"Only Life Changes"

Question:
What is God’s relationship to history?
Answer:
It reads in Jeremiah 10:10 KJV> But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (The gospel is foreshadowed by Jeremiah’s message and his personal involvement in it. By his words and suffering he points to the sovereign grace of God in his control over world history and his faithfulness to his covenant that will be fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.)It reads in Jeremiah 30:11 KJV> For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. It reads in Jeremiah 10:7 KJV> Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Question:
What does Jeremiah teach about God’s supremacy in nature?
Answer:
It reads in Jeremiah 5:22 KJV> Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Resounding call to discern true worship and to recognize the unmatchable power of God. It urges us to resist the allure of false gods, which bring only temporary satisfaction and ultimately lead to destruction.) It reads in Jeremiah 10:10 KJV> But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. It reads in Jeremiah 14:22 KJV> Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Question:
What is the actual relationship between God and Israel?

Answer:
The book of Jeremiah portrays God’s relationship with Israel as one of immense agony and deep sympathy and empathy. God is bound to be faithful to promises made to Israel and is not genuinely free of God’s relationship with Israel. Jeremiah pictures Israel’s loyalty to God as a newly-wedded bride to her husband and wonders what has happened to his people that they have turned away from God. Israel, an Unfaithful Wife. Jeremiah 2:23-5:19 NLT

Question:
What crowns the prophet’s picture of his nation’s iniquity?
Answer:,
It reads in Jeremiah 3::4 NKJV> Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth? It reads in Jeremiah 3:19 NKJV> “But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children. And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’It reads in Jeremiah 31:20 NKJV> Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord. It reads in Jeremiah 2:2 NKJV> “Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.

Question:
What crowns the prophet’s picture of his nation’s iniquity?
Answer:
It reads in NKJV>

Jeremiah 5:30-31>
“An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power, And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Question:
How does the prophet describe his nation’s ingratitude and faithlessness to its God?
Answer:
The prophet Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 32:30, quotes God’s scathing indictment of the people of both Kingdoms: ” The children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth.”
It reads in Jeremiah 5:7 NKJV> “How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
It reads in Jeremiah 5:12 NKJV> They have lied about the Lord, And said, “It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us Nor shall we see sword or famine.
It reads in Jeremiah 5:24 NKJV> They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”,
Because of their sins, as II Kings 17:18-20 NKJV> indicates, Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone. Also, Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers until He had cast them from His sight.

Question:
How does the prophet picture the threatened invasion?
Answer:
It reads in Jeremiah 4:11 KJV> At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.
It reads in Jeremiah 4:20 KJV> Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
It reads in Jeremiah 4:31 KJV> For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

Question:
What new form of circumcision is envisioned as a symbol of this repentance?
Answer:
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 4:4 KJV

Question:
What hope is there that disaster can be averted (avoided)?
Answer:
If in a truthful, just, and righteous way, you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ then the nations will invoke blessings by him, and in him they will boast.” (Only if the nation repents, lives in truth, lives in justice, and in uprighteousness.) Jeremiah 4:2 NIV
This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
Ask for the ancient paths,
Ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
And you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Jeremiah 6:16 NIV

Question:
What hope of a reunion between the two kingdoms is held out?
Answer:
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
Jeremiah 3:15-18 NIV