JEREMIAH 23:1-8

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JEREMIAH 231-8

• A righteous branch
• The days are coming when I will raise up from
  Davids line a righteous Branch, a King who will
  reign wisely and do what is just and right in the
  land. This is the name by which he will be
  called The Lord Our Righteousness.

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TIMELINE

• c. 1800 BC
• c. 1300 BC
• c. 1000 BC
• 922 BC

• Abraham
• Moses
• King David
• Kingdom divides
• Israel
• Judah

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Two Kingdoms
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TIMELINE

• c. 1800 BC
• c. 1300 BC
• c. 1000 BC
• 922 BC
• 722 BC

• Abraham
• Moses
• King David
• Kingdom divides
• Israel
• Judah
• Northern Kingdom destroyed

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JEREMIAH 11-3 - Background

• The words of Jeremiah
• The words of God through Jeremiah
• When?
• From 13th year of the reign of Josiah (627 BC)
• Through the reign of Jehoiakim
• Down to the 11th year of the reign of Zedekiah
  (586 BC), when the people of Jerusalem went into
  exile

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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
Three Empires
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
627 BC Assyrian domination
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
c. 610 BC Egyptian domination
Egyptian
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JUDAHS KINGS
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
612 BC Bablyonian domination
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
605 BC Bablyonian domination
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
604 BC Bablyonian domination
Egyptian
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JUDAHS KINGS
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
586 BC Jerusalem destroyed
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
627 BC Assyrian domination
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
c. 610 BC Egyptian domination
Egyptian
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Assyrian

• Carchemish

Judah
Babylonian
586 BC Jerusalem destroyed
Egyptian
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The message of Jeremiah

• Idolatry and disloyalty to God invite punishment
• Yet the people would not finally be outcast from
  the grace of God
• Exile as a discipline would be remedial
• The State was doomed
• The Temple would be destroyed
• Personal faith in God was the key

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JEREMIAH 231-8
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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• True shepherds bring together, lead, and cherish
  their flock.
• Judahs Kings were doing the reverse. They were
  destroying, scattering and generally failing to
  care.

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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• Conduct has consequences (v. 2).
• These Kings, who had abused the trust bestowed
  upon them, would be punished for their evil.

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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• True security is to be found in relationship with
  God (verses 3-4).
• Just as God rescued His people from Egypt, so too
  will God rescue His people from exile.

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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out
  of all the countries where I have driven them .

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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• The days are coming when I will raise up a
  descendant of King David who will reign wisely
  and do what is right in the land and whose
  name will be indicative of his nature the Lord
  Our Righteousness.

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JEREMIAHS MESSAGE

• The different layers foreshadow the Kingdom
• which (then) was to come
• which (now) has come
• God will raise up a King, Jesus
• He will reign, wisely
• If we live under His rule, we will be secure
• We do not deserve to live in His Kingdom, but by
  grace he has made it possible.

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JEREMIAH APPLICATION

• Where may true security be found?
• How can I support the Create leaders?
• Is God perhaps calling me to be a leader?

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JEREMIAH 231-8

• A righteous branch
• The days are coming when I will raise up from
  Davids line a righteous Branch, a King who will
  reign wisely and do what is just and right in the
  land. This is the name by which he will be
  called The Lord Our Righteousness.