![]() ![]() (:8) Release – From the Yoke of Oppression 24:14ff gives further temporal precision it refers to Daniel’s period AFTER the evangelization of the entire world, and describes it as an unprecedented “great tribulation.”Ĭ> Revelation picks up the 3.5 year figure (11:2, 3 12:6, 14 13:5) and describes the coming sufferings in great detail.Ģ. This is placed AFTER the coming of Messiah.ī> Matt. 9:27 foretells a seven-year period (“one week”) during the second half of which (3.5 years) Jerusalem will be desolated. Parunak: What historical event is in view?Ī> Dan. Unprecedented horrors identified here – nation has experienced nothing of this severity previously “Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it.” (:7) Reversal – From Great Distress to Great Salvation (:7-9) Freedom From the Yoke of Oppressionġ. ![]() Their emotion is also etched on their ace since fear causes their face to go pale.ī. Longman: the fear is so great, even on those strong men who would be responsible for providing military defense that they would act like a woman experiencing labor pains. Two modes of attaining to life, one painful, the other gloriously free of pain. Parunak: The metaphor here compares the suffering of the exile with the pain of childbirth (v.6), in contrast with the triumph of the resurrection that God will bring in the future (v.9). Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale?” Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. ![]() “For thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard a sound of terror, of dread, and there is no peace. (:4) “Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: (:4-9) PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE FROM YOKE OF BONDAGE While the land provided the people with national identity and political integrity, its significance primarily derived from the fact that it was the arena of covenant blessing, the place where God’s presence and spiritual bounty would be enjoyed. This is a more general concept than release from captivity and involves reinstatement in covenantal favour (29:14), often including divine action to correct what had led to the imposition of judgment (Bracke 1985:243). to effect a reversal of divine judgment and a restoration of the people to a state of well-being and prosperity. Mackay: “restore the fortunes of” – occurs 7 times in the Book of Consolation (v. To apply this to God’s blessings on the church, which omit the land entirely, is completely backwards. Note the emphasis on the land! It is central the other blessings are secondary. Parunak: Specifically, he will bring them back to their land and give it back to them. The connection to the Promised Land makes it difficult to spiritualize this verse and apply it to the church of Jesus Christ was this completely fulfilled in the return from the 70 year Babylonian Captivity or does it have end times implications? “’For behold, days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The LORD says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.’” Because this will happen a ways down the road, he wants the record preserved so that, when it happens, people will recognize it as the hand of God and not just political happenstance. Parunak: God is going to reverse his former judgments, by bringing them back to the land. “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.’” (:1) “The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,” (:1-3) THEME: PROMISE OF FUTURE RESTORATION IN THE PROMISED LAND The promises of God are both surprising and magnificent – surprising in light of the manifold iniquities of God’s people and magnificent in their breadth and scope of peace and prosperity. 30-33, we see the bright light of God’s intended future blessing for His covenant nation – the combined and restored northern and southern kingdoms. But now in this Book of Consolation, chaps. Jeremiah’s tone thus far has been largely one of judgment. This passage, as with many of the OT prophecies, has a near fulfillment in the return from the Babylonian Captivity with ultimate fulfillment in Israel’s final restoration in the end times after the Great Tribulation. DESPITE THE GLOOM OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, AND THE TERROR OF THE COMING TRIBULATION, FUTURE RESTORATION WILL HEAL ALL WOUNDS ![]()
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