Bible Blitz

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Bible Blitz

• Msgr Ed Thompson
• And
• Deacon Norm Kazyk
• With Technical Assistance
• Ray Hosler

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Jeremiah

• 626 580 B.C.
• The Weeping Prophet
• Most depressed person in the Bible

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Born and Called

• Born 650 B.C.
• Anathoth 4 miles north of Jerusalem
• Father Hilkiah, a priest (back to Moses?)
• Called 628 to prophecy (14-10)

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• Reluctant too young, poor speaker
• God touched his lips
• Was prophet for 40 years
• Saw destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.
• Departed to Egypt
• Murdered?

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Power Passages

• Ch 231-8 A messianic King
• Ch 235-8, 3314-16 The Jesse Tree
• Ch 1816-20, 2010-13 Plots against Jeremiah
• Ch 381-3 In the Pit
• Ch 259-11 70 years of exile

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• Ch 27-28 The Yokes on Them
• Ch 181-6 The Potter
• Ch 3131-34 The Gospel before the Gospel

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Lamentations

• This book is written in the form of five poems
  which mourn the destruction of Jerusalem in 587
  B.C.
• They are in alphabetical form, each verse
  beginning with a new letter of the Hebrew
  alphabet.

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They flow from Jeremiahs great love for the city
of Jerusalem and the great mourning of its
people. It also contains a message of trust in
God and the need for repentance. It is used by
Christians during Holy Week to recall the
experience of Calvary and by Jews in remembrance
of the events of 587 B.C.
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• Ch 1 A mournful reflection on the state of
  Jerusalem and its past sins.
• Ch 218-22 Urges expressing sorrow to God over
  her fate.
• Ch 5 A summary statement

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Baruch

• He was the secretary to Jeremiah.
• The book has collection of miscellaneous writings
  on the law as divine Wisdom, repentance, idolatry
  and return from exile.
• Originated outside Jerusalem by Jewish
  communities who tried to put Jeremiahs ideals
  into practice.

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• Ch 116 210 A confession of sins on the part
  of Israel.
• Ch 227-35 Hope for the future and trust in
  Yahweh.
• Ch 5 1-9 Future Glory for Israel.