In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
JEREMIAH
The Book of Jeremiah is the second of the five books of the
Major
Prophets in the Old Testament. The name Jeremiah comes from the Hebrew
name Yirmeyah meaning, “exalted of God”. He ministered to the nation of
Judah during its final years before falling to Babylon, and he continued
to minister to the people during their captivity. The prophecies of
Nahum, Jeremiah, Zephaniah,
Habakkuk, Ezekiel and
Daniel overlapped in
an era from c. 663-536 BC with Jeremiah c. 630-582 BC.
Jeremiah is commonly referred to as the weeping prophet. While false
prophets were proclaiming peace and prosperity for Judah, Jeremiah was
warning of judgment for her unrepentant sins. Because Judah was so rebellious, Jeremiah was persecuted for his divine message of condemnation. However,
God showed His holy patience by having Jeremiah call Judah to repentance
for forty years before finally bringing judgment to Judah at the hands
of the Babylonians.
Jeremiah prophesied that Judah would be in captivity for seventy
years but that God would later restore the nation under a "new" covenant.
This covenant is the fifth and last of the theocratic covenants made by
God to the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This new covenant was
established by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, on the cross
at Calvary. It is the
last because it is eternal and available to all who claim it by
repenting of sin and turning to Christ. At the end of the
seven-year tribulation, which is referred to as
the seventieth week of Israel by the prophet
Daniel , Christ will come to
earth the second time to judge the nations and restore
Israel to His
glory. God will write His law in the minds and hearts of His people for
eternity. Gentile believers have the privilege of being adopted as the children
of Abraham.
Jeremiah 1-45: Jeremiah’s calling; his warnings to Judah of judgment;
The New Covenant
Jeremiah 46-51: Jeremiah’s prophecies against the
Gentile nations;
the defeat of Babylon
Jeremiah 52: The capture and destruction of Jerusalem; the exile to
Babylon