"Some people see the pain in this world and decide to hurt others instead of helping others as a result."
Daniel: Prophet to the royal court in Babylon
Ezekiel: Prophet to the camp of Jews who were captured to build the new Babylon.
Jeremiah: Prophet who stayed in Israel to preach to the people left behind.
- Jer. 31.3 is God reassuring his people that he still loves them. It's easy to love those who love us, it's hard to love those who do not love back.
- About being overly critical: "Live and let live or else you won't have any friends."
- "Some people seem perfect, but those tend to be the people we don't know very well."
Jer. 32.31-36: The New Deal
- The last deal was a tender one (by the hand)
- The agreement was broken, they needed a new one.
- Everyone (Gentiles) are included in the new agreement.
- The God whose love did not expire for Israel is the God whose love does not expire for us.
Matt. 26.27-29
- Jesus would not drink of the "cup of gathering" until the great gathering once the New Deal is fulfilled.
