe, a far more recently developed dispensationalist point of view......

 

[yonah_mishael]

There is a study I found on the internet I would like opinions on... Is this prince ultimately the evil one or a good guy... on which Daniel's prophecy could make more sense..

How will a discussion about the usage and meaning of the word נָשִׁיא help you with Daniel, who never used that word? I assume you're talking about Daniel 9, where we have the word נָגִיד ("ruler, prince") used. Right?

 

[yonah_mishael]

The assumption that the writer of Ezekiel is actually referring to a "Third Temple" is based on, I believe, a far more recently developed dispensationalist point of view......

The prophet Ezekiel describes the construction, size, shape, dimensions and layout of a huge Temple in Jerusalem. This is taken by ALL normative Jews to be a description of the third and final Temple that will stand in Jerusalem at the time of the Messiah. It has absolutely nothing to do with Dispensationalism, a late Christian construct.

 

[visionary]

How will a discussion about the usage and meaning of the word נָשִׁיא help you with Daniel, who never used that word? I assume you're talking about Daniel 9, where we have the word נָגִיד ("ruler, prince") used. Right?

Yeah.. I was just wondering if there was a connection.

 

[Tim Myers]

"This is taken by ALL normative Jews to be a description of the third and final Temple that will stand in Jerusalem at the time of the Messiah."

While I am in no way disputing this claim, I am confused about this...since, at the time of Ezekiel's writing, the second temple had not even been built yet....

 

[Lulav]

"This is taken by ALL normative Jews to be a description of the third and final Temple that will stand in Jerusalem at the time of the Messiah."

While I am in no way disputing this claim, I am confused about this...since, at the time of Ezekiel's writing, the second temple had not even been built yet....

That should not have any bearing on a vision that the L-RD showed him. Just like he told Abraham his descendants would someday occupy the land he was in, but not until they have been enslaved for many years. And he didn't even have an heir then.