Who Wrote The Book? Author was not mentioned Strong evidence inside and outside the text points to Jeremiah as the author Septuagint has a note stating Jeremiah as the author The Name of the Book In Hebrew is “ekah”, it is the first word of the of this book in Hebrew bible (1:1;2:1;4:1). Can be translated “Alas!” or “How” Translators […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Response to the Word of the LORD In chapter 36, we see that the word of the LORD was spread to many people. First the LORD spoke to Jeremiah, Jeremiah in turned dictate to Baruch to record them. Baruch read the word out loud in the upper courtyard of the temple and Micaiah heard it. Micaiah told the officials, and […]
Background God called Jeremiah to be a prophet when he was a young man. It was in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Josiah (627B.C.). King Josiah was 8 when he became King, so he was 21 when God called Jeremiah. Jeremiah served beyond the fall of Judah for total of over 50 years from Kings Josiah to […]
v3: Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns. The are many grounds in our life that has not been plowed. These could be areas in our life where we have not experience the works of the Lord. These could be areas where we are afraid to venture into, because of fear. These could be areas we […]
Author Paul identified himself as the author on 1:1. Paul wrote a total of 13 letters in the NT, all the letters were addressed to local churches, except 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, which were addressed to an individual. Some modern liberal scholars suggested these three letters were written by not by Paul, but by a Paulinist one or […]
v4: Everything God created is good. However in today’s world, we human have created many food and polluted our food chain so drastically that a lot of what we called food are no longer the food originally created by God. I am referring to highly processed food, genetics modified organic, hormone given our animals and extensive pesticides. May the Lord gives […]
Jesus gave Himself as a ransom for all men (v6) Ransom means redemption price. It is a price paid to release a slave from his master.This verse does not mean all men and women are saved, because the rest of the bible clearly teaches that only those who believes (John 3:16; Rom 10:9) are saved. What this verse means is […]
“But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart”(v31). Hezekiah was one of the five good kings of the southern kingdom. He was probably the greatest among them because he did […]
Revival By a Young and Godly King – Hezekiah Hezekiah’s father, King Ahaz was the most wicked king of all the kings of the southern kingdom. Yet Hezekiah did not follow his father’s foot step. It seems to me that Hezekiah has been wanting to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord, however he had no authority […]
Do you feel weak as christian some times? Do you have the desire to be a powerful christian? How can we become powerful christians? This chapter tells us that Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God. This is a hint to us. If we want to be powerful, we need to walk steadfastly before our […]