Temporada 1
Jeremiah 14 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 14 there is a drought in the land of Judah, and Jeremiah (once again) is told not to pray for their relief. There is a biblical precedent for how to handle drought as this video explains. In addition, false prophets were common at the time, and this video considers the idea of false prophecy then and now.
Jeremiah 13 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 13 the Lord instructs Jeremiah to buy a belt of fabric which he must not wash - it becomes filthy. He then has to walk to the land of Babylon and bury it in a highly symbolic act of what was going to happen to Judah.
Jeremiah 12 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 12 he raises questions about the way the Lord does things because it seems unfair that the wicked get away without jugdement, while the righteoss struggle. This is an age-old question that began with the story of Job.
Jeremiah 11 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 11 God continues explaining why he is done with His people, and then instructs Jeremiah NOT to pray for them. What reasons could there be that would allow a refusal of prayer? Then the people of Jeremiah's own home town, Anathoth, turn against him.
Jeremiah 10 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 10 we have a chapter which contains instructions to the exiles who are headed for Babylon, including an entire sentence in Aramaic, the only Aramaic language in the entire book. Just because God used the Babylonians to judge His people, didn't mean the ways of the Babylonians were right, as this chapter covers.
Jeremiah 9 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 9 the weeping of Jeremiah continues in poetry over what he sees is coming for Jerusalem. In this video we consider the differences in style and content between Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel and why one is the thundering prophet, one is the weeping prophet and the other a hard prophet,
Jeremiah 8 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 8 the prophet sees what is coming and his prophecy turns into poetry as with the use of parallelism he begins to weep and mourn over what is ahead. He weeps night and day, and we see why Jeremiah has become known as the weeping prophet. I remember clearly an experience of culture shock in Sri-Lanka which I couldn’t get out of my mind for days. Jeremiah is in shock over what he has seen, but also because his listeners ignore his warnings of peril.
Jeremiah 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 7 things have become so serious that Jeremiah is now instructed to stand at the door to the temple and proclaim warnings to everyone “as they come to church.” Jeremiah calls them nasty names at it reminds us of when Jesus cleared out the temple. Both Jesus and Jeremiah’s actions were perceived as anti-establishment and earned both of them a place on the hate list.
Jeremiah 6 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 6 the tone of the prophecy is now a warning to FLEE!!!! Danger is coming from the North in the form of the Babylonians. Jeremiah tells the people of Tekoa who are out of Jerusalem to be afraid of great destruction. The prophecies are now very different to those of earlier prophets - because these are now warnings of impending doom that is on the way. Strangely however not only were the Israelites deaf to the earlier prophecies and thereby didn’t avoid the disaster from starting, they are deaf to the warnings of doom too, and so will not flee.
Jeremiah 5 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 5 the Lord announces that if he could find just one righteous person, he would save the city of Jerusalem from destruction. This reminds us of Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah, and the prophecy of Ezekiel about a similar thing. Was there really not a single righteous person? This video explores which righteous people were alive at the time, and why perhaps the destruction of Jerusalem was not prevented.