Journal Through the Bible: Week 73 Friday

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Jeremiah chapter 31

This chapter tells of the restoration of Israel.

Does God issue any commands?

• God told them to weep no more.
• God told them to note that a woman would compass a man.

Does God make any promises?

• God promised to restore Israel, the one that He loves with an everlasting love.
• God promised that tears would be dried because their children would come again into the land that God gave them.

Does this chapter teach anything about Jesus?

• Jesus is the shepherd of the flock.
• Jesus is the redeemer of Jacob.
• The prophecy of the weeping Rachel who mourned for her children who were not was fulfilled in the early life of Jesus when Herod had the young children put to death in Bethlehem.
• A woman would compass a man! Mary, a virgin, would give birth to Jesus. He would have no earthly father.

Does this chapter teach anything about yet-future events?

• God promised to be the God of all the families of Israel. The Apostle Paul told the Gentiles that all who trusted Christ were spiritual Israel so this passage of restoration has future implications as well.
• The passage talks of no more sorrow in Israel. This is yet to come!
• Each person will be judged according to his or her own work. Family relationships will factor into the equation.
• God promised a new covenant with Israel, an everlasting covenant, when each person will know the LORD! (See 31:31-34.) God swore this oath upon His mighty creation! (This passage is quoted in Hebrews 8:9-12.)
• God promised that the city of Jerusalem would never be destroyed again. (This would be the New Jerusalem.)

Journal Through the Bible: Week 73 Thursday

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Jeremiah chapter 30

Does God issue any commands?

• God told Jeremiah to write the things spoken to him by God in a book. 

Does God make any promises?

• God promised to bring His people back from captivity.
• God promised that the yoke would be removed from Jacob's neck and all would serve David their King.
• God promised rest for Israel and destruction for her enemies.
• God promised that they would be His people and He would be their God.

Does this chapter teach anything about Jesus?

• At the end of Jacob's trouble Jesus will rule on the throne of David. (30:9)

Does this chapter teach anything about yet-future events?

• God references the pain of the men of Judah as "the time of Jacob's trouble" and stated that he would be saved out of it. Jacob had trouble various times in his life, including the time when he was on the eve of meeting his brother Esau and then when he feared the inhabitants of Canaan because of the Shechem debacle, or even in the time when his family was on the verge of starvation but they were saved by the grain stored in Egypt at the provision of Joseph. Each time Jacob was saved by God. The Jews were often called "Jacob" or Israelites and they often experienced a time of trouble. This included the time of Babylonian captivity. Daniel's end time vision was given to him while he was studying this passage of Jeremiah concerning the time of Jacob's trouble so this seems to point to dismaying times for God's people at the end of this age as well. The good news is the phrase, "but he shall be saved out of it." Each time there is trouble for Jacob God delivers! 
• God stated that all these things will be considered in the latter days.

TAKE TIME: July 7-12, 2014 Schedule

Introduction: The rulers did not like Jeremiah's message from God. One king even burnt the scroll that contained God's Word. That didn't stop God! Nor did it stop Jeremiah, the man that God sent to deliver the message to the king.

 Assignment:

• Monday - Jeremiah chapter 33
• Tuesday - Jeremiah chapter 34
• Wednesday - Jeremiah chapter 35
• Thursday - Jeremiah chapter 36
• Friday - Jeremiah chapter 37
• Saturday - Jeremiah chapter 38

Memory Verse

Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.  Jeremiah 33:3

Prayer Journal (ACTS)

• Adoration - Praise God that He is the Eternal Author! His words abide forever!
• Confession - Ask God to reveal hidden sin in your life and then confess it.
• Thanksgiving - Thank God for any answers to your prayers.
• Supplication - What are your prayer requests this week? List them for future reference so that you can see how God answers.

Search the Scriptures

Look for references for each of the following:

• Promises that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?
• References that either refer to or infer something about future events.
• What does this passage teach about Jesus?
• Commandments that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?

Putting the Word into Action

Most people do not destroy scripture. They just don't read the copy of it that they own! And many who read it do not obey it. Pay attention to ACTS of prayer this week. Confess the areas of your life that do not measure up to God's Word. He might show you great and mighty things this week if you call upon Him!

Journal Through the Bible: Week 73 Wednesday

Jeremiah chapter 29

Jeremiah wrote a letter to the captives in Babylon during the reign of Zedekiah.

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Does God issue any commands?

• In Jeremiah's letter, God commanded the people who were captive in Babylon to settle into houses and make lives for themselves there.
• God had Jeremiah tell the captives not to listen to the false prophets because they were not going to be soon returning to Jerusalem but would be captives there for 70 years.
• God had Jeremiah reprove Shemaiah for the letters that he sent and the plans he set in motion.
• God had Jeremiah to write a second letter to the captives to tell them to ignore the letter of Shemaiah.

Does God make any promises?

• God promised that even while the people were captive He had thoughts of peace and not of evil and had an expected end for their time of captivity.
• God promised the people that at the end of 70 years they would call on him with their whole hearts and he would hear them.
• God promised to return them to their homeland.
• God promised that the false prophets Ahab and Zedekiah would be killed in front of the captives in Babylon.
• God promised that Shemaiah would not see the good that God would do for His people.

Does this chapter teach anything about Jesus?

• Like Jeremiah, Jesus confronted the false prophets of his day.

Does this chapter teach anything about yet-future events?

• False prophets will be severely judged.