It took mean nearly 20 minutes to read these two chapters. These chapters record two revelations of encouragement that came to Jeremiah during a very discouraging time of his discouraging prophetic career. He was imprisoned with the captain of the guard. The first word from God was to buy some property while he is imprisoned. Jeremiah details the legal process that was executed and the land purchase was completed. God told Jeremiah and those who witnessed the transaction that this was an example of what would happen in 70 years; land would be sold and traded. The message was that life would return to “normal” for Israel after their punishment was complete. The second revelation was that God’s covenant with Israel would never be discarded. Even after the physical inheritance was destroyed God’s inheritance would remain; unchanged because He is unchanging. Paul summed up this lesson for us in 2 Timothy 2:13 “If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
Stuart
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