Jeremiah Prophecy Interpretation
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Interpretation of OT Prophecy Exercise
Simple mistakes in popular eschatology and prophecy speculation can often be solved very simply by paying attention to the basics. For example:
A.
What is the historical context
of the entire
Book of Jeremiah? Jeremiah was a prophet during the reign of King Josiah around 626 BC and continued his ministry until the Babylonians captured Jerusalem around 586 BC.
B.
Whose “yoke” is Israel and the nations around it under? (See Jer 27:5-12; 28:14)
Nebuchadnezzar
C.
What does God promise to do for Israel in 70 yrs? (See Jer 29:10-14; 30:3, 8-11, 18)
He promised to bring the people of Israel and Juah back from captivity and will also restore the land that He gave to their ancestors.
D.
Read Jer 30:5-7; 32:23, 42. In context, these specific verses describe the hardships of God’s people in the exile
as a time of “distress,” “calamity,” and “disaster” (NASB); other translations use similar words that have the same meaning as the NASB.
True
E.
There is evidence in these verses to identify “the time of Jacob’s distress” (Jer 30:7) as either: (a) the Holocaust of the Jews under Adolf Hitler
or (b) the suffering of the Jews in the distant future 7 year tribulation after the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church.
True
F.
If someone sees the Holocaust or the Tribulation in Jer 30:7 they are doing:
Exegesis
G.
Some
things said by Jeremiah were fulfilled long
after his day. There is
one
very important such thing in Jeremiah 31
. What is it? The New Covenant that Jesus Christ said He would fulfill
H.
How do we know for sure
that the item in G
. above refers to something long
after Jeremiah’s day & the 300 year window into and about which most OT prophecy is given? How can you prove
it? Yes, the main point mentioned in Jeremiah 31 was fulfilled long after His day is the New Covenant, which Jesus Christ says He will fulfill. Jeremiah 31:31-34 introduces the concept of a "New Covenant" that God will establish with his people. This covenant is not based on the laws written on stone (as was the Old Covenant given to Moses), but on laws written on the hearts of the people; it is a covenant of grace and forgiveness. This prophecy was fulfilled
through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who established the New Covenant through his blood, as mentioned in the New Testament (Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25). This New Covenant is the basis of Christian faith, signifying a personal relationship with God, forgiveness of sins, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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