Temporada 1
Jeremiah 44 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Even after going to Egypt the Jews that survive still do not give up idol worship. In this chapter Jeremiah confronts them as they worship the Queen of Heaven. This video explores what Jeremiah has to say, who the Queen of Heaven is, and why they still keep on worshipping other gods.
Jeremiah 43 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. This chapter contains the prohpecy of Jeremiah, who was now in Egypt at the time. He predicted the people who had left Jerusalem to avoid trouble, would find the exact thing in Egypt. He was not popular as a result. Why was this the case? Why was God so against them going back to Egypt?
Jeremiah 42 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. After Gedaliah the governor is assassinated, Jeremiah is consulted by the remaining poor - and given his amazing track record you would think he would have been believed. But his answer isn't' what they want to hear and once again they don't listen. What does this say about sermons we don't agree with?
Jeremiah 41 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. After the seige is over and only a few are left, Gedaliah is appointed governor, but he is quickly assasinated by Ishamel of Ammon. Chaos reigns. This video explores the chaotic days before Jeremiah is dragged away out of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 40 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. The narrative around the siege of Jerusalem continues and in this video Nebuzaradan, the commander of the Babylonian army captures Jeremiah and releases him. In his mind he is fulfilling the word of the Lord in what he does. Why would this be so? This video explains.
Jeremiah 39 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. This chapter diverts from the usual prophetic/poetic style and is narrative. Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians and King Zedekiah flees the city, but is captured. At this point two prophecies, one by Jeremiah and one by Ezekiel which seem to be in opposition to each other are both fulfilled and God is proven to be double right.
Jeremiah 38 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. The things that Jeremiah was preaching and prophecying seem to be subversive and politically undermining the king, even though they are true, and so he has enemies. In this chapter his enemies try to kill him by throwing him in an underground cistern (which you can still visit in Jerusalem) and leave him for dead. He is rescued by Ebedmelech as this video explains.
Jeremiah 37 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In this chapter and video, Zedekiah secretly talks to Jeremiah to try to find out what God is saying without others knowing, but the word from the Lord is the same. Zedekiah promises Jeremiah will not tell that they had a conversation, so how do we know that they talked? Was Jeremiah unfaithful to his promise? And what is up with Zedekiah and his double minded flipping all the time?
Jeremiah 36 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Since Jeremiah is unable to preach in public, he gets Baruch to do it for him. Baruch is apprehended in the temple reading out the scroll of Jeremiah's words. The scroll ends up in the Kings winter residence where it is burned and destroyed column by column... the first act of vandalism of God's words that we are aware of.
Jeremiah 35 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In this video we meet the Rechabites, an interesting group of nomads who live in tents, and have abstained from alcohol for hundreds of years, based on the commands of an ancestor. God makes the point through Jeremiah that this group obey the command of their tee-totalling ancestor, but God's people don't listen to him though he speaks in the present. We also discuss alcohol in the Bible in this video.