Jeremiah – What is YOUR response to the message?

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Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 36:11-19
  • 605 BC: 15 years before the destruction of Jerusalem
  • The Scroll which Baruch wrote
• Jeremiah 36: 20-26
  • December of 605 or 604 BC
  • The Kind destroyed the Scroll by fire and commanded Baruch and Jeremiah to be arrested.
  • Elnathan = “God has given”, Dalaiah = “Jehovah has drawn”, Gemariah = “Jehovah has accomplished”
• Jeremiah 36: 27-32
  • A second copy of the scroll is commissioned, by YHWH.
  • Add to the scroll, Jehoiakim King of Judah will have NO descendant  on the throne.
  • The prophecy fulfilled in 597 BC
• Jeremiah 37:1-2
  • Zedekiah, puppet ruler of Jerusalem set up by Nebuchadnezzar
  • Ignores the guidance of YHWH.
• Jeremiah 37: 3-10
  • Zedekiah won’t go but sends messengers to request Jeremiah to pray for Judah.
    • Chapter 34: Prophecy Zedekiah was going to go down.
    • Egypt will turn back and Babylon WILL capture Jerusalem
  • Tolerance and open-mindedness, aligned with Communist China, Radical Islam
• Jeremiah 37: 11-15
  • Jeremiah on his way to purchase property, in the land of Benjamin. Just to the north of Jerusalem.
  • Jeremiah arrested by Irijah at the Gate of Benjamin. “You are trying to defect!”
    • Jailed in the house of Jonathan the scribe.
• Jeremiah 37: 16-21
  • Vaulted Cell: Chanuwth : cell, vaulted room, only used once in scripture.
  • King Zedekiah sent a petition: “Have you heard from YHWH?”
    • Yep: you WILL be handed to the King of Babylon!
    • Jeremiah requests/pleads to NOT be sent back to the house of Jonathan the scribe
      • afraid to go back there and die.
    • Zedekiah does consent and Jeremiah is sent to the court of the guardhouse.

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