Jeremiah - Lesson 49A

• Chapters 1-23 Review:

  • The LORD called Jeremiah as a prophet to the nations during the last five kings of Judah.

  • The LORD’s warning to His people is to stop worshipping false gods or He will judge them by destruction and exile using a nation from the North, Babylon; the judgment will include the destruction of the temple and the city of Jerusalem.

    • The people are to repent from their evil ways; the leaders are specifically called out for their rejection of the LORD’s covenant and the shedding of innocent blood; the false prophets are called out for misleading the people to believe the LORD would not bring judgment on them.

    • Jeremiah is reviled by the leaders and the people of Judah, but the LORD will protect him.

  • The LORD promises there will not be a complete destruction of His people, as He will provide a Messiah and will bring His people back into the Promised Land in a future time, never to be removed.

• Chapters 24-29 Review:

  • Good figs are used to represent the Jews who go into exile and will ultimately be those who become the Jews brought back into the land at a future time. The bad figs represent those who rebel against the judgment the LORD has brought on them through Nebuchadnezzar to last for seventy years.

    • Hypocrisy and false teaching and prophecy plague the LORD’s people justifying the LORD’s judgment on them.

  • Jeremiah continues to experience persecution for bringing the LORD’s truth to His people (like planning to stay for a long time in Babylon) and calling out false prophets. Some of the false prophets are dealt with immediately.

• Chapters 30-33 Review:

  • These chapters are often referred to as the Book of Consolation as they are filled with promises for the LORD’s people.

  • Promises of the LORD’s people being regathered and brought back to a specific land as a nation to live in safety with hearts of flesh and not stone, served by priests, ruled by a king and living in prosperity. All of this is possible because Jesus their Messiah has redeemed them and will be their King.

• Chapters 34-38 Review:

  • The Jewish leaders renege on a covenant to release Hebrew servants.

  • The obedience of the Rechabites is contrasted to the disobedience of the LORD’s people. Jeremiah’s scroll is burned by King Jehoiakim.

    • Jeremiah is rescued from death in a cistern by a servant of the king.

    • Zedekiah seeks a new word from the LORD.

• Chapters 39-41 Review:

  • Jerusalem falls, Zedekiah is taken into exile, and Jeremiah joins Gedaliah, the selected governor of Judah. Gedaliah is threatened and then killed by Ishmael along with other Jews and Chaldeans at Mizpah. The remnant is rescued by Johana and the commanders with him.

• Chapters 42-44 Review:

  • The remnant of Judah disobeys the word of the LORD to remain in Judah and not fear Nebuchadnezzar, choosing to go to Egypt in rebellion. Egypt and the remnant from Judah will experience the judgement of the LORD brought by Nebuchadnezzar. The remnant vows to continue their worship of the false gods because they did not understand the true reason for their judgement in the land of Judah.   

• Chapters 45-48 Review:

  • The LORD speaks to Baruch through Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Baruch expressed sorrow knowing what the LORD has revealed for Judah but the LORD instructs him to set this aside and speak truth; the LORD will protect his life. The LORD then speaks about how He is going to bring judgement on Egypt, the Philistines and Moab

Jer. 49:1 Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the LORD:
“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad
And his people settled in its cities?
Jer. 49:2 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard
Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,”
Says the LORD.
Jer. 49:3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For Malcam will go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
Jer. 49:4 “How boastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
Jer. 49:5 “Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you,”
Declares the Lord GOD of hosts,
“From all directions around you;
And each of you will be driven out headlong,
With no one to gather the fugitives together.
Jer. 49:6 “But afterward I will restore
The fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the LORD.

• Verse 1 The LORD speaks concerning the sons of Ammon.

  • These were descendants from Lot like the Moabites were.

Gen. 19:36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

Gen. 19:38 As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

• Jer. 49:1 The LORD asks the people to consider if Israel has no sons or heirs.

  • The answer to that would indeed be Israel indeed has sons and heirs.

  • Then the LORD questions why Malcam has allowed his people to take possession of Gad and settled in its cities.

  • Malcam was the god of the sons of Ammon’s god referred to elsewhere as Milcom and Molech.

1Kings 11:33 because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon;

1Kings 11:7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.

• This god was one worshipped with the sacrifice of children.

Jer. 32:35 “They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech,

• Jer. 49:1 The descendants of Israel had been given this land as a possession by the LORD and the Ammonites were no longer to be the inhabitants of this land. The LORD has established who the land belongs to not Malcam/Milcom/Molech.   

  • Verse 2 Because their god Malcam (Molech) has done this the LORD declares there will be days in the future when He will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Rabbah is modern day Amman, the capital of Jordan.

  • Rabbah was traditionally the royal city of the sons of Ammon.

2Sam. 12:26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

• Jer. 49:2 Rabbah will become a desolate heap with her towns set on fire.

  • Israel will again possess the land that has been taken away; this is a future promise to be fulfilled.

• Verse 3 Heshbon should cry out because Ai is destroyed.

  • Heshbon was on the border of Edom and Ammon.

  • There is no city in the territory of Ammon known by the name Ai; this is not the city of that name located in Israel.

  • There is the suggestion that Ai is not a name of a town but a description of ruin (translated Ai)

  • Heshbon should cry out because of ruin and is destroyed would be the understanding.

    • The daughters of Rabbah should cry out and wrap themselves in sackcloth and lament.

    • They should run about within the city walls because Malcam will go into exile with his priests and princes.

  • Jer. 49:3 The god Malcam with his priests and princes will go into exile.

• Verse 4 Malcam was boastful about the valleys but now the valley is flowing away.

  • The god Malcam boasted about the valleys and the gods were given credit for the fertility of the land; now the valley will flow away because Malcam cannot protect it.

  • This people trusted in her treasures, assured no one would come against her.

  • Ammon is called a backsliding daughter. The LORD had originally protected the sons of Ammon when He brought Israel to the land.

Deut. 2:19 ‘When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

• The LORD had protected the land for the sons of Ammon but they are considered a backsliding daughter as they worship the false god Milcom.

  • The sons of Ammon came against the sons of Israel and now they will be judged.

• Jer. 49:5 The Lord GOD of hosts declares He is going to bring her down in terror from all sides.

  • They will be cast headlong and no one to gather them.

  • The reference to their bragging about their valleys and now being cast out headlong would bring a picture of what they bragged about being what they will fall into in their destruction.

    • This kingdom was hostile towards Judah even after the exile.

Jer. 40:13 Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
Jer. 40:14 and said to him, “Are you well aware that Baalis the king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

• The king of Ammon desired Gedaliah dead.

  • It was Ishmael’s desire to take the remnant of Judah to Ammon but they were rescued by Johanan.

• Review of the history during Jeremiah’s time:

  • Nebuchadnezzar had put Ammon under his authority when he first came into this territory marked by the invasion of 605 BC.

  • Then Ammon participated in the rebellion to Nebuchadnezzar in 594 and 598 BC.

  • The king of Ammon had something to do with the assassination of Gedaliah who Nebuchadnezzar appointed governor of Judah.

    • These are all reasons for Nebuchadnezzar to deal with Ammon in 581 BC as he also deals again with Judah and Moab, about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem.

• Jer. 49:6 The LORD declares He will restore the fortunes of the sons of Ammon at some point after this; most believe this is a reference to the Millennial Kingdom.

  • There is evidence that the sons of Ammon will be around during the tribulation.

Dan. 11:40 “At the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them and pass through.
Dan. 11:41 “He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon.

• Daniel reveals prophetically that at the end time there will be conflict for the anti-christ.

  • He will enter Israel (the Beautiful Land) and many countries will fall.

    • There are three countries that will not fall to him. They are Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon.

  • This could lead to some of the sons of Ammon going on into the Millennial Kingdom and could be what is alluded to as the LORD restoring the fortunes of the sons of Ammon.

Jer. 49:7 Concerning Edom.
Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
Jer. 49:8 “Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Dedan,
For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I punish him.
Jer. 49:9 “If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only until they had enough.
Jer. 49:10 “But I have stripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives
And his neighbors, and he is no more.
Jer. 49:11 “Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”
Jer. 49:12 For thus says the LORD, “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.
Jer. 49:13 “For I have sworn by Myself,” declares the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”
Jer. 49:14 I have heard a message from the LORD,
And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying,
“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
Jer. 49:15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among men.
Jer. 49:16 “As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of the rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,” declares the LORD.

• Verse 7 The LORD says He is the LORD of hosts, meaning the LORD of the heavenly armies.

  • There is a spiritual battle that is always being waged through the earthly kingdoms.

    • The LORD has a message for Edom.

    • The Edomites were the descendants from Esau.

Gen. 36:8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

• Esau and Jacob were the sons of Issac.

  • Esau the father of Edom and Jacob the father of Israel.

• Jer. 49:7 The style of writing continues with the LORD asking a question concerning the existence of wisdom in Teman.

  • The LORD spoke through Ezekiel regarding Teman as well.

Ezek. 20:45 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezek. 20:46 “Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,
Ezek. 20:47 and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.
Ezek. 20:48 “All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”’”

• The reason for this action is given in Ezek. 25:12-13.

Ezek. 25:12 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,”
Ezek. 25:13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

• Edom acted against the house of Judah avenging themselves.

  • The Lord God is going to come against Edom, cutting off all men and beasts from Teman to Dedan.

  • Jer. 49:7 The LORD indicates that wisdom has left Teman, a leading city of Edom.

• Verse 8 The LORD says the council of those with wisdom should be to flee away and turn back.

  • If they had wisdom they would turn back from what they are doing, they are coming against Judah.

  • They should dwell in the depths versus whatever they are trying to accomplish against Judah.

    • These words are for those living in Dedan. In Ezekiel it was clear the LORD is using the cities of Teman to Dedan to describe the extent of the destruction of Edom.

    • The disaster of Esau will be brought upon him (Edom) at the time the LORD brings his punishment. The disaster of Esau is given in Genesis 25:34.

Gen. 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

• Verse 34 defines how Esau despised his birthright.

  • The birthright was passed down to the eldest child and Esau sold his to Jacob for a bowl of stew. Esau saw no real value in this birthright to be received from Issac.

  • The birthright to be passed from Issac to his son were the promises made to him from the LORD through a covenant. The covenant the LORD had made with Abraham of being the father of a nation with many descendants and the promise of specific land, which came to be known as the Promised Land.

Gen. 12:2  And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
Gen. 12:3  And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Gen. 15:5 And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Gen. 15:6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Gen. 15:7 And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”

Gen. 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen. 15:19 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite
Gen. 15:20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim
Gen. 15:21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”

• The birthright was something not yet seen in the day of Issac and his sons.

  • It would require faith in the words of the LORD to believe these promises would be fulfilled.

  • Esau did not have faith and despised the unseen promises of the LORD; he was willing to sell these for a bowl of stew.

    • The name Edom comes from a word meaning ‘red’; this was how Esau described the stew he traded his birthright for in Genesis 25:30.

Gen. 25:30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

• Esau did not receive the blessing of Issac as that was given to Jacob as well.

Gen. 27:36 Then he said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
Gen. 27:37 But Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him your master, and all his relatives I have given to him as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”

• The blessing from Issac to Jacob was for all his relatives to serve him, this included Esau.

  • This could not be changed once given out from Issac to Jacob.

  • Jer. 49:8 The disaster of Esau is now coming to pass completely on Edom.

• Verse 9-10 The LORD describes how those who gather grapes leave some leftovers (gleanings) and thieves take only what they can carry; but He will strip Esau of everything, there will be nothing left, and his offspring and relatives will be made no more.

  • Verse 11 The orphans and widows the LORD will keep alive.

  • Verse 12 The LORD says those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will drink it.

    • The drinking of the cup is a reference to the wrath to be poured out, here called the destruction.

    • Israel is sentenced to drink the cup of wrath because she violated the covenant with the LORD.

    • Those who were not cursed as Esau was and were not even related to Israel will be judged.

  • There were those who thought they would be released from the declaration of the LORD for justice but they will also drink it— the destruction.

  • Those who thought they could join in but not lead the destruction of Judah and could be acquitted are wrong.

Obad. 10 “Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.
Obad. 11 “On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem —
You too were as one of them.

• Edom was a brother of Israel (Jacob) and will be covered in shame for what they watched happen to Israel and for their own participation in their destruction.

  • This attitude against Israel had taken place since the beginning of their entrance into the Promised Land.

• Verse 13 The LORD has sworn by Himself that Bozrah will become an object of horror, reproach, ruin and a curse.

  • Bozrah was the administrative capital of Edom so this city was called out for a specific judgment. This is maintained by the word of the LORD to the prophet Amos in Amos 1:11-12.

Amos 1:11 Thus says the LORD,
“For three transgressions of Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.
Amos 1:12 “So I will send fire upon Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

• Jer. 49:13 It will not just be Bozrah but all the cities will become perpetual ruins.

  • Verse 14 The destruction will come from a gathering of the nations all coming together against her (Edom) in battle.

  • Verse 15 Edom was made small as a nation, and despised among men.

  • Verse 16 Though Edom was small in number she will be filled with arrogance of the heart, and this deceives them.

    • The reference to those who live in the clefts of the rock and occupy the height of the hill.

    • The translation of rock from Sela is also the name of a city near Bozrah called Petra.

  • They thought they lived in safety on their hill, feeling like an eagle in its untouchable nest; but the LORD will bring them down both physically and spiritually.

Jer. 49:17 “Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
Jer. 49:18 “Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.
Jer. 49:19 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
Jer. 49:20 Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.
Jer. 49:21 The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.
Jer. 49:22 Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

• Verse 17-18  Edom will become an object of horror; the LORD says Edom will become like Sodom and Gomorrah and no one will live there.

  • There has not been a time historically when the land of Edom could be compared to what is described as happening to Sodom and Gomorrah. There has not been a time that man could not inhabit the land of Edom.

    • The conclusion is this completed judgment is still in the future for the land of Edom.

    • There will be a future time when an envoy of nations will come against Edom.

• Verse 19 At this time there will be one who will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan.

  • The phrase like a lion is key to know it is not the lion but ‘like a lion’.

  • This may be a reference to the ultimate imitation of Christ being the anti-christ.

  • The anti-christ will come from the thicket of Jordan.

    • He will come up against a perennially watered pasture. (Israel)

    • The LORD will make him run away from it (the perennially watered pasture, Israel)

    • The LORD has chosen one to appoint over it (the perennially watered pasture, Israel)

    • The LORD can do this because there is no one like Him.

    • No one who can question the LORD in court; He is the judge.

  • There is no shepherd who can stand against the LORD.

  • The shepherd is Christ.

Psa. 80:1 Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

• The Shepherd of Israel is the LORD, the Christ.

Jer. 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare in the coastlands afar off,
And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
Jer. 31:11  For the LORD has ransomed Jacob
And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

• Verse 10 The LORD scattered Israel and He will gather Israel and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.

  • Verse 11 It is the LORD who has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him.

    • The Shepherd is given in Micah 7:14-15.

Mic. 7:14 Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Your possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of a fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.
Mic. 7:15 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,
I will show you miracles.”

• Verse 14 The LORD is the Shepherd of His people.

  • The people will dwell in the woodlands in the midst of a fruitful field.

  • The fruitful field could also be what is seen in Jeremiah as the perennially watered pasture.

• Jer. 49:20 Because the anti-christ has come up against Israel the LORD says therefore He has a plan against Edom.

  • His plan has a purpose against the inhabitants of Teman; they will drag them off.

    • Those being dragged off include the little ones of the flock.

    • The pastures will become desolate because of them (the little ones of the flock).

• Verse 21 The earth will quake at the noise of their (the little ones of the flock) downfall.

  • There will be an outcry and it will be heard at the Red Sea, all the way to Egypt on the west.

• Verse 22 The verse begins with ‘Behold’ and follows with a ‘He’ who will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah.

  • When He does this against Bozrah the hearts of the mighty men of Edom, in that day, will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

    • The LORD will deal with Bozrah and the mighty men of Edom.

    • The ultimate future of Edom is given in Malachi 1:1-5

Mal. 1:1 The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
Mal. 1:2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob;
Mal. 1:3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”
Mal. 1:4 Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the LORD of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever.”
Mal. 1:5 Your eyes will see this and you will say, “The LORD be magnified beyond the border of Israel!”

• Verse 1-2 The LORD speaks to Israel, and says he loved Israel.

  • Israel asks how He has loved them.

  • The LORD points out to them that though Esau was Jacob’s brother He loved Jacob.

• Verse 3 The LORD says He hated Esau and that is displayed in his mountains being a desolation and his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.

  • Verse 4 Edom says we have been beaten down but we will rebuild and come back.

    • The LORD of hosts says He will tear them down until it is clear to men that they are a wicked territory.

    • The people of this land the LORD says He is indignant towards forever.

• Verse 5 Israel will see this and know the LORD is magnified or seen beyond the borders of Israel.

  • The LORD is the God of the earth.

  • The LORD’s words will always be completed in perfection.

Is. 46:9  “Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Is. 46:10  Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

• There is a day when prophecy will be complete.

Rev. 10:7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.

• What does it mean to the world that every word of the scriptures will be fulfilled?

  • There is one God, He is revealed through His son Jesus, there is one way to salvation from sin. The gospel is true and is the only way.

    • To the believer we must know the word, and we are to live according to all revealed in His word.

    • We have assurances and promises for our eternal future. We are to live according to the commands of His word.