Ezekiel was both a priest and a prophet who lived in the 6th century BCE. The prophets of Israel were oracles (a term for a person as well as a place) for ways in which humans communicated with their gods. The oracle was possessed by the deity and served as a vehicle for the words. Sometimes the deity appeared in a vision. At other times, the prophet could experience an out-of-body journey to heaven and receive information from God or his angels.
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722 BCEThe upper class in Israel, the Northern Kingdom, is exiled by the Assyrians.
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586 BCEDestruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and exile of upper class Judeans.