Jensens survey of the old testament adam 204
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Consolation.” (Read the chapters.) Here
Jeremiah looks beyond the years of captivity
and sees a restoration; and he looks beyond
the age of the old covenant and sees the new
(cf. 31:31). It is noteworthy that this bright
prophecy appears in the text just before
Jeremiah narrates the siege and fall of
Jerusalem. Compare this with the location of
songs throughout the book of Revelation just
before the descriptions of judgments.
8. Chapters 34-44 are mainly narrative,
recording the key event of the book—the
fall of Jerusalem—and the events preceding
and following it. (Read the chapters.) In
chapters 40-44, two interesting observations
may be made: (1) Jeremiah was just as
faithful to God and to the Jews after the
judgment fell as he was before; and (2) the
Jews remained just as stubborn and
impenitent as ever.
9. Observe the contents of each of the
three supplements. Why would each of these
be placed at the end of the book?
Concerning the oracles against the foreign
nations, it should be observed that God
judges all nations alike on the issue of sin.
For example, though God used Babylon as
His agent of punishment against the Jews,
Babylon was not spared judgment for its
own sin (read 50:14).
V. PROMINENT SUBJECTS
(1:4-19)
Jeremiah must have received his call to
the prophetic o ce when he was a mere
youth.
His
call
was
much
more
commonplace than that of Isaiah (cf. Isa 6).
Jeremiah saw no dazzling vision, no throne
or seraphim. Quietly the Lord spoke to his
heart, setting before him his di cult task,
A. JEREMIAH’S CALL
and promising to be with him through every
experience.
Read Jeremiah 1:4-10, and notice the
following points regarding his call:
1. It was prenatal (vv. 4-5).
2. He shrank from the work because of his
youth and inexperience (v.6).
3. He was not excused from service (v.7).
4. God assured him of divine guardianship
(v.8).
5. He received the personal touch of God
and His divine message (v.9).
Jeremiah’s call clearly teaches that the
main task of a prophet was to speak for God.
It was God who would bring down judgment
upon the people of Judah for their sin; and it
was God who would spare a remnant. But
God wanted a man to warn Judah of those
judgments, and to console the faithful few
for their faith.
God did not search in vain for such a man.
He was on hand, by predetermined design,
serving among the priests of Anathoth. Now
the hour for his call had arrived, and God
sent the word that moved him to the o ce
of prophet. When Jeremiah accepted the
commission, he was thrust forth with an
indelible
impression
of
sovereign
appointment, sovereign message, and
sovereign protection.
B. TWOFOLD MESSAGE
Jeremiah’s
message
was
twofold:
destruction and construction. (Note the
words “destroy” and “build” in 1:10.) When
identi ed more speci cally, there are four
parts to his message, as shown on Chart 83.
