LDS Old Testament Slideshow 24: Jeremiah, Lamentations
LDS Old Testament Slideshow 24: Jeremiah, Lamentations
LDS Old Testament Slideshow 24: Jeremiah, Lamentations
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin Zedekiah
Biography of Jeremiah
Benjamite of priestly lineage. Called at age 13 (627 B.C.). Began ministry at 19 (621 B.C.). Fled to Egypt at 58 (582 B.C.). Metaphorical oracles. Some writings on brass plates obtained by Nephi1. Author of Jeremiah, also (per tradition) 1 & 2 Kings, Lamentations.
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Lifetime of rejection
King Jehoiakim: Read aloud, burned the scroll (Jeremiah 36). King Zedekiah: Sought out Jeremiah, but ultimately rejected his messages. Charged with treason, imprisoned, left to die (Jeremiah 3738.) Central message: Judahs punishment inevitable.
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Jeremiah 9:2324.
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Promised restoration
Jeremiah 31:89.
The Lords power. Prominence of Ephraim, the northern kingdom.
Jeremiah 31:3134.
The new covenant: 2 Corinthians 3:3; Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 8:613.
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A new covenant
The time has at last arrived when the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has set his hand again the second time to recover the remnants of his people, which have been left from Assyria, and from Egypt, andfrom the islands of the sea, and with them to bring in the fulness of the Gentiles, and establish that covenant with them, which was promised when their sins should be taken away [as described in Jeremiah 31]. This covenant has never been established with the house of Israel, nor with the house of Judah, for it requires two parties to make a covenant, and those two parties must be agreed, or no covenant can be made.
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A new covenant
Christ, in the days of His flesh, proposed to make a covenant with them, but they rejected Him and His proposals, and in consequence thereof, they were broken off, and no covenant was made with them at that time. But their unbelief has not rendered the promise of God of none effect: no, for there was another day limited in David, which was the day of His power; and then His people, Israel, should be a willing people;and He would write His law in their hearts, and print it in their thoughts; their sins and their iniquities He would remember no more. Joseph Smith, January 1833
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Jeremiah
Not optimistic, not hopeful. A book of warning.
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Next week:
Ezekiel