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Introduction
The Kingdom of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, was tottering near collapse.
Nearly one hundred years after the ten northern tribes of Isreal had been taken into captivity, Judah now stood in the same predicament, because they, too, had been disobedient.
Apparently, Judah, had learned little from watching the spiritual and physical collapse of the Northern Kingdom.
It is a sad fact that few of us seem to take advantage of the lessons that history offers us.
Jeremiah was God’s spokesman during this time.
His ministry began during the reign of Josiah, one of the greatest kings in OT history.
Israel’s history had always been marked by spiritual highs and lows, and frequently the spiritual, moral, and material productivity of these periods were directly related to the spiritual qualities of the king.
s been marked by spiritual highs and lows, and frequently the spiritual, moral, and material productivity of these periods were directly related to the spiritual qualities of the king.
Josiah followed two wicked and cruel kings, Manasseh and Amon, both of these men had led Israel into deep spiritual and moral decline.
Remember reading the history of these things and at the end it would say one of two things
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord
2 Kings 21.
begins telling us about Josiah
2 Kings 22.
This lead to great reforms in the time of Josiah but unfortunately judgement was still coming
and the great revival and reforms ended shortly after Josiah’s death
and the great revival and reforms ended shortly after Josiah’s death
2 Kings 23.
A horrible situation and yet reading the OT is much like reading today’s headlines, there is constant moral and spiritual decline in our country
Oh how we need a revival in our day!!!
God’s Prophetic Spokesman
In the midst of all of this spiritual decay Jeremiah was sent to proclaim the Word of the Lord.
Think about the spiritual context and the historical setting.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon had become a nemesis to Judah.
King Zedekiah sent two priest to Jeremiah with the request that he inquire of the Lord on their behalf
Turn to and read 3-7
But check this out, in chapter 22 there is an offer of hope to the king
22:1-4
But again the warning v.5
But Zedekiah ignored the word of the prophet
So the question remains, if God’s judgement is coming , how do we understand God’s promises?
Had God not promised to establish the throne of David forever?
Would captivity mean the end of the Davidic King?
But we must remember that even in the midst of words of judgement the Lord gives hope for redemption and restoration.
The Lord had a word that was even better than a word of being restored from captivity or escaping captivity.
God would raise up from the line of David a righteous branch, a king who would reign and bring judgment and justice to the earth.
He would be called Jehovah our Righteousness, Jehovah Tsidkanu.
God’s Promise revealed in a Name
Jeremiah begins 23 with an indictment against the shepherds who have destroyed and scattered the flock of Israel.
Then the Lord promises to gather his flock, to care for them, and to provide good shepherds for His people.
Then we get to v.5-6
In these verses is eternal hope, there is the promise of redemption and restoration through the work of the LORD.
Thinking about Righteousness
The root of this name is
tsedek: righteous, just
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The LORD is righteous, He rules in Righteousness, He judges in Righteousness, He requires righteousness.
The LORD’s Kingdom is a Righteous Kingdom
And we know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
1 Cor.
Let’s go back to the context of , the problem is that Israel was unrighteous and they could not be righteous on their own
And just like Israel we are unrighteous, we have no righteousness of our own
But the good news of the Bible is that
The LORD promised a Ruler, He promised a Savior for His people who would not only be Righteous but would be our Righteousness.
Jesus is Jehovah Tsidkanu
The Bible tells us that all our righteousness is filthy
The best that we can do is dung (skubala is fuse, garbage, manure, dung)
Phil.
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