Jeremiah pt. 2

Question 1

______ is the guiding force behind ALL history

Answer 1

God

Question 2

Behind all of Jeremiah’s prophecies, the image of God is that of a _______ in a _______

Answer 2

Prosecuting Attorney, lawsuit

Question 3

Hebrew RIV means

Answer 3

Divine Lawsuit

Question 4

When did Josiah’s famous reform launch?

Answer 4

622

Question 5

Behind Josiah’s reform lies Jeremiah’s prophesy:

Answer 5

a NATIONAL CATASTROPHE can be averted only by a NATIONAL GESTURE OF T’SHUVAH and a RECOMMITMENT to the TORAH (CATASTROPHE –> GESTURE –> RECOMMITMENT)

Question 6

Josiah died in what, where and when?

Answer 6

Battle against the Egyptians at Carchemish in 609

Question 7

Jeremiah is convinced that God’s _______ with Judah is ____________

Answer 7

patience with Judah is at an end

Question 8

The Lord says that he will destroy the city like _

Answer 8

one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired

Question 9

Jeremiah writes a letter from Jerusalem to who?

Answer 9

the remaining elders, priests, prophets and all who were exiled by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon

Question 10

Who exiled the people to Babylon?

Answer 10

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 11

Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles states:

Answer 11

build homes, plant, eat, marry, procreate. YOU WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

Question 12

Jeremiah’s letter provides ____________

Answer 12

Hope for the Future Restoration

Question 13

The Exile will last

Answer 13

70 years, or 2 generations

Question 14

The Exile lasts as long so that the

Answer 14

generation who entered exile will die, the generation the is born in the wilderness will be the ones to return

Question 15

God reverses traditional wisdom. What is the reversal?

Answer 15

You will now die for YOUR OWN SIN.

Question 16

God’s reversal of the sin theology shows that

Answer 16

Judah is suffering not b/c of its ancestors sins, but because of their OWN INFIDELITY

Question 17

What is the theological Climax of Jeremiah’s Preaching?

Answer 17

1. New Covenant with the Houses of Israel & Judah
2. New Law, I will be their God and they shall be my ppl
3. They shall know me, and I will forgive

Question 18

Jeremiah was either heavily influenced by the _____ _____ of the Josianic Period

Answer 18

Deuteronomic Traditions

Question 19

Jeremiah actually _________ any concept that would imply that the Covenant Relationship between God and Israel could ever be _____

Answer 19

REJECTS concept that the Covenant between YHWY and Israel could be abrogated

Question 20

The Covenant is ____

Answer 20

Unconditional

Question 21

God will remain loyal to his covenant obligations and commitments even if ___

Answer 21

Israel is not faithful

Question 22

The Book of Jeremiah shows the _____ that characterize the lives of most biblical prophets

Answer 22

Internal Anguish

Question 23

Like JOB, Jeremiah ____

Answer 23

curses the day he was born

Question 24

Like QOHELETH, , Jeremiah wishes

Answer 24

that he had never been born

Question 25

Jeremiah's internal suffering manifests itself physically:

Answer 25

Writhing in my bowels and a throbbing in my heart

Question 26

Jeremiah feels duped again by the Lord, like Moses he is

Answer 26

reluctance to take up his "Prophetic Mantel"

Question 27

Like Elijah, Jeremiah will ____

Answer 27

come close to losing his life b/c of his ministry

Question 28

How was Jeremiah treated?

Answer 28

Kings, Priests, Arrested Beated, his own townsfolk from Anathoth throated to kill him

Question 29

Jeremiah would be practically ____ into ______ by ____

Answer 29

KIDNAPPED into Egypt to SAVE HIS LIFE by the people who threatened HIm.

Question 30

Pattern of the 6 Confessions or Laments

Answer 30

1. Cry to God 2. Complaint given, difficult expressed 3. Petition for God to help 4. Profession of Faith/Trust 5. Promise if God helps 6. Praise of God

Question 31

During one of Jeremiah's imprisonments, God tells him to _________

Answer 31

purchase a piece of ANCESTRAL Land and give the deed to Baruch.

Question 32

The symbolic act of purchasing land indicated that

Answer 32

God has a strong attachment to the Land and the Covenantal Promised that He made to Israel

Question 33

Piece of Ancestral Land refers to

Answer 33

land that God gave to the 12 tribes in the Conquest.

Question 34

Jeremiah believes that God, who was able to _______, is able to bring ______

Answer 34

able to free ppl from bondage in EGYPT, is able to bring ISRAEL out of BABYLON.

Question 35

The text of Jer 30-33 is know as the

Answer 35

Book of Consolation

Question 36

Before Jermiah's time, Israelites believed in a future single great ___________, that would during _______

Answer 36

DAY OF THE LORD, that would bring judgement and fulfillment of God's promises

Question 37

Jeremiah's DAY OF THE LORD appears in stages:

Answer 37

1. Suffering 2. "the coming days" in-between period 3. Absolute completion of all hopes and promises - the GREAT DAY OF THE LORD 4. A New Covenant

Question 38

Judgement and Salvation will happen in __ __

Answer 38

God's time