Sunday Sermon by Robin Liew, 1st Apr 2012, SSMC

2. OUTLINE :
1. Context - Why Ezekiel’s
message was important to
the Jews ?
2. What YHWH SHAMMAH
means to us today.

3. Division of the Kingdom 930 BC
Exile of Israel 772 BC - End of Northern Kingdom
Daniel’s Exile (ca. 605 BC)
1st wave into exile (King Jehoaikim)
Ezekiel’s Exile (ca. 597 BC)
2nd wave into exile (King Jehoaichin)
Fall of Jerusalem (ca. 586 BC)
3rd wave into exile (King Zedekiah)
End of Southern Kingdom
LOCATION : Kebar River in Babylon , thriving but small
Jewish community . Ministry lasted 22 years

4. Judah’s Condemnation Judah’s
Condemnation of the Nations Consolation
Chapters 1 - 24 Chapters 25 - 32 Chapters 33 - 48
Before the siege During the siege After the siege
37 - Valley of Dry Bones
40 - The new temple
1 - Glory of the LORD
43 - The glory of the LORD
returns
33 – The city has
8-11 – Glory of
44 - Restoration of the
departing
the LORD
fallen!
priests, levites and
worship
48 - The new land and city
The name of the city :
“The LORD is THERE “

5. What YHWH SHAMMAH means to us today?
The LORD is OMNIPRESENT
He is infinite and transcends the
restriction of space and time.
He is ever-present

6. 1. The LORD is there
AT CREATION
Gen 1.1 In the
beginning , God
created ….
The LORD is there
SUSTAINING CREATION
(Mat 5:45; Col 1:17)

7. 2. The LORD is there AT OUR CONCEPTION
(Ps 139 : 13 – 16)
V. 16 your eyes saw my unformed
body
V. 15 my frame was not hidden
from you
V. 13 you created my inmost
being, you knit me together
V.14
V.14 fearfully and wonderfully
made, your works are
wonderful
V.16b
V.16b All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be

8. 3. The LORD is there IN OUR LIVES (Ps 139:7-12)
139:7-
V.7
V.7 Where can I go from
your Spirit ? Where
can I flee from your
presence ?
V.12
V.12 even darkness will
not be dark to you,
the night will shine
like the day, for
darkness is as light
to you.

9. 4. The LORD is there GOD WITH US (Immanuel)
(John 1:1-2, 14 ; 8:19; 14:9)
1:1-
GOD is transcendent
and also personal.
personal.
We can have
a relationship with
HIM.

10. 5. The LORD is there GOD IN US (Acts 2:33-34 ;
2:33-
Eph 1:12 ; Titus 3:5 ; 2 Tim 1:14 ; Rom 8:23)
• Promise of the Father
• Holy Spirit who dwells within us
• Renewal of the Holy Spirit
• Holy Spirit who is the guarantee
of our inheritance
• Receive “the first fruit of the
Spirit”

11. • 2 Cor 2:18 Aroma of
Christ
IF GOD IS IN US,
• Eph 3:20 Now to him DOES MY
who is able to do
immeasurably more PRESENCE
than all we ask or MAKE A
imagine according to DIFFERENCE ?
the power that is at
work in us
Acts 16:25 ; 27:20 -25

12. 6. The LORD is there And We Will Be with Him
FOREVER 1 Pet 1: 3-5; Rev 21:3-4 ; 22:3-5
3- 21:3- 22:3-

13. CONCLUSION :