The Coming Days
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5 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
7 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’
8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”
Introduction
Introduction
God’s disappointment with his leaders
God’s disappointment with his leaders
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Shepherds
++Destroy the flock
++Scatter God’s people
9 My heart within me is broken Because of the prophets; All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, And like a man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord, And because of His holy words.
Jeremiah had a word from the Lord
Jeremiah had a word from the Lord
17 “Therefore prepare yourself and arise, And speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, Lest I dismay you before them.
18 For behold, I have made you this day A fortified city and an iron pillar, And bronze walls against the whole land— Against the kings of Judah, Against its princes, Against its priests, And against the people of the land.
19 They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”
He was commissioned by God
He was commissioned by God
You will to speak
++To kings
++To princes
++To priest
++To the people
He was prepared for resistance
He was prepared for resistance
Be prepared for the fight
++They will fight
++They will not prevail
He was empowered to stand
He was empowered to stand
God declared
++His abiding presence
++His power to deliver
The Word of the Lord
++Exposed the leaders
10 For the land is full of adulterers; For because of a curse the land mourns. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, And their might is not right.
The Word of the Lord
Exposed the leaders
++Revealed the impact
++Defined their course
God’s Promise a New Day
God’s Promise a New Day
4 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord.
In that day my people
++Will be fed
++Will know I am with them
++Will walk in their purpose
++Will recognize my provision
15 And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
God said “I will”
++Set up shepherds
++Give them to you
They will
++Have my heart toward you
++Help you grow in knowledge
++Position you for understanding
The Coming Days
The Coming Days
5 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
There is a Kingdom coming
++A branch of righteousness
++Mark by Judgement and Righteousness
This Kingdom will be different.
This Kingdom will be different.
6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
In His days
++Salvation will come to Judah
++Safety will be in Israel
++God will be seen differently
There will be “A Shift”
There will be “A Shift”
He will be called
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Shift
Shift
This changes everything
Our confidence changes
Our understanding changes
Our hope changes
7 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’
Israel celebrations were anchored in what God did in Egypt.
Israel celebrations were anchored in what God did in Egypt.
8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
Generation after generation would tell the story of how they overcame.
Generation after generation would tell the story of how they overcame.
10 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.
The historic anchor points
++Became only stories
++Distant from present reality
8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”
Your relationship with God
++Will not just be connected to what God did.
++Will be connected to what God is doing