Jeremiah part 1

Haddington Elim Church · Jul 25, 2023 · 23m

We are beginning a series on Jeremiah, the Prophet of God.

Jeremiah was a prophet in Judah. He prophesied to the nation of Israel for 40 years and spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. He has one of the most well-known verses in the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”

This was written at a terrible time in Israel’s past. This is the context that this verse was written: Israel and Judah, divided kingdoms by this…