The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Jeremiah - Chapters 30-31
Before these two chapters, there are two groups of Jews who have been exiled to Babylon. In chapter 29, Jeremiah wrote a letter to the exiles letting them know the number of years they will be in exile is 70, and during those years they were to "grow where they have been planted!" They also were to pray for their place of exile, because if it prospers, so will they. Now these two chapters are a picture of hope for when they come back with song and joy. Even Jeremiah who is sometimes called the "weeping prophet," awoke from his pleasant sleep. The Lord reminds His people that yes, He has pulled them up and uprooted them with disaster, and it was because of their sinfulness, but the Lord will rebuild and replant them back in Jerusalem and Judah. The Lord affirms His love to them, and then the best news is that the Lord declared in 31:31-34 that He plans to make a new covenant with His people, and His covenant will now be written on the hearts and in the minds of His children. His Spirit will be IN them, and their wickedness and their sins will be forgiven and remembered no more! Hallelujah! That is what Jesus did when He died on the cross for our sins, and when we confess our sin and place our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, and our sins are remembered no more. Plus, we will know the Lord, and He will know us and teach us all truth. We are loved with an everlasting love, and there is nothing we can do to change that. The question is, "How are we loving the Lord back?"
Before these two chapters, there are two groups of Jews who have been exiled to Babylon. In chapter 29, Jeremiah wrote a letter to the exiles letting them know the number of years they will be in exile is 70, and during those years they were to "grow where they have been planted!" They also were to pray for their place of exile, because if it prospers, so will they. Now these two chapters are a picture of hope for when they come back with song and joy. Even Jeremiah who is sometimes called the "weeping prophet," awoke from his pleasant sleep. The Lord reminds His people that yes, He has pulled them up and uprooted them with disaster, and it was because of their sinfulness, but the Lord will rebuild and replant them back in Jerusalem and Judah. The Lord affirms His love to them, and then the best news is that the Lord declared in 31:31-34 that He plans to make a new covenant with His people, and His covenant will now be written on the hearts and in the minds of His children. His Spirit will be IN them, and their wickedness and their sins will be forgiven and remembered no more! Hallelujah! That is what Jesus did when He died on the cross for our sins, and when we confess our sin and place our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, and our sins are remembered no more. Plus, we will know the Lord, and He will know us and teach us all truth. We are loved with an everlasting love, and there is nothing we can do to change that. The question is, "How are we loving the Lord back?"