Jeremiah 1
A Timeless Call at a Specific Time!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, March 14.
In the same way that Isaiah was called at a specific time, when the Assyrian Empire sought to destroy the northern ten tribes of Israel and seize the Promised Land, Jeremiah was called at a specified time of intense suffering as the Babylonian Empire sacked Jerusalem and deported the southern two tribes of Judah. His ministry was set in a historical context, as described in the first three verses of his prophetic work:
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
As you read the prophetic books of the Old Testament, don’t forget that the prophets were real people with real faith in real history. The historical context of every single one of these books can be placed in the painful history of Israel, including the kings to whom Jeremiah prophesied (2 Kings 21-25 and 2 Chronicles 34-36). Just like Isaiah, Jeremiah had a call narrative. The God who transcends time spoke to him in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” God gave Jeremiah a timeless call to share His Word to the nations at a specific time in history, and God is doing the same with you today.
Seize the moment and share the good news of Jesus in your specific time and place today. You are a hope-bearer (1 Peter 3:15)!
God bless you!
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