Our Promise-Keeper

The year was 587 B.C. The year before Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians. The siege that began in 588 B.C.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah. Jeremiah 32:1-2 NIV.

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah (640-609 B.C.) son of Amon king of Judah, and through the reign of Jehoiakim (609-598 B.C.) son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah (597-586 B.C.) son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. Jeremiah 1:1-3 NIV.

Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there saying, "Why do you prophesy as you do? You say, 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hands of the Babylonians but will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.' " Jeremiah 32:3-5 NIV.

Jeremiah's prophetic ministry began in 626 B.C. and ended sometime after 586 B.C. It was a period when the doom of entire nations, including Judah came to past.

Primarily known as a prophet of doom, proclaiming God's judgment upon Judah and Jerusalem; Jeremiah was also a prophet of hope, proclaiming oracles of salvation. The memory of his divine call and God's frequent reaffirmations of his commissioning as a prophet made Jeremiah fearless in the service of God.

GOD's Message to Jeremiah: "GOD says, 'If my covenant with day and my covenant with night ever fell apart so that day and night became haphazard and you never knew which was coming
and when, then and only then would my covenant with my servant David fall apart and his descendants no longer rule. The same goes for the Levitical priests who serve me. Jeremiah 33:19-21 The Message.

God's faithfulness to His covenantal people and His promise of restoration prevailed throughout Israel's history and was as secured as the order of creation.

Jeremiah was the voice of God when establishments failed, when the destiny of God's chosen people seemed derailed, when hope was disappearing from the horizon.

Jeremiah with his own struggles with regards to God's will for his own people, with his contemporaries, and even with God's will for his life; remained faithful to God and proclaimed God's will for His people.

In the midst of turmoil, uncertainty and aloneness, sometimes faithfulness is all there is. And God is always there for those who love Him.

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