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Original Power Point By Chris Reeves . Additions to the original By Jack Wheeler Clovis Ca. Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com. Book of Jeremiah. Prepared by Chris Reeves * Winter Quarter 2004. Reason for studying Jeremiah.
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Original Power PointBy Chris Reeves Additions to the original By Jack Wheeler Clovis Ca. Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com
Book of Jeremiah Prepared by Chris Reeves * Winter Quarter 2004
Reason for studying Jeremiah • Romans 15:4 (KJV) 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Jeremiah the “Prophet” • Jeremiah was a “prophet” (1:5-7) • A “prophet” was a spokesman; a mouthpiece for God, guided by the Holy Spirit (Ex. 4:11-16; Deut. 18:15,18; Act. 28:25). • A “prophet” called God’s people back to God’s law and covenant (2 Kings 17:13; Jer. 11:1-2, 7-8; 25:3-4).
Jeremiah the Man • We know more about Jeremiah the prophet than any other prophet in the Old Testament • Jeremiah had to learn to go when commissioned (1:6) • Jeremiah was “the weeping prophet” who had a broken heart for the sins of his people (4:19-20; 8:21-22; 9:1; 13:17; 23:9)
Jeremiah the Man • Jeremiah persevered under difficult circumstances: when despised-persecuted (11:18-23; 12:6; 18:11-12, 15-17; 19:14-15: 20:1-6; 26:1-13; 37:11-15, (Benjamin slide) 37:16-21.
Jeremiah the Man • Jeremiah persevered under difficult circumstances: when despised-persecuted (11:18-23; 12:6; 18:11-12, 15-17; 19:14-15: 20:1-6; 26:1-13; 37:11-15, (Benjamin slide) 37:16-21. He was not allowed to marry (16:1-4) • Jeremiah wanted to resign, but he had a burning desire to proclaim God’s word (20:7-9) • Jeremiah was finally exiled in Egypt (43:1-7)
Jeremiah the Man • Jeremiah 20:1-2 (KJV) • 1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah Authorship • Jeremiah means “Jehovah throws” • Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah (1:1) • Jeremiah was from “Anathoth in the land Benjamin,” a town assign to the priests, 2 to 3 miles northeast of Jerusalem (1:1; Josh. 21:18)
Jeremiah Authorship • Jeremiah dictated his words to his scribe named Baruch (36:4) • Jeremiah does not arrange his material in chronological order, but in topical order: • Call of Jeremiah (1) • Prophecies of doom (2-29) • Prophecies of hope (30-33) • Siege and fall of Jerusalem (34-39) • Post Jerusalem fall (40-45) • Prophecies to foreign nations (46-51) • Fall of Jerusalem (52)
Date of Jeremiah • Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years 627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3). • Josiah the King was a descendant of Solomon
Date of Jeremiah • Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years 627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3). • Josiah was a descendant of Solomon • He was contemporary with Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (prophets in Judah) Contemporary with Ezekiel and Daniel (prophets in Babylon).
Ministry of Jeremiah Chapters 1-39 Chapters 40-52 586 B.C. Book of Lamentations
Jeremiah’s Audience • Jeremiah proclaimed a message of doom (using words, signs and symbols) to the stiff-necked and black-sliding people of Judah in the declining days before the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 1-39) • Jeremiah proclaimed a message of hope to the discouraged and dismayed remnant of people scattered around (Palestine, Egypt, Babylon) as a result of the captivity (Jer. 40-52) • Judah opposed, beat, isolated, threatened, persecuted and imprisoned Jeremiah. He was lonely, rejected and persecuted
Jeremiah’s Theme and Purpose • Key Theme: divine judgment is at hand • Key Verse: 1:10; 18:7-10 • Key Purpose: • Historical purpose: How God judged Judah by using the Babylonians (1:13-16; 25:9) • Doctrinal purpose: Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach … (Prov. 14:34) • Messianic purpose: Christ will bring a new covenant (31:31-33)
Jeremiah Authorship • Jeremiah dictated his words to his scribe named Baruch (36:4) • Jeremiah does not arrange his material in chronological order, but in topical order: • Call of Jeremiah (1) • Prophecies of doom (2-29) • Prophecies of hope (30-33) • Siege and fall of Jerusalem (34-39) • Post Jerusalem fall (40-45) • Prophecies to foreign nations (46-51) • Fall of Jerusalem (52)
Date of Jeremiah • Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years 627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3). • Josiah was a descendant of Solomon • He was contemporary with Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (prophets in Judah) Contemporary with Ezekiel and Daniel (prophets in Babylon).
Ministry of Jeremiah Chapters 1-39 Chapters 40-52 586 B.C. Book of Lamentations
Jeremiah’s Audience • Jeremiah proclaimed a message of doom (using words, signs and symbols) to the stiff-necked and black-sliding people of Judah in the declining days before the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 1-39) • Jeremiah proclaimed a message of hope to the discouraged and dismayed remnant of people scattered around (Palestine, Egypt, Babylon) as a result of the captivity (Jer. 40-52) • Judah opposed, beat, isolated, threatened, persecuted and imprisoned Jeremiah. He was lonely, rejected and persecuted