Title: Jeremiahs Message of Doom
1Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Conditions of Land Retention (Lev. 26 Deut. 28)
- IF Obedient, People Blessed With Prosperity,
Peace and Protection (Lev. 261-13 contrast Lev.
269 with Jer. 4427) - IF Disobedient, People Punished With Sword,
Famine, Plague, and Ultimately CAPTIVITY (Lev.
2614-46 cp. Leviticus 1824-30)
2Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Judah Followed the Example of Faithless Israel -
Jeremiah 36-11 - Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah
the king, Have you seen what faithless Israel
did? She went up on every high hill and under
every green tree, and she was a harlot there. I
thought, After she has done all these things she
will return to Me, but she did not return, and
her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw
that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel,
I had sent her away and given her a writ
3Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Judah Followed the Example of Faithless Israel -
Jeremiah 36-11 - of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah
did not fear but she went and was a harlot also.
Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she
polluted the land and committed adultery with
stones and trees. Yet in spite of all this her
treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me
with all her heart, but rather in deception,
declares the Lord. And the Lord said to me,
Faithless Israel has proved herself more
righteous than treacherous Judah.
4Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Like Mother, Like Daughter (Ezek. 1644-47)
- Mother, a Hittite
- Father, an Amorite
- Older Sister, Samaria (Israel)
- Younger Sister, Sodom
- You not only walked in their ways and copied
their detestable practices,but in all your ways
you soon became more depraved than they (47) -
LESSON Rom. 121-2
5Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The Book of Jeremiah Emphasizes The Far-Reaching
Impact of Corruption and Error - I will make them an object of horror among all
the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh,
the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what
he did in Jerusalem (Jer. 154) - Evil Influences Should Have Been Cut Off (Lev.
1829), But Weret
6Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Lesson For Gods People Today
- Do Not Fellowship Sinners (2 Cor. 614-18 1 Cor.
5 Eph. 511) - Do Not Keep Bad Company (1 Cor. 1533 Prov.
2224, 25) - Do Not Fellowship False Teachers (Tit. 310,11 2
Jn. 9-11 Rm. 1617) - Do Not Compromise (Gal. 211-14)
7Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Judahs Sin Was Deep
- The sin of Judah is written down with an iron
stylus With a diamond point it is engraved upon
the tablet of their heart and on the horns of
their altars (Jer. 171 contast 3133) - Jeremiah 1323 - Can the Ethiopian change his
skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do
good who are accustomed to doing evil.
8Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Judahs Sin Was Prevalent
- Roam to and fro through the streets of
Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek
in her open squares, If you can find a man, If
there is one who does justice, who seeks truth,
Then I will pardon her (Jer. 51 cp. Rom. 310,
23 Gal. 322) - Comparable to Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 1823-33 -
I will not destroy it for tens sake)
9Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The People Had Become Skilled at doing evil
(Jer. 422) - Like Those of Micahs Day, Who Worked Evil With
Both Hands Earnestly (Mic. 73) - Went From One Sin to Another (Jer. 93)
- They weary themselves with sinning (Jer. 95)
10Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The Practice of Serving Worthless Idols Had
Made the People Worthless Themselves (Jer. 25)
Gods Made to Approve All Desires -
Fill-in-the-Blank Religion! - Jeremiah Lamented On Behalf of His
People Harvest is past, summer is ended, And
we are not saved (Jer. 820)
11Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Jer. 822
- Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no
physician there? Why then has the health of the
daughter of my people not then been restored? - Jer. 3012 - Their Hurt Was Incurable - Their
Wound Was Grevious (see 1518) - NO REMEDY (2
Chron. 3616)
12Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Though Many Offers of Forgiveness and Deliverance
Were Made, The People Had Reached a Point of No
Return - God Had Grown Tired of Relenting (Jer. 156)
- Zedekiah was Told, I am about to hand this city
over to the king of
13Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Babylon, and he will burn it down (Jer. 342)
- I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one
can live there (Jer. 3422) - The Babylonians who are fighting against this
city will enter and set this city on fire and
burn it, with the houses where people have
offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured
out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me
to anger (Jer. 3229)
14Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- God Sent Jeremiah To Identify and Condemn Judahs
Sins - I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning
all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken
Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and
worshiped the works of their own hands (Jer.
116) - Accomplished Through God Putting His Words Into
Jeremiahs Mouth (Jer. 19 1 Thess. 213 2 Tim.
316)
15Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Jeremiah Was Told
- Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to
them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed
before them, or I will dismay you before them
(Jer. 117 cp Josh. 17 Ps. 1196 Matt. 44
Acts 520 2026,27) - See, I have appointed you this day over the
nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to
break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build
and to plant (Jer. 110 cp. 2 Tim. 42).
16Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Jeremiah Was Told to Issue These Warnings Even
Though The Hearers Would Not Turn - (Jer. 1811, 12) - So now then, speak to the men
of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem
saying, Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am
fashioning calamity against you and devising a
plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from
his evil way, and reform your ways and your
deeds. But they will say,
17Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Jeremiah Was Told to Issue These Warnings Even
Though The Hearers Would Not Turn - (Jer. 1811, 12) - It's hopeless! For we are
going to follow our own plans, and each of us
will act according to the stubbornness of his
evil heart. (Lk. 172, 3 - No Repentance No
Forgiveness) - Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my
mind could not be toward this people (Jer.
151).
18Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- I will summon all the people of the North (Jer.
259 46) - Refers to the Babylonians, Under King
Nebuchadnezzar (201-6 2511,12) - I am summoning a sword against all the
inhabitants of the earth (Jer. 2529) - Babylon the mighty storm that was rising
(Jer. 2532), and the Hammer of the Whole Earth
(5023)
19Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The People of the North
- To Come From the North Because This Was the
Normal Travel Route Into Palestine - Jer. 46 - I am bringing disaster from the
North, even terrible destruction - Jer. 61 - Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over
Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the
north, even terrible destruction.
20Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The People of the North
- Jer. 622 - This is what the Lord says Look,
an army is coming from the land of the north a
great nation is being stirred up from the ends of
the earth they are cruel and have no mercy...
(23) - Jer. 1022 - Listen! The report is coming- a
great commotion from the land of the north! It
will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of
jackals. - Jer. 318 - In Restoration, Exiles To Return From
the Land of the North
21Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Habakkuks Description (15-12)
- Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished!
Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days
-- You would not believe if you were told. For
behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that
fierce and impetuous people who march throughout
the earth to seize dwelling places which are not
theirs. They are dreaded and feared Their
justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their horses
22Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Habakkuk 15-12
- are swifter than leopards and keener than wolves
in the evening. Their horsemen come galloping,
their horsemen come from afar They fly like an
eagle swooping down to devour. All of them come
for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand. They mock at
kings and rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress and heap up
23Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Habakkuk 15-12
- rubble to capture it. Then they will sweep
through like the wind and pass on. But they will
be held guilty, they whose strength is their god.
Are you not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, my
Holy One? We will not die. You, O Lord, have
appointed them to judge And You, O Rock, have
established them to correct. - God Used a Punisher That Was Suitable For the
Task!
24Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Divine Principle Punishment Matches Crime - Ex.
2122, 23 - If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and
she gives birth prematurely but there is no
serious injury, the offender must be fined
whatever the womans husband demands and the
court allows. But if there is serious injury, you
are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for
tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for
burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. - Per Habakkuks Description, God Used a Punisher
That Matched the Character on the Criminal
25Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- The People of Judah Had Become Merciless, Mean,
Inconsiderate of Human Life, Idolatrous,
Arrogant, Calloused Cruel - Thus God, (Justly) Sent a Punisher (Slayer, Ezek.
2111) That Was of the Same Mindset
26Jeremiahs Message of Doom
- Jerusalem First Attacked in 606 BC - Further
Destruction in 597 - Burned and Destroyed 586 - Jeremiah 39 52 Provides Details of the Final
Attack - Walls Broken Down - Temple, Palace
House, and Important Buildings Burned - Temple
Valuables Taken - Only the Poor Left
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