In a prophetic deep-dive sermon, Jonathan Cahn unveiled the profound parallels between the books of Ezekiel and Revelation—highlighting a divine blueprint that threads together restoration, judgment and ultimate glory.
“Ezekiel is seeing a vision of the temple of the millennial kingdom,” Cahn began. “The millennial kingdom is a shadow of the eternal kingdom that is shown in Revelation. What John is seeing is the eternal.”
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At the center of both prophetic books lies the Resurrection and restoration of God’s people. “Ezekiel is the book of the Hebrew Scripture that has the Resurrection and of God’s people,” Cahn noted. He then pointed to the vivid connection between Ezekiel’s gathering of Israel and Revelation’s depiction of eternal comfort: “God is saying in the last days I’m going to gather Israel from the ends of the earth as a shepherd gathers his flock… For the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of water and God will wipe away their tears.”
But it doesn’t end there. The ancient war of Gog and Magog, long mysterious to many, takes center stage in both books. “You will come against my people like a cloud,” Cahn quoted from Ezekiel, then tied it to Revelation 20: “They came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints… and fire came down from heaven and consumed them.”
Following this divine intervention, both prophets are given visions of an extraordinary city. “He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain… something like the structure of a city,” Ezekiel saw. Revelation echoes: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth… and I saw the holy city… prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
Even the measurements align. “The city is laid out four square. Its length is as great as its width,” Cahn read from Revelation, connecting it to Ezekiel’s temple, “four square… the altar was in front of the temple.”
In a poignant moment, Cahn described the return of God’s glory to the temple, a reversal of its earlier departure. “The glory of the Lord came and entered the house by the way of the gate facing the east… and the glory of the Lord filled the house.” This return is not only historical but messianic. “The Lord God of Israel has entered through it. Therefore, it shall be shut.”
Cahn emphasized how the Eastern Gate was sealed in Jerusalem to prevent Messiah’s return, yet this act, ironically, mirrors prophecy. “By trying to stop the prophecy, they fulfill the prophecy,” he said.
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Bringing it full circle, Cahn turned to the river of life flowing from the temple in Ezekiel and from the throne in Revelation. “These waters go out… to the Dead Sea… the sea of death will become a sea of life.” Revelation seals the message: “He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God.”
The vision ends where heaven begins. “The name of the city from that day on shall be ‘Adonai Shamah’—The Lord is there,” Cahn declared. “Heaven is Adonai Shamah. Where the Lord is, there will be heaven.”
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
