is ezekiel 23 prophetic?

Question

i know it speaks of things that have already happened, but do you think there's any double meaning in it? dual prophecy?

Answer 1

The outpouring of God’s anger was represented as judgment executed upon two symbolic women guilty of spiritual adultery. One was Oholah, the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel with Samaria as her capital. She was “the older one” because of being composed of most of the tribes of Israel, including those that descended from Jacob’s eldest sons, Reuben and Simeon. Her sister was Oholibah, two-tribe Judah with Jerusalem as her capital. Oholah means “Her Tent.” Oholibah means “My Tent Is in Her,” which is apropos since God’s tent, or temple, was in Judah.—Ezekiel 23:1-4.

Oholah (Israel) ceased to exist when she was overthrown by the Assyrians in 740 B.C.E. What had she done? (Read Ezekiel 23:5-7.) Oholah had faithlessly sought security in political alliances, but this led to her adopting the false worship of her allies, so that ‘she defiled herself with their dungy idols.’ Taking a warning from Oholah’s spiritual adultery, we should guard against worldly ties that can destroy our faith.—James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-17.

For pursuing a more sinful course than her sister, Oholibah (Judah) suffered national calamity at Babylonian hands in 607 B.C.E. Her children fell by the sword or were led away captive, and she was disgraced among the nations. Like Oholah and Oholibah, Christendom commits spiritual adultery, a sin in the sight of the God she claims to worship.

Answer 2

Up until verse 22, the Lord is speaking of things past already (at the time of the writing). As far as what is after 22, I seems as if it is talking about the Babylonian invasion(which wouldn't have happened yet at the time of this writing), but it could be Hitler or some future event (hasn't happened yet, as of the writing of this answer).

I only skimmed it, Drew, but that is what I got from it.

Yes, it very well could be a dual prophecy. After all, how many times has this sort of thing happened before?

Answer 3

Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Job were before Moses.

Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Mordecai, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. Luke 16:16,17; John the Baptist. 2Pet.1:20,21; 3Pet.2;

Answer 4

No. It is a story told by illiterate bronze age sheep herders, how could it be prophetic

Answer 5

No. I think "stupid" would be a better word