Thomas Guthrie does not lead his readers chapter by chapter through the book, but takes us verse by verse in one chapter–chapter 36. His contention is that this chapter–Ezekiel chapter 36–is the very outline of the message of the gospel. Spiritual death and judgment is herein typified in Ezekiel through exile from the land. Restoration from exile to the land–along with all the abundant blessings therein–is a grande fore-picturing of the blessings of salvation