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The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 6: JEREMIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR STORIES OF JESUS, MISSION TO GE

The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 6: JEREMIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR STORIES OF JESUS, MISSION TO GENTILES, AND GOD’S NEW COVENANT.

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The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 6: JEREMIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR STORIES OF JESUS, MISSION TO GE

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  1. The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic RhetorolectLESSON 6: JEREMIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR STORIES OF JESUS, MISSION TO GENTILES, AND GOD’S NEW COVENANT The prophetic words of Jeremiah serve as a resource in Christian prophetic rhetorolect for one event in the context of Jesus’ childhood and a number of events during Jesus’ adult activity. Also they serve as a resource for mission to the Gentiles in Acts and God’s new covenant in the Epistle to the Hebrews. • Click to read prophetic words of Jeremiah.

  2. Hebrew Bible Resource In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah says that God has heard the bitter weeping of the northern tribes of Israel in exile. Jeremiah adds that God will reward the northern tribes by bringing them back from Babylon to their home land in Israel. Click to read Jeremiah’s statement about weeping and God’s promise.

  3. Hebrew Bible Resource: JEREMIAH SAYS GOD HEARS THE WEEPING OF NORTHERN TRIBES OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 31:15 Thus says Adonai: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. 31:16 Thus says Adonai: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Adonai; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 31:17 There is hope for your latter end, says Adonai; and your children shall come again to their own border. (read Jeremiah 31) Click to learn about Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  4. CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT INTERPRETS JEREMIAH’S STATEMENT ABOUT WEEPING IN RELATION TO DEATH OF CHILDREN WHEN JESUS WAS A CHILD • Click for next slide.

  5. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 2: JEREMIAH’S STATEMENT AND HEROD’S KILLING OF CHILDREN Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men. 2:17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 2:18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.” (read Matthew 2) Click for Jeremiah 5 as a resource for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  6. Hebrew Bible Resource:JEREMIAH 5 In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah 5 contains words of God to Israel about not seeing and hearing that are similar to statements in Isaiah. Click to read words in Jeremiah 5 about not seeing and hearing.

  7. Hebrew Bible Resource:JEREMIAH ACCUSES ISRAEL OF NOT SEEING OR HEARING Jeremiah 5:20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 5:21 ‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear.’” (read Jeremiah 5) Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect that uses Jeremiah as a resource.

  8. IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT GOSPEL OF MARK PRESENTS JESUS USING WORDS FROM JEREMIAH 5 TO CRITICIZE THE DISCIPLES FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING • Click for next slide.

  9. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Mark 8: JESUS USES WORDS OF JEREMIAH 5 TO CRITICIZE HIS DISCIPLES Mark 8:14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 8:15 He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” 8:16 They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.” 8:17Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?” (read Mark 8) Click for a combination of Isaiah and Jeremiah that is a resource for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  10. Hebrew Bible Resource In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah 56 refers to the temple of the Lord as “a house of prayer for all peoples” and Jeremiah 7 challenges the people of Israel to establish justice in the temple of the Lord, so it is not a “den of robbers.” First, click to read God’s words in Isaiah 56.

  11. Hebrew Bible Resource:ISAIAH PRESENTS WORDS OF THE LORD ABOUT THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM Isaiah 56:6 “Also the foreigners who join themselves to Adonai, to minister to him, and to love the name of Adonai, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant; 56:7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” (read Isaiah 56) Now, click to read words in Jeremiah 7.

  12. Hebrew Bible Resource:JEREMIAH’S WORDS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD Jeremiah 7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Adonai, saying, 7:2 “Stand in the gate of Adonai’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of Adonai, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Adonai. 7:5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; 7:6 if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: Click to continue Jeremiah’s words.

  13. Hebrew Bible Resource:JEREMIAH’S WORDS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD cont. (1) Jeremiah 7:7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore. 7:8 Behold, you trust in lying words, that can’t profit. 7:9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known, 7:10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations? Click to continue with Jeremiah’s words.

  14. Hebrew Bible Resource: JEREMIAH’S WORDS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD cont. (2) Jeremiah 7:11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Adonai. (read Jeremiah 7) Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  15. IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JESUS USES A COMBINATION OF ISAIAH 56 AND JEREMIAH 7 WHEN HE DRIVES PEOPLE OUT OF THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE • Click for next slide.

  16. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Mark 11: JESUS’ PROPHETIC ACTION IN THE TEMPLE Mark 11:15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. 11:16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple. 11:17 He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!” (Isaiah 56:7) (Jeremiah 7:11)(Matthew 21:12-13; Luke 19:45-46) Click for another resource for Christian prophetic rhetorolect in Jeremiah.

  17. Hebrew Bible Resource:ZECHARIAH 11:12-13, A MIDRASH ON JEREMIAH 18-19 In the Hebrew Bible, Zechariah 11:12-13 is a “midrash” (“biblical commentary”) on Jeremiah 18-19. In Jeremiah 18-19, Jeremiah experiences severe rejection by the people of Judah. In Zechariah 11, this rejection is discussed in relation to wages amounting to thirty shekels of silver. Click to read Zechariah 11:12-13 (a midrash on Jeremiah 18-19).

  18. Hebrew Bible Resource:Zechariah 11:12-13 Zechariah 11:12 (midrash on Jeremiah 18-19) I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 11:13 Adonai said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Adonai. (read Jeremiah 18, 19) Click to read Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  19. IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JUDAS RECEIVES THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER TO BETRAY JESUS TO JEWISH TEMPLE LEADERS • Click for next slide.

  20. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 27: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER Matthew 27:5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself. 27:6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 27:7 They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in. 27:8 Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day. Click for continuation of Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  21. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 27: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER cont. Matthew 27:9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, (actually Zechariah 11:12-13), “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, 27:10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” Click for another Hebrew Bible resource for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  22. Hebrew Bible Resource:Jeremiah 12 In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah 12 speaks about “plucking up” Israel, then bringing Israel back to its home land once again. Click to read Jeremiah’s words.

  23. Hebrew Bible Resource:GOD’S WORDS TO JEREMIAH ABOUT ISRAEL Jeremiah 12:14 Thus says Adonai against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. 12:15 It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  24. IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JAMES, BROTHER OF JESUS, AGREES THAT PAUL CAN WELCOME GENTILES INTO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY • Click for next slide.

  25. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Acts 15:JAMES AGREES THAT PAUL CAN WELCOME GENTILES INTO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Acts 15:13 After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me. 15:14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name. 15:15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written, 15:16 ‘After these things I will return. I will gain build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up, Click for continuation of Acts 15.

  26. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Acts 15: JAMES AGREES THAT PAUL CAN WELCOME GENTILES INTO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY cont. Acts 15:17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things. 15:18 All his works are known to God from eternity.’ 15:19 Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God, 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.” (read Acts 15) Click for God’s new covenant as a Hebrew Bible resource for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  27. Hebrew Bible Resource In the Hebrew Bible, God promises to give a new covenant to Israel and Judah, writing God’s laws on their hearts. Click for Jeremiah 31 on a new covenant by God.

  28. Hebrew Bible Resource:JEREMIAH’S PROMISE OF A NEW COVENANT Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, says Adonai, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Adonai. 31:33a But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

  29. Hebrew Bible Resource: JEREMIAH’S PROMISE OF A NEW COVENANT cont. Jeremiah 31:33b says Adonai: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 31:34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Adonai; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Adonai: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect on God’s new covenant.

  30. THE EPISTLE TO HEBREWS SPEAKS AT LENGTH ABOUT GOD’S NEW COVENANT • Click for next slide.

  31. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Hebrews 8: GOD WILL ESTABLISH A NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL AND JUDAH Hebrews 8:6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8:8 For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 8:9a not according to the covenant with their fathers, Click for continuation of God’s new covenant in Christian prophetic rhetorolect in Hebrews 8.

  32. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Hebrews 8: GOD WILL ESTABLISH A NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL AND JUDAH cont. Hebrews 8:9b in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord. 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 8:11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.” (read Hebrews 8) Click for continuation of God’s new covenant in Christian prophetic rhetorolect in Hebrews 10.

  33. Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Hebrews 10: GOD WILL ESTABLISH A NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL AND JUDAH cont. Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says, 10:17 “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.” 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. (read Hebrews 10) Click for a summary.

  34. Good Work! In this lesson you have learned that: The prophetic words of Jeremiah serve as a resource in Christian prophetic rhetorolect for a number of events during Jesus’ life and for mission to the Gentiles in Acts and God’s new covenant in the Epistle to the Hebrews. • In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah 5 contains words of God to Israel about not seeing and hearing that are similar to statements in Isaiah. • In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, Gospel of Mark presents Jesus using words from Jeremiah 5 to criticize the disciples for not understanding. • Click to continue the summary.

  35. Summary Continued • In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah 56 refers to the temple of the Lord as “a house of prayer for all peoples” and Jeremiah 7 challenges the people of Israel to establish justice in the temple of the Lord, so it is not a “den of robbers.” • In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, Jesus uses a combination of Isaiah 56 and Jeremiah 7 when he drives people out of the Jerusalem temple. • In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, Judas receives thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus to Jewish temple leaders. • Click to continue.

  36. Excellent! • In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah 12 speaks about “plucking up” Israel, then bringing Israel back to its home land once again. • In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, James, brother of Jesus, agrees that Paul can welcome gentiles into the Christian community. • In the Hebrew Bible, God promises to give a new covenant to Israel and Judah, writing God’s laws on their hearts, while the Epistle to Hebrews speaks at length about God’s new covenant through Jesus. • Click to continue.

  37. Congratulations!!!! THIS WAS THE SIXTH AND FINAL LESSON on the Christian Prophetic Story-Line. Wonderful job!

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