Jeremiah
Overview
Theme: The Book of the Backslider Key Verse: 2:19
Chapters 1-25: Jeremiah’s Call and Prophecies Chapters 26-29: Biographical Interlude Chapters 30-33: The Nature of Hope Chapters 34-45: Biographical Interlude Chapters 46-51: Prophecies Against Nations Chapters 52: Conclusion
Purposes:
- Historically: To give the history of the last five kings of the House of Judah, the destruction of the temple, desolation of the city, and the captivity of the nation to Babylon.
- Spiritually: To show God’s grace and mercy in calling a backslidden nation to return to the Lord.
- Prophetically: To predict the destiny of the chosen nation and the Gentile nations
Messages:
- The Word of the Lord calls backsliders to forsake their iniquity and return to the Lord.
- All evil is certain to be judged by captivity (there are consequences to sin).
- After calling them to repentance, God will forsake those who forsake Him (there is a time God will resist).
- God wants to put His law in our hearts (Jeremiah 31).
Jeremiah20 Jeremiah says God deceived him because of the adversity in his calling to preach the word of the Lord. The chapter ends with him wishing he was never born.