1. Reread the passage.
2. To understand the context, trace the visions regarding the Temple through the book of Ezekiel. What's happening in the temple early in the book? What significant thing happens in chapter 10? What happens in chapters 32-33? What surprising thing happens in chapter 43? Why is it surprising and what might it mean?
3. Describe the scene of chapter 47 in your own words, what's happening in the vision?
4. How might this vision of abundant life humiliate the exiles? How might this vision excite the exiles? Might we feel the same way at times?
5. What does this vision point back to and point forward to? Can you explain this using the "Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration" framework?
