The New Covenant: Covenant I Will Make With The House Of Israel
The New Covenant
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD, "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." (Jer. 31: 31-34)
The Old and New Covenants are not a mutual agreements between equal parties as in most marriage and business contracts; but is a gracious relationship that is both initiated and defined by the superior, which is Almighty God. Therefore, because …show more content…
During that time, the Babylonian Empire had taken control of Jerusalem. The Babylonians took Jews as captives to Babylon as early as 605 BC and 597 BC. Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC.
Jeremiah lived through the invasions by the Babylonian armies, the deportations of his people, the slaughter of Jews living in Jerusalem, and the destruction of the Temple. Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem that they would be punished harshly for their sins. He pleaded with the people to turn away from sin and to turn back to God, but to little avail. In return, Jeremiah was targeted with scorn and persecution.
When the people of Jerusalem were being deported, Jeremiah was given a choice of either staying in Judah or going to Babylon. He chose to stay in Judah, but was compelled later to flee to Egypt after a group of fanatics killed the Babylonian who had been appointed governor of Judah. It is believed that Jeremiah died in Egypt.
There is a sense of tragedy that characterizes Jeremiah's life and ministry. The twilight years of his ministry were far more disconsolate than the ebullience of his earlier days when Josiah's reforms were being upheld. His story echoes the testimony of those who "died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them afar off'” (Hebrews …show more content…
It was Jeremiah's lot to witness the rise and fall of the covenant nation within a generation.
Even before Josiah's death, the covenantal renewal in the Southern Kingdom was waning, and by the time of the Babylonian captivity in 586 B.C., it had thoroughly deteriorated. The people's hearts had grown hard; they reverted to idolatry, rejected God's laws, and lost total interest in renewing the covenant. Jeremiah describes this declension in agonizing detail and attributes the blame to that nemesis which defines every failed generation - rebellion against the precepts of
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD, "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." (Jer. 31: 31-34)
The Old and New Covenants are not a mutual agreements between equal parties as in most marriage and business contracts; but is a gracious relationship that is both initiated and defined by the superior, which is Almighty God. Therefore, because …show more content…
During that time, the Babylonian Empire had taken control of Jerusalem. The Babylonians took Jews as captives to Babylon as early as 605 BC and 597 BC. Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC.
Jeremiah lived through the invasions by the Babylonian armies, the deportations of his people, the slaughter of Jews living in Jerusalem, and the destruction of the Temple. Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem that they would be punished harshly for their sins. He pleaded with the people to turn away from sin and to turn back to God, but to little avail. In return, Jeremiah was targeted with scorn and persecution.
When the people of Jerusalem were being deported, Jeremiah was given a choice of either staying in Judah or going to Babylon. He chose to stay in Judah, but was compelled later to flee to Egypt after a group of fanatics killed the Babylonian who had been appointed governor of Judah. It is believed that Jeremiah died in Egypt.
There is a sense of tragedy that characterizes Jeremiah's life and ministry. The twilight years of his ministry were far more disconsolate than the ebullience of his earlier days when Josiah's reforms were being upheld. His story echoes the testimony of those who "died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them afar off'” (Hebrews …show more content…
It was Jeremiah's lot to witness the rise and fall of the covenant nation within a generation.
Even before Josiah's death, the covenantal renewal in the Southern Kingdom was waning, and by the time of the Babylonian captivity in 586 B.C., it had thoroughly deteriorated. The people's hearts had grown hard; they reverted to idolatry, rejected God's laws, and lost total interest in renewing the covenant. Jeremiah describes this declension in agonizing detail and attributes the blame to that nemesis which defines every failed generation - rebellion against the precepts of