{"id":1379,"date":"2019-01-01T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T19:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2019-01-01T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T21:47:33","slug":"the-authority-of-scripture-in-the-book-of-jeremiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"The Authority of Scripture in the Book of Jeremiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1379\" class=\"elementor elementor-1379 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82647f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82647f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18c7914b\" data-id=\"18c7914b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e6dc2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e6dc2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Introduction<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Open-Bible-2-e1502012566708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Open-Bible-2-e1502012566708.jpg 225w, https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Open-Bible-2-e1502012566708-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Open-Bible-2-e1502012566708-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jeremiah \u201ccombined the fearlessness of Amos, the loving concern of Hosea, and the stern grandeur of Isaiah.\u201d<a href=\"#fn1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[1]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Word of God is one of the major themes of the Book of Jeremiah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\u201c\u2018And those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know <u>whose word will stand<\/u>, <u>Mine or theirs<\/u>.\u00a0\u2018And this will be the sign to you,\u2019 declares the LORD, \u2018that I am going to punish you in this place, <u>so that <\/u>y<u>ou ma<\/u>y <u>know that M<\/u>y <u>words will surel<\/u>y <u>stand\u00a0<\/u><u>a<\/u>g<u>ainst <\/u>y<u>ou <\/u>for harm.\u2019\u201d (Jer 44:28\u201329)<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>168 out of 1364 verses (over 12%) refer directly to the Word of God.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"#fn2\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe word of the LORD\u201d\/&#8221;The word of Yahweh&#8221; occurs 52 times in Jeremiah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Outline of the Book<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I. \u00a0Preparation and Commission of Jere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">miah (1:1\u201319)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Divine Preparation (1:1\u20135)<\/li>\n<li>Divine Provision (1:6\u20138); cf. chapters 2\u201325<\/li>\n<li>Divine Power (1:9\u201310)<\/li>\n<li>Divine Purpose (1:11\u201316); cf. chapters 37\u201345<\/li>\n<li>Divine Promise (1:17\u201319);\u00a0cf. chapters 26\u201336<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>II. \u00a0Prophecies Concerning Israel (2:1\u201345:5)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A.<\/strong> Jeremiah\u2019s Faithfulness (2:1\u201325:38)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judah\u2019s Degeneration Proclaimed (2:1\u20133:5)<\/li>\n<li>Jerusalem\u2019s Destruction Prophesied (3:6\u20136:30)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Deportation Projected (7:1\u201310:25)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Deception Proclaimed (11:1\u201313:27)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Drought Probed (14:1\u201317:27)<\/li>\n<li>Jehovah\u2019s Dominion Pictured (18:1\u201321:14)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Demagogues Prosecuted (22:1\u201324:10)<\/li>\n<li>Jeremiah\u2019s Dedication Proclaimed (25:1\u201338)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B.<\/strong> Jeremiah\u2019s Foes (26:1\u201336:32)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sermon in the Temple (26:1\u201324)<\/li>\n<li>Servitude to Babylon (27:1\u201328:17)<\/li>\n<li>Statement to the Exiles (29:1\u201332)<\/li>\n<li>Salvation of Israel (30:1\u201333:26)<\/li>\n<li>Subversion of Israel (34:1\u201336:32)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C.<\/strong> Jerusalem\u2019s Fall (37:1\u201345:5)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jeremiah\u2019s Detention (37:1\u201338:28a)<\/li>\n<li>Jerusalem\u2019s Destruction (38:28b\u201339:18)<\/li>\n<li>Jeremiah\u2019s Release (40:1\u20136)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Reorganization (40:7\u201312)<\/li>\n<li>Ishmael\u2019s Rebellion (40:13\u201341:9)<\/li>\n<li>Johanan\u2019s Revenge (41:10\u201316)<\/li>\n<li>Judah\u2019s Refugees in Egypt (41:17\u201344:30)<\/li>\n<li>Baruch\u2019s Reassurance (45:1\u20135)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>III. \u00a0Prophecies Concerning the Nations (46:1\u201351:64)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Egypt (46:1\u201328)<\/li>\n<li>Philistia (47:1\u20137)<\/li>\n<li>Moab (48:1\u201347)<\/li>\n<li>Ammon (49:1\u20136)<\/li>\n<li>Edom (49:7\u201322)<\/li>\n<li>Damascus (49:23\u201327)<\/li>\n<li>Kedar and the Kingdoms of Hazor (49:28\u201333)<\/li>\n<li>Elam (49:34\u201339)<\/li>\n<li>Babylon (50:1\u201351:64)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV. \u00a0Postscript: Historical Appendix (52:1\u201334)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Thoughts\u00a0about\u00a0Prophets\u00a0and\u00a0Prophetic\u00a0Revelation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the essence of prophecy? What makes a prophet? Were OT and NT prophets preachers? Are present day preachers prophets?<\/li>\n<li>Neither Old Testament nor New Testament prophets were ever merely \u201cforetellers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Moses is clearly identified as a prophet (Deut 34:10), but the bulk of the divine revelation he imparted dealt with the past (for example, the book of Genesis) and the present (especially most of Deut 5\u201331).<\/li>\n<li>We see glimpses of &#8220;foretelling&#8221; in Genesis 49 (which contains Jacob&#8217;s words, not Moses&#8217;) and Deuteronomy 17\u201318 and 33.<\/li>\n<li>Large sections of both Isaiah and Jeremiah deal with their own time rather than future times.<\/li>\n<li>Both OT and NT Prophets &#8220;forthtold&#8221; (declared or proclaimed or taught) the prophetic revelation God had granted them. However, that proclamation was distinct from the reception of the revelation.<\/li>\n<li>A biblical prophet was one who \u201cbelieved that he had been the recipient of an objective revelation. . . . that he had received a message which God had given to him.\u201d<a href=\"#fn3\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[3]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A \u201cclassical definition of a prophecy was given by Micaiah . . . when he responded . . . : \u2018As surely as the LORD lives, I can tell him only what the LORD tells me\u2019 (1 Kgs 22:14; cf. 2 Chron 18:13).\u201d<a href=\"#fn4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[4]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe cardinal sin of the false prophets amounts to bringing words that are not the Lord\u2019s (Deut. 18:20), issuing oracles they did not receive from him (Jer. 23:18\u201332), speaking \u2018out of their own hearts\u2019 and following their own \u2018spirit\u2019 (Ezek. 13:1\u20132).\u201d<a href=\"#fn5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[5]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe prophet\u2019s position and stance is that of the royal <em>herald<\/em>: the typical <em>ko \u2019amar YHWH\u00a0<\/em>\u2018\u201cThus says the LORD\u201d\u2019 borrows the messenger\u2019s introductory formula \u2018Thus says the king . . .\u2019 (1 Kgs. 2:30; 20:2, 5; 2 Kgs. 18:19), with little if any emphasis on the herald\u2019s own personality.\u201d<a href=\"#fn6\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[6]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Old Testament prophets were ones to whom God revealed Himself in visions or spoke with in dreams (Num 12:6). Prophets were ones in whose mouth God had placed His words (Deut 18:18). Prophets were sometimes sent with a message with reference only to the present (Judg 6:8; 1 Sam 22:5; 2 Sam 12:24\u201325). Divinely revealed songs of praise and thanksgiving (1 Chron 25:3) could also be prophetic revelation.<\/li>\n<li>Peter was crystal clear in writing that \u201cno prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God\u201d (2 Pet 1:21, NAU). This is not a definition of preaching.<\/li>\n<li>According to the New Testament, prophecy was a gift of the Spirit distinct from the office or function of the pastor-teacher (Eph 4:11). In fact, Paul placed the prophetic gift within the category of the miraculous gifts that have ceased (1 Cor 12:10; 13:8).<\/li>\n<li>It is illogical to identify the gift of pastor-teacher and today&#8217;s preaching with the New Testament gift of prophecy. If such an identification should be correct, then preaching and pastor-teacher should have ceased along with the other temporary miraculous gifts. Direct divine revelation has ceased \u2014 the Scriptures are now closed.<\/li>\n<li>Apostles and prophets were \u201cthe foundation\u201d of the church (Eph 2:20), because God was still providing direct revelation throughout the formative decades of the early church.<\/li>\n<li>With the completion of the New Testament around A.D. 100, prophecy ceased. There are no more prophets and no more apostles. They are no more because there is no more direct revelation to receive. Ephesians 3:5 ties apostles and prophets to direct divine revelation. When God stopped direct revelation, apostles and prophets also ceased. Today&#8217;s preachers are not prophets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"fn1\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[1]<\/span> R. K. Harrison, <em>Jeremiah &amp; Lamentations<\/em>, TOTC (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1973),\u00a036.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"fn2\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[2]<\/span> 1:2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13; 2:1, 4, 8, 31; 3:12; 5:13\u201314; 6:10, 19; 7:1\u20132, 22\u201323, 27; 8:8\u20139; 9:13, 20; 10:1; 11:1\u20133, 6, 8, 10; 13:2\u20133, 8, 10, 12; 14:1, 17; 15:16; 16:1, 10\u201311; 17:15, 20; 18:1\u20132, 5, 18; 19:2\u20133, 15; 20:1, 8; 21:1, 11; 22:1\u20132, 5, 29; 23:9, 18, 22, 28\u201330, 36, 38; 24:4; 25:1, 3, 8, 13, 30; 26:1\u20132, 4\u20135, 7, 12, 15, 20\u201321; 27:1, 3\u20134, 12, 18; 28:7, 12; 29:10, 19\u201320, 30; 30:1\u20132, 4; 31:10, 23, 33; 32:1, 6, 8, 23, 26; 33:1, 14, 19, 23; 34:1, 4\u20136, 8, 12, 18; 35:1, 12\u201313; 36:1\u20132, 4, 6, 8, 10\u201311, 13, 16\u201318, 20, 24, 27\u201328, 32; 37:2, 6, 17; 38:1, 4, 21; 39:15\u201316; 40:1; 42:4\u20135, 7, 15; 43:1, 8; 44:1, 10, 16, 23\u201324, 26, 28\u201329; 45:1; 46:1, 13; 47:1; 49:14, 34; 50:1; 51:59, 60\u201361, 64.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"fn3\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[3]<\/span> Edward J. Young, <em>My Servants the Prophets\u00a0<\/em>(reprint; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971), 175.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"fn4\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[4]<\/span> Pieter Verhoef, \u201cProphecy,\u201d in <em>The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis<\/em>, 5 vols., ed. by Willem A. VanGemeren (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997), 4:1071\u201372.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"fn5\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[5]<\/span> Henri A. G. Blocher, \u201cGod and the Scripture Writers: The Question of Double Authorship,\u201d in <em>The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures<\/em>, ed. by D. A. Carson, 497\u2013541 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016), 502.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"fn6\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[6]<\/span> Blocher, \u201cGod and the Scripture Writers,\u201d 502.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Jeremiah \u201ccombined the fearlessness of Amos, the loving concern of Hosea, and the stern grandeur of Isaiah.\u201d[1] The Word of God is one of the major themes of the Book of Jeremiah. \u201c\u2018And those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. 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