Jeremiah pt. 2 Flashcards

1
Q

______ is the guiding force behind ALL history

A

God

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2
Q

Behind all of Jeremiah’s prophecies, the image of God is that of a _______ in a _______

A

Prosecuting Attorney, lawsuit

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3
Q

Hebrew RIV means

A

Divine Lawsuit

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4
Q

When did Josiah’s famous reform launch?

A

622

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5
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Behind Josiah’s reform lies Jeremiah’s prophesy:

A

a NATIONAL CATASTROPHE can be averted only by a NATIONAL GESTURE OF T’SHUVAH and a RECOMMITMENT to the TORAH (CATASTROPHE –> GESTURE –> RECOMMITMENT)

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6
Q

Josiah died in what, where and when?

A

Battle against the Egyptians at Carchemish in 609

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7
Q

Jeremiah is convinced that God’s _______ with Judah is ____________

A

patience with Judah is at an end

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8
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The Lord says that he will destroy the city like _

A

one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired

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9
Q

Jeremiah writes a letter from Jerusalem to who?

A

the remaining elders, priests, prophets and all who were exiled by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon

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10
Q

Who exiled the people to Babylon?

A

Nebuchadnezzar

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11
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Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles states:

A

build homes, plant, eat, marry, procreate. YOU WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

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12
Q

Jeremiah’s letter provides ____________

A

Hope for the Future Restoration

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13
Q

The Exile will last

A

70 years, or 2 generations

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14
Q

The Exile lasts as long so that the

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generation who entered exile will die, the generation the is born in the wilderness will be the ones to return

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15
Q

God reverses traditional wisdom. What is the reversal?

A

You will now die for YOUR OWN SIN.

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16
Q

God’s reversal of the sin theology shows that

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Judah is suffering not b/c of its ancestors sins, but because of their OWN INFIDELITY

17
Q

What is the theological Climax of Jeremiah’s Preaching?

A
  1. New Covenant with the Houses of Israel & Judah
  2. New Law, I will be their God and they shall be my ppl
  3. They shall know me, and I will forgive
18
Q

Jeremiah was either heavily influenced by the _____ _____ of the Josianic Period

A

Deuteronomic Traditions

19
Q

Jeremiah actually _________ any concept that would imply that the Covenant Relationship between God and Israel could ever be _____

A

REJECTS concept that the Covenant between YHWY and Israel could be abrogated

20
Q

The Covenant is ____

A

Unconditional

21
Q

God will remain loyal to his covenant obligations and commitments even if ___

A

Israel is not faithful

22
Q

The Book of Jeremiah shows the _____ that characterize the lives of most biblical prophets

A

Internal Anguish

23
Q

Like JOB, Jeremiah ____

A

curses the day he was born

24
Q

Like QOHELETH, , Jeremiah wishes

A

that he had never been born

25
Q

Jeremiah’s internal suffering manifests itself physically:

A

Writhing in my bowels and a throbbing in my heart

26
Q

Jeremiah feels duped again by the Lord, like Moses he is

A

reluctance to take up his “Prophetic Mantel”

27
Q

Like Elijah, Jeremiah will ____

A

come close to losing his life b/c of his ministry

28
Q

How was Jeremiah treated?

A

Kings, Priests, Arrested Beated, his own townsfolk from Anathoth throated to kill him

29
Q

Jeremiah would be practically ____ into ______ by ____

A

KIDNAPPED into Egypt to SAVE HIS LIFE by the people who threatened HIm.

30
Q

Pattern of the 6 Confessions or Laments

A
  1. Cry to God
  2. Complaint given, difficult expressed
  3. Petition for God to help
  4. Profession of Faith/Trust
  5. Promise if God helps
  6. Praise of God
31
Q

During one of Jeremiah’s imprisonments, God tells him to _________

A

purchase a piece of ANCESTRAL Land and give the deed to Baruch.

32
Q

The symbolic act of purchasing land indicated that

A

God has a strong attachment to the Land and the Covenantal Promised that He made to Israel

33
Q

Piece of Ancestral Land refers to

A

land that God gave to the 12 tribes in the Conquest.

34
Q

Jeremiah believes that God, who was able to _______, is able to bring ______

A

able to free ppl from bondage in EGYPT, is able to bring ISRAEL out of BABYLON.

35
Q

The text of Jer 30-33 is know as the

A

Book of Consolation

36
Q

Before Jermiah’s time, Israelites believed in a future single great ___________, that would during _______

A

DAY OF THE LORD, that would bring judgement and fulfillment of God’s promises

37
Q

Jeremiah’s DAY OF THE LORD appears in stages:

A
  1. Suffering
  2. “the coming days” in-between period
  3. Absolute completion of all hopes and promises - the GREAT DAY OF THE LORD
  4. A New Covenant
38
Q

Judgement and Salvation will happen in __ __

A

God’s time