Throughout this year Sojourn has been working through the Old Testament. Recently Pastor Daniel preached a sermon from the book of Ezekiel.
The book of Ezekiel is not one of the first books one turns to when developing a biblical theology of mission. Nevertheless, Ezekiel should not be ignored. In his article,”Ezekiel’s Contribution to a Biblical Theology of Mission,” Elmer A. Martens argues that the book makes two key contributions to a biblical theology of mission.
First, the book’s repetition of the phrase “and you/they will know that I am Yahweh” reveals that one of the objectives of missions is the universal acknowledgment of Yahweh. Second, the numerous visions of the glory of God found in the book demonstrate that God is incomparable, thus providing a challenge to the claims of nonbiblical religions.
Martens’ article can be found here
