EXPLORING SOLUTIONS TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES INFLUENCING THE 21ST CENTURY SOCIAL FABRIC: ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

Abstract

The book of Ezekiel presents a narrative of environment, natural resources, change of climate, and

sustainability of the land of Israel relative to the pre, during, and post Israelite captivity in Babylon.

This research paper explores the environment, natural resources, change of climate, and restoration

in the land of Israel prior, during, and after the Israelite captivity in Babylon.

The condition of environment, natural resources, change of climate, and restoration runs its full cycle.

The questions that are raised by such a situation in the book of Ezekiel are: What causes the negative

change of the deterioration of environment, depletion of natural resources, and setting in of adverse

weather? What brings about the positive change of the conducive environment, abundant resources,

and favorable climate?

The methodology adopted in this research paper involves an inductive or exegetical approach,

analyzing the key concepts of environment, natural resources, climate change, and restoration in order

to examine the relationship between the cause and effect of the activities of the Israelites and the

environmental condition before, during, and after their Babylonian captivity.

Due to the scope of the research, a limited application will be made to contemporary environment,

natural resources, climate change, and viability in the 21st century.