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Jeremiah: The Prophet of Doom

Jeremiah: The Prophet of Doom. Look at the pictures. Can you guess some of the problems that Jeremiah faced?. Explain 3 things Jeremiah suffered as part of his prophetic ministry. Why do you think he was persecuted in this way? What sort of things could he have been saying?

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Jeremiah: The Prophet of Doom

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  1. Jeremiah: The Prophet of Doom Look at the pictures. Can you guess some of the problems that Jeremiah faced?

  2. Explain 3 things Jeremiah suffered as part of his prophetic ministry. Why do you think he was persecuted in this way? What sort of things could he have been saying? ** What signs are there that Jeremiah was a true prophet? Look back at your notes from last lesson. 3. Draw the 3 things you described in Q1 He was thrown out by his own family and told to flee the town, as he was embarrassing them with his preaching, and almost murdered by a wild mob of priestsand neighbours. He was whipped and put in stocks. He was arrested and lowered by his enemies into a water pit in the prison yard, where he would have drowned in the mud, if one of his friends had not got him moved to a normal prison cell again. He had all his prophesies, which had taken a year to write burnt by the King. He got them re-written, the King burnt them again. He was depressed by his failure to persuade people to believe his message and return to God. He even curses the day he was born.

  3. Jeremiah’s MessageJer 7:1-15 • What were God’s first instructions to the prophet Jeremiah ? Vs 1 • Jeremiah’s message: how do the Jews have to change their behaviour? Vs 5-7 • In verse 9-10, what else is Jeremiah saying? What else is not OK for the people to be doing anymore? • What will happen if the people do not listen to hiswarnings? Look up Jer 25:8-11 **How difficult do you think it is, being a prophet, based on what you have learnt about Jeremiah? What sort of person do you have to be?

  4. Accept living under your enemies! You’re such a Jeremiah! Write a “doom and gloom” prophecy for the people in the UK (you could write on the topics of climate change, welcoming immigrants, fair trade with poor countries) Life got even more difficult for poor Jeremiah. God wanted Jeremiah to tell the people, that they should accept disaster – to be conquered by the Babylonians, and to live in peace under their rule. If the Babylonians took them away, they should also accept this and live in peace as exiles in Babylon… Jeremiah’s message made many Jews think that Jeremiah was a traitor for the Babylonians...

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