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== Date of composition ==

== Date of composition ==

It is traditionally thought that the Book of Ezekiel was written by the great Jewish prophet Ezekiel 6 centuries before the comming of the Messiah, Jesus of Nazereth.

It is traditionally thought that the Book of Ezekiel was written by the great Jewish prophet Ezekiel 6 centuries before the coming of the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.

Some athiests and liberal theologians, however, previously attempted to assert that the actual date in which the book of Ezekiel was written could possibly have been after the death of Jesus in an attempt to discredit the prophetic value of the ancient sacred Jewish scriptures.

Some atheists and liberal theologians, however, previously attempted to assert that the actual date in which the book of Ezekiel was written could possibly have been after the death of Jesus in an attempt to discredit the prophetic value of the ancient sacred Jewish scriptures.

This liberal theological approach, however, came to be debunked as merely unsubstantiated speculation by politically motivated liberal scholars with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Among the newly discovered Hebrew Old Testament manuscripts which have been proven by C14 analysis to have been produced between 100 to 200 years prior to the arrival of the Messiah. Since the Old Testament scriptures discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls were only manustripts as opposed to the original scripture, there is no real reason to deny that the original was written centuries earlier as suggested by the traditional view regarding the dating and authorship of this biblical book.

This liberal theological approach, however, came to be debunked as merely unsubstantiated speculation by politically motivated liberal scholars with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Among the newly discovered Hebrew Old Testament manuscripts which have been proven by C14 analysis to have been produced between 100 and 200 years prior to the arrival of the Messiah. Since the Old Testament scriptures discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls were only manustripts as opposed to the original scripture, there is no real reason to deny that the original was written centuries earlier as suggested by the traditional view regarding the dating and authorship of this biblical book.

== Naming ==

== Naming ==

This prophecy was literally fullfilled in 70 AD when the state of Israel was invaded and destroyed by the Roman Empire. This resulted in the Israeli people being driven out of their own country and forced to live in foreign lands where they were often met with brutal persecution, contempt and scathing slander. Please note that the slander which the Jews would receive in the gentile lands was also prophecized several times in the same book (Chapters 36-39). As we know from history, the Jews would continue to be a wandering people among gentiles without a state of their own until the restoration of the state of Israel in 1948.

This prophecy was literally fullfilled in 70 AD when the state of Israel was invaded and destroyed by the Roman Empire. This resulted in the Israeli people being driven out of their own country and forced to live in foreign lands where they were often met with brutal persecution, contempt and scathing slander. Please note that the slander which the Jews would receive in the gentile lands was also prophecized several times in the same book (Chapters 36-39). As we know from history, the Jews would continue to be a wandering people among gentiles without a state of their own until the restoration of the state of Israel in 1948.

In addition, the prophecy that the people of Isreal would ultimately be forgiven by the Lord, allowed to return to their original land and once again prosper in the glory of the Lord was also literally fullfilled in 1948.

In addition, the prophecy that the people of Israel would ultimately be forgiven by the Lord, allowed to return to their original land and once again prosper in the glory of the Lord was also literally fullfilled in 1948.

"And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land." Ezekiel 36:23-24 KJV

"And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land." Ezekiel 36:23-24 KJV

Israel was miraculously restored as a state in 1948 in accordance with prophetic scripture, followed by the resettlement of millions of Jews who returned from various non-Jewish nations including USA, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc states.

Israel was miraculously restored as a state in 1948 in accordance with prophetic scripture, followed by the resettlement of millions of Jews who returned from various non-Jewish nations including USA, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc states.

Since the messages of the restoration of the Israel state given to the prophet Ezekiel are not just given once but are repeated several times for emphasis throughout the three chapters (36-39), and since they are very concrete and specific (as opposed to symbolic or figurative), this leaves us with no room for doubt that the Old Testament prophecies have been literally fullfilled in modern times, and are continuing to unfold before our eyes as acts of divine intervention in human history by the Lord himself. Since the fullfillment of this Israeli state restoration prophecy, the preterist approach which liberal Theologians and secular scholars tend to take towards Bible prophecy has lost much of its credability.

Since the messages of the restoration of the Israel state given to the prophet Ezekiel are not just given once but are repeated several times for emphasis throughout the three chapters (36-39), and since they are very concrete and specific (as opposed to symbolic or figurative), this leaves us with no room for doubt that the Old Testament prophecies have been literally fullfilled in modern times, and are continuing to unfold before our eyes as acts of divine intervention in human history by the Lord himself. Since the fullfillment of this Israeli state restoration prophecy, the preterist approach which liberal Theologians and secular scholars tend to take towards Bible prophecy has lost much of its credibility.