Lecture 5_Jeremiah Flashcards
Important Dates
627 BC
Jeremiah’s commissioning as a prophet
Important Dates
586 BC
Destruction of the temple
Important Dates
627-562 BC (65 yrs.)
From commission to release of Jehoiachin
Possible meanings of “Jeremiah”
“Yahweh exalts”
“Yahweh founds”
“Yahweh loosens”
“Yahweh throws”
Purpose
- To inform the nation of Israel that they were going to be taken into the Babylonian Captivity for 70 years,
- but that afterwards God would bring them
back to their land.
Structure of the Book
- Structure is literary, not chronological
- The focus is the full restoration of Jerusalem and Judah and
- specifically the new covenant (Jer. 31:31-34)
Conclusions
- Jeremiah was to be comforted by God’s promise to watch over his word. [With Christ’s coming, the prophetic word has been made more sure. How does this truth effect the way we preach and teach Jeremiah and the rest of the Scriptures?]
- When we examine our lives, are we depending on the grace and promises of God while perverting justice and righteousness?
Excursus: How to Distinguish False Prophecy?
Mosaic Criteria:
- Consistency (Deut 13:1-5)
- Subordination to the Mosaic Pattern (Deut 18:15)
- Fulfillment (Deut 18:22)
Where is the book of consolations?
30-33
What is the outline of the book of consolations?
A. Restoration of the Nation (30)
B. New Covenant with Israel (31)
C. Restoration of Israel to the Land (32)
D. Restoration of Institutions and Davidic King (33)
Four aspects of the new covenant
God will “cut” (i.e. initiate) this new covenant.
“New” in the sense of new in time and fresh covenant.
Made with “Israel.”
Better than Sinai covenant
How is the New Covenant better than Sinai?
Torah written on the heart (v. 33a)
I will be their God and they will be my people (v. 33b)
All (Jer 31:29-30) will know Yahweh (Jer 22:15-17) (v. 34a)
Full forgiveness of sins (v. 34b)
