Jeremiah pt. 2 Flashcards
______ is the guiding force behind ALL history
God
Behind all of Jeremiah’s prophecies, the image of God is that of a _______ in a _______
Prosecuting Attorney, lawsuit
Hebrew RIV means
Divine Lawsuit
When did Josiah’s famous reform launch?
622
Behind Josiah’s reform lies Jeremiah’s prophesy:
a NATIONAL CATASTROPHE can be averted only by a NATIONAL GESTURE OF T’SHUVAH and a RECOMMITMENT to the TORAH (CATASTROPHE –> GESTURE –> RECOMMITMENT)
Josiah died in what, where and when?
Battle against the Egyptians at Carchemish in 609
Jeremiah is convinced that God’s _______ with Judah is ____________
patience with Judah is at an end
The Lord says that he will destroy the city like _
one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired
Jeremiah writes a letter from Jerusalem to who?
the remaining elders, priests, prophets and all who were exiled by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon
Who exiled the people to Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles states:
build homes, plant, eat, marry, procreate. YOU WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.
Jeremiah’s letter provides ____________
Hope for the Future Restoration
The Exile will last
70 years, or 2 generations
The Exile lasts as long so that the
generation who entered exile will die, the generation the is born in the wilderness will be the ones to return
God reverses traditional wisdom. What is the reversal?
You will now die for YOUR OWN SIN.
God’s reversal of the sin theology shows that
Judah is suffering not b/c of its ancestors sins, but because of their OWN INFIDELITY
What is the theological Climax of Jeremiah’s Preaching?
- New Covenant with the Houses of Israel & Judah
- New Law, I will be their God and they shall be my ppl
- They shall know me, and I will forgive
Jeremiah was either heavily influenced by the _____ _____ of the Josianic Period
Deuteronomic Traditions
Jeremiah actually _________ any concept that would imply that the Covenant Relationship between God and Israel could ever be _____
REJECTS concept that the Covenant between YHWY and Israel could be abrogated
The Covenant is ____
Unconditional
God will remain loyal to his covenant obligations and commitments even if ___
Israel is not faithful
The Book of Jeremiah shows the _____ that characterize the lives of most biblical prophets
Internal Anguish
Like JOB, Jeremiah ____
curses the day he was born
Like QOHELETH, , Jeremiah wishes
that he had never been born
Jeremiah’s internal suffering manifests itself physically:
Writhing in my bowels and a throbbing in my heart
Jeremiah feels duped again by the Lord, like Moses he is
reluctance to take up his “Prophetic Mantel”
Like Elijah, Jeremiah will ____
come close to losing his life b/c of his ministry
How was Jeremiah treated?
Kings, Priests, Arrested Beated, his own townsfolk from Anathoth throated to kill him
Jeremiah would be practically ____ into ______ by ____
KIDNAPPED into Egypt to SAVE HIS LIFE by the people who threatened HIm.
Pattern of the 6 Confessions or Laments
- Cry to God
- Complaint given, difficult expressed
- Petition for God to help
- Profession of Faith/Trust
- Promise if God helps
- Praise of God
During one of Jeremiah’s imprisonments, God tells him to _________
purchase a piece of ANCESTRAL Land and give the deed to Baruch.
The symbolic act of purchasing land indicated that
God has a strong attachment to the Land and the Covenantal Promised that He made to Israel
Piece of Ancestral Land refers to
land that God gave to the 12 tribes in the Conquest.
Jeremiah believes that God, who was able to _______, is able to bring ______
able to free ppl from bondage in EGYPT, is able to bring ISRAEL out of BABYLON.
The text of Jer 30-33 is know as the
Book of Consolation
Before Jermiah’s time, Israelites believed in a future single great ___________, that would during _______
DAY OF THE LORD, that would bring judgement and fulfillment of God’s promises
Jeremiah’s DAY OF THE LORD appears in stages:
- Suffering
- “the coming days” in-between period
- Absolute completion of all hopes and promises - the GREAT DAY OF THE LORD
- A New Covenant
Judgement and Salvation will happen in __ __
God’s time
