Jeremiah 35-37

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God teaches Jeremiah a lesson about keeping to the rules handed down with an example of a group of people who were told they'd be better off if they drunk no wine and didn't own fields or crops and lived in tents. It's not clear what they achieved by sticking to their ancestor's ruling, but God says this is a good lesson. Actually it sounds like he's jealous that some mere human told his family not to do these things and they still keep to that order but whatever God does he can't convince his people to follow anything he tells them.

Jeremiah gets a scribe to take dictation and then read the scroll to various people, some tell him and Jeremiah to hide before the King hears what the scroll says. The King burns the scroll when it is read to him and demands to see Jeremiah and his scribe friend but they are too well hidden and writing another identical scroll that also includes lots of insults to the king for burning the first scroll.

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The Rechabite clan obeyed a law of their clan and have done well, according to their own reckoning, by that law. The people of Israel and Judah did not follow the laws of Moses (the covenant) and are suffering the consequence.

Years prior to the Babylonian occupation, Jeremiah is instructed to create a scroll containing the warnings that God had given him to be read to the King. These warnings This is to provide yet another chance for Judah to avert the destruction that is coming if they don't return to the covenant. The king's officials advise Jeremiah to go into hiding due to the nature of the scroll (it correctly predicted, the Babylonian conquest). They are afraid that Jehoiakim will try to kill Jeremiah because of this (not surprisingly they were right). Jehoiakim burned the scroll as it was read and did not make any attempt to return to the covenant. Jeremiah and his scribe were protected by God when the King's soldiers came to find and kill them.

After Babylon had taken away Jehoiachin and the skilled workers, Zedekiah was king. Zedekiah ignores all warnings about the Babylonians. When he finally asks, through his officials, for Jeremiah to pray to God, God says that the Babylonians will conquer Jerusalem and burn it to the ground due to the sins of the people. Jeremiah is then arrested and imprisoned (through a traffic stop) for suspicion of being an ally of the Babylonians. Later Zedekiah asks Jeremiah if God has any additional message (clearly Zedekiah doesn't believe he's a Babylonian ally or he wouldn't be treating him as a prophet) and the prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem is repeated. Zedekiah makes certain that Jeremiah is fed (although still imprisoned).

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[(Anonymous)]

Hey I'm excited that u are on this trip though the word of God. I can't wait for u to get to the new testament. That is where u will find we are no longer under the law but grace. God is love and his ways seem foolish to the human mind. But I can promise u that u are a treasure to him. Man alot of Christians will tell that u are messed up the only thing I will tell u is that I disagree with u and that God loves me no more than he loves you. This whole Bible is nothing more than the government of God. His kingdom is forever and is true. God loves us so much he allows us to make our on choice on choose n him and live n for him. U are his child and he created you to rule and rein. To his children he gives the kingdom of heaven. I am not here to debate with u our beleifs just here to cheer u on through this ride. I'm praying God speaks to ur heart and persuades u to his love for u and that u are royalty. God bless bro.

[(Anonymous)]

wite have always been under grace. Moses found grace, noah, abraham, david,etc. None of them were perfect they messed up. But they followed after god hard and repented when they messed up. Gods timeline is not our timeline. The word was in the beginning. We look back to the cross, the ot people looked forward to it. The ot does seem harsh, but god gave the law to show man they would always fail in following it, and needed a savior. God doesn't change. We still have the law, but christians realize they will never be perfect in following it apart from jesus.its not about how good we are. God judges all sin equal. Grace through faith not works.