Jeremiah 30

Jeremiah 30:1

VI. PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION (Chaps. 3033)Chapters 30-33 contain messages of hope and deliverance and are the bright spot in a book majoring on judgment. Clyde Francisco characterizes them as follows: No more stirring passages ever were written than those found in this section of Jeremiah. Although most of his messages concerned judgment and doom, when he dreamed of the future he could preach the way he really preferred. All his heart went into these sermons. The return from captivity was only a partial fulfillment; these chapters look forward to the end times and the final restoration. This is a very important section, as it contains the famous New Covenant passage which predicts the revival of the nation of Israel. This can only take place after “the time of Jacob’s trouble” (the Great Tribulation) in 30:4-17. God keeps His covenants, contrary to the views of some. Jeremiah is told to buy a field to show the certainty of the restoration. A. The Captives to Be Regathered (Chap. 30)30:1-11 Both Israel and Judah will be regathered. First there will be the time of Jacob’s trouble (the Great Tribulation), then God will break the power of the Gentiles over His people. The promise that God will raise up for them David their king is generally understood to mean the Lord Jesus, the seed of David. However, some take it to mean the literal David, risen from the dead. 30:12-17 Though the nation’s affliction now seems incurable, God will . . . heal their wounds and plunder their adversaries. 30:18-24 These verses describe the idyllic conditions that will prevail in the Millennium. The last two verses of the chapter depict God’s judgment on the wicked; this precedes His blessing on Israel, as seen in the next chapter.