A Bible Study by by Jack Kelley Some form of the phrase “then
you will know that I am the Lord” appears in the Book of Ezekiel
50 times. Prior to the Babylonian captivity (605-535 BC) the
Lord used it most often in the context of judgment, whether
against Israel’s leaders (Ezekiel 11:10), the nation as a whole
(Ezekiel 12:20) or its enemies (Ezek 25-35). The Lord had given
the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar authority over the whole
world (Daniel 2:36-38) to be His agency for judgment (Jeremiah
25:8-9). This action began the period of time known as Gentile
Dominion that continues to this day and will not be fully
concluded until the 2nd Coming. He ordered Israel and all its
neighbors to either surrender to Nebuchadnezzar or be destroyed
(Jeremiah 27:1-8). The Lord had determined to punish Israel and
all the surrounding nations and make His existence known to all
people, even if it took destroying them to do so. In some cases
that’s exactly what happened. By the time Nebuchadnezzar was
finished, Israel had gone