Jeremiah - Chapters 32-33

The Amazing Bible. Book Club

In these two chapters, Jeremiah is is confined in the courtyard of the guard, because he keeps declaring the word of the Lord that Babylon will destroy Jerusalem and Judah, and if the king surrenders he will live, but if he fights against King Nebuchadnezzar, he will die. That was NOT a popular message! During this time, the Lord tells Jeremiah to buy the property of his uncle when he comes to sell it to him. He bought the field in Anathoth, his hometown. He signed for the deed and had it witnessed. He made a copy, and then the Lord told Jeremiah to have Baruch take it and place it in a clay jar so it would last a long time. This was the Lord's object lesson, that there would be a day, after the siege, that the Lord will bring His people back to the land, and they will one day buy property again. Jeremiah prayed to the Sovereign Lord, because nothing is too hard for Him. The message is still the same, this destruction is coming to them because of their sin, but one day the Lord will bring health, healing, joy, gladness, and thanksgiving back to this land, and ultimately He will fulfill the promise He made to Abraham and Jacob, that their descendants will outnumber the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and that will be through the descendant of David, and the writer of the first NT book, the Gospel of Matthew, makes it a point that Jesus is a descendant of both David and Abraham, and it is through Jesus, that the eternal covenant will be fulfilled.