| JEREMIAH - OVERVIEW (Part 1) THE MAN |
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Jeremiah - The Man
Like Isaiah, Jeremiah is one of the four major prophets. They are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
Jeremiah prophesied about a century after Isaiah. The two prophets were very different. Isaiah was a loud, impetuous, and a fearless prophet. Jeremiah was quiet and reserved. Isaiah was an extrovert and was an introvert. Isaiah was more optimistic and full of enthusiasm. Jeremiah was pessimistic and felt unworthy to do God's work. God had to calm down Isaiah, but He had to stir up Jeremiah quite a bit. Jeremiah suffered during his ministry. In fact, he wrote the entire book of Lamentations about how he suffered even at the hands of his own family. God commanded Jeremiah not to marry, but Isaiah was allowed to marry and he and his wife had three sons.
Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet and the prophet of the broken heart. He is the writer of the Book of Jeremiah in which he predicted the destruction of Jerusalem. He was also the writer of the Book of Lamentations where he wept throughout the book over the destruction of Jerusalem.
The Book of Jeremiah is basically biographical. Unlike the other prophets, Jeremiah writes mostly about his personal history. He wants readers of his book to know exactly what extent he went through to serve the living God. More is known about Jeremiah than any of the four major prophets or the 12 minor prophets.
You learn a lot about the prophet from the very first verse in the book as well as throughout the rest of the book.
-- Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests of Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin. Therefore Jeremiah was born a priest (Jeremiah 1:1).
-- He began his ministry during the reign of five kings of Judah including King Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah ((Jeremiah 1:2)
-- He was chosen to be a prophet before he was born (Jeremiah 1:5).
-- When God called Jeremiah to prophesy, he said he was too young and did not know how to speak. (Jeremiah 1:6).
-- God touched Jeremiah's mouth and said, "I have put my words in your mouth. I appoint you over the nations to uproot, tear down, overthrow, overthrow, to build and to plant (Jeremiah 1:9-10)
-- To confirm his commision, God gave Jeremiah two object lesson: an almond tree and a boiling pot (Jeremiah 1:11-13)
-- God made Jeremiah a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand agains the while land. They would fight against him but would not overcome him for God promised to be with him (Jeremiah 1:18).
-- Jeremiah own message broke his own heart (Jeremiah 9:1).
-- No one was ever converted because of Jeremiah. In fact, he was rejected by his own people (Jeremiah 11:18–21; 12:6; 18:18).
-- The prophet He was forbidden to marry because of the terrible times in which he lived (Jeremiah 16:1–4).
-- Jeremiah was hated, beaten, put in stocks because people didn't like his message (Jeremiah 20:1–3).
-- He wanted to resign, but God wouldn’t let him (Jeremiah 20:9).
-- He witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity.
-- Jeremiah was imprisoned and charged with being a traitor (Jeremiah 37:11–16).
-- He was permitted to remain in the land by the captain of the Babylonian forces. When the remnant wanted to flee to Egypt, Jeremiah prophesied against it (Jeremiah 42:15–43:3).
-- He was forced to go with the remnant to Egypt (Jeremiah 43:6–7) where he died. Tradition says that he was stoned by the remnant.
-- Jeremiah was a remarkable man who shed a lot of tears. He lamented throughout the entire Book of Lamentations.
-- Jeremiah was a mighty man of God with a tender and compassionate heart who was given harsh messages to deliver.
-- When Jeremiah wanted to refuse delivering the harsh messages, but God gave him a choice to either deliver the message or deal with God's punishment.
-- Jeremiah had a scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend named Baruch who wrote the words on scrolls as Jeremiah dictated the words God had given him (Jeremiah Jeremiah 36:4).
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