Bible study course
An advanced, collegiate, twelve-lesson academic study of the Book of Jeremiah, exploring the prophet priestly lineage and calling from the womb, the indictment of broken cisterns and spiritual adultery, the explosive Temple Sermon in the gate of Yahweh house, the ruined linen loincloth and Jeremiah personal confessions, the lesson of the potter wheel and the shattered flask, the Righteous Branch and the hammer of the Word, the two baskets of figs and the yoke of Babylon, the pastoral letter to the exiles seeking the shalom of the city, the Book of Consolation and the revolutionary New Covenant written on the heart, the courageous purchase of the field at Anathoth, Jehoiakim burning of the scroll and Jeremiah rescue from the muddy cistern, and the tragic flight to Egypt contrasted with the ultimate sinking of Babylon in the Euphrates.
An academic study of Jeremiah 1, exploring the prophet priestly lineage in Anathoth, his prenatal consecration, the touch of Yahweh upon his mouth, the sixfold cosmic mandate, and the inaugural visions of the watching almond rod and the boiling northern caldron.
An advanced examination of Jeremiah 2 and 3, exploring the memory of Israel bridal devotion in the wilderness, the double indictment of forsaking the living spring for broken cisterns, the madness of idolatrous infatuation, and the sovereign call to return (shuv).
A comprehensive study of Jeremiah 7 to 10, examining the famous Temple Sermon at the gate of the Lord house, the exposure of magical temple slogans, the historic lesson of Shiloh destruction, the horrors of child sacrifice in Topheth, and the true boast in knowing Yahweh.
An advanced examination of Jeremiah 11 to 15, analyzing the prophetic sign of the spoiled linen loincloth at the Euphrates, the agony of the severe drought, Jeremiah raw personal confessions of emotional anguish, and God solemn rebuke and restoration of His weeping prophet.
A collegiate analysis of Jeremiah 16 to 20, examining the celibacy and mourning restrictions placed on the prophet, the visual lesson of the clay on the potter wheel, the shattering of the earthenware flask in the Valley of Hinnom, the public beating and stocks of Pashhur, and the fire shut up in Jeremiah bones.
A collegiate study of Jeremiah 21 to 23, examining the scathing indictments of Judah last kings (Shallum, Jehoiakim, and Coniah), the burial of a donkey, the messianic promise of the Righteous Branch (Yahweh Tsidkenu), the exposure of deceitful prophets crying "Peace, peace", and God Word as fire and a shattering hammer.
An advanced examination of Jeremiah 24 to 28, analyzing the visionary contrast between good and bad figs, the global cup of divine wrath, the explicit seventy-year timetable of exile, the wooden ox yoke worn by the prophet, and the dramatic confrontation with the false prophet Hananiah.
A comprehensive study of Jeremiah 29, examining the pastoral letter sent by Jeremiah to the Babylonian exiles, the radical command to seek the shalom of the pagan city, the beloved covenant promise of Jeremiah 29:11 in its authentic historical context, and the judgment upon the lying exilic prophets Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.
An advanced theological study of Jeremiah 30 and 31, frequently known as the Book of Consolation, examining the time of Jacob trouble, Rachel weeping in Ramah, the sovereign promise of the New Covenant (Berit Chadashah), the internal inscription of the Torah, universal knowledge of Yahweh, and total forgiveness of sins.
A collegiate study of Jeremiah 32 and 33, examining Jeremiah imprisoned in the court of the guard during the final Babylonian siege, the prophetic purchase of the ancestral field at Anathoth for seventeen shekels of silver, the great prayer of divine omnipotence ("Nothing is too hard for You"), and the permanent Davidic and Levitical covenants.
An exhaustive collegiate study of Jeremiah 34 to 39, examining the treachery of re-enslaving freed Hebrew slaves, the contrasting loyalty of the Rechabites, King Jehoiakim defiant burning of Baruch scroll with a penknife, Jeremiah imprisonment in Malchiah muddy cistern, his rescue by Ebed-melech the Cushite, and the tragic fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
An advanced examination of Jeremiah 40 to 45 and 50 to 52, exploring the brief governorship of Gedaliah at Mizpah, his tragic assassination by Ishmael, the terrified flight of the remnant to Egypt dragging Jeremiah against divine oracle, idolatry to the Queen of Heaven in Pathros, the personal oracle to Baruch, the monumental drowning of Babylon in the Euphrates, and the elevation of Jehoiachin in exile.