Text2 Kings 23-25;

Jeremiah; Lamentations

Next week’s assignment:

• Ezekiel; Daniel; Zechariah

2 Kings 23-25Historical Overview

Pharaoh-nechoh

JosiahLast Righteous King of Judah

2 Kings 23:29-30

Pharaoh-nechoh

Jehoahaz(3 Month Reign)

2 Kings 23:31-34

Pharaoh-nechoh

Jehoiakim(11 Year Reign)

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

2 Kings 23:34-37; 24:1-6

Jehoiakim(11 Year Reign)

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

2 Kings 23:34-37; 24:1-6

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

Jehoiachin(Rebelled against Neb.)

2 Kings 24:6-13

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

Jehoiachin(Rebelled against Neb.)

2 Kings 24:6-13

Text

2 Kings 24:14-16(about 606 B.C.)

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

Zedekiah(3 Month Reign)

2 Kings 24:17-20; 25:1-7

Nebuchadnezzar

(Babylonian King)

Zedekiah(3 Month Reign)

Major B of M Intersection!

1 Nephi 1:4

Who were some of the “many prophets” who testified against

Jerusalem?

• Jeremiah• Obadiah• Nahum• Ezekiel?

• Habakkuk• Zephaniah• Daniel?• Lehi

780 BC

760 BC

740 BC

720 BC

700 BC

JUDAH: SOUTHERN KINGDOM

ISRAEL: NORTHERN KINGDOMMAIN KINGS

Jeroboam II

Menahem

Pekahiah

Hoshea

Pekah

Assyrian Captivity

MAIN PROPHETS

Jonah

AmosH

ose

a Obed

MAIN KINGS

Uzziah

Ahaz

Manasseh

MAIN PROPHETS

Isaia

h

Mic

ah

Hezekiah

Jotham

680 BC

660 BC

640 BC

620 BC

600 BC

580BC

Josiah

Jehoiakim

Zedekiah

Babylonian Captivity

Nahum?Zephaniah

?Jere

mia

h Lehi

Habakkuk

Text

Text

What was on the Brass Plates?

1 Nephi 5:10-13

Text1 Nephi 5:13

“And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

Jeremiah 1:1-3 The historical context of his

ministry.

625 B.C. 600 B.C.

JOSIAH becomes

king

575 B.C.

Jeremiah in Historical Context626 B.C.—586 B.C.

650 B.C.

Jeremiah’s Ministry

641 B.C.

JEHOIAKIM becomes

king

1st Babylonian

invasionZEDEKIAH

becomes king

597B.C.

626 B.C. 586 B.C.

587B.C.

2nd Babylonian

invasion

609 B.C.

1. Jeremiah 1-6. Prophecies under King Josiah (626-608 B.C.)

2. Jeremiah 7-20. Prophecies under King Jehoiakim (608-598 B.C.)

3. Jeremiah 21-38. Prophecies under King Zedekiah (597-586 B.C.)

4. Jeremiah 39-44.History & other events after the fall of Jerusalem.

5. Jeremiah 46-51.Prophecies against foreign nations.

* Jeremiah 52 forms a historical conclusion.

The Book of Jeremiah

625 B.C. 600 B.C.

JOSIAH becomes

king

575 B.C.

Jeremiah in Historical Context626 B.C.—586 B.C.

650 B.C.

Jeremiah

1-6

641 B.C.

JEHOIAKIM becomes

king

597B.C. 587B.C.

2nd Babylonian

invasion

Jeremiah 7-20

Jeremiah

39-44Jeremiah 21-38

1st Babylonian

invasionZEDEKIAH

becomes king

609 B.C.

Jeremiah 1:4-10, 17-19 Jeremiah’s call to be a prophet.

“Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council in heaven before this world was. I suppose that I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council.”

Joseph SmithPresident

(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,

p. 365)

What’s Wrong with Judah?Jeremiah 2:13

“The words of the Lord to … the prophet Jeremiah describe the condition of many of Gods children in our own day: ‘My people have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out broken cisterns, that can hold no water.’ “Too many of our Heavenly Fathers children spend their precious lives carving out broken cisterns of worldly gain that cannot hold the living water that satisfies fully their natural thirst for everlasting truth.”

Joseph B. WirthlinQuorum of the

Twelve(“Living Water to Quench Spiritual

Thirst,” Ensign, May 1995, p.18)

Judah’s Infidelity Jeremiah 3:14, 20

Jeremiah 2:32

Jeremiah 3:1-2, 6-11

Lamentations 1:1-2, 6

What were the Sins of Judah?

• Jeremiah 5:7

• Jeremiah 5:8

• Jeremiah 5:23

• Jeremiah 6:10

• Jeremiah 6:13

• Jeremiah 6:15

• Jeremiah 7:9

• Jeremiah 7:18

• Jeremiah 7:25-26

• Jeremiah 7:31

• Jeremiah 11:13

• Ezekiel 7:23

What Broke Their Cisterns?How did Judah Cheat On the Lord?

“Baal [was] the idol referred to by Old Testament prophets as ‘The Shame,’ given the sexual perversions that were associated with its worship.”

D. Todd Christofferson

Quorum of the Twelve(Ensign, Nov. 2008)

Jeremiah 11:13

“We know that the people who were in the land of

Jerusalem were a righteous people.”

1 Nephi 17:22

Laman & Lemuel

What were the Sins of Judah?

• Jeremiah 5:7

• Jeremiah 5:8

• Jeremiah 5:23

• Jeremiah 6:10

• Jeremiah 6:13

• Jeremiah 6:15

• Jeremiah 7:9

• Jeremiah 7:18

• Jeremiah 7:25-26

• Jeremiah 7:31

• Jeremiah 11:13

• Ezekiel 7:23

What Broke Their Cisterns?How did Judah Cheat On the Lord?

Insights about the nature of sin

Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 2:22Jeremiah 5:25

“One may bathe hourly, perfume oneself often, have hair shampooed frequently, have fingernails manicured daily, … and still be as filthy as hell's cesspools. What defiles is sin, and especially sexual sin.”

Spencer W. KimballQuorum of the Twelve

(The Miracle of Forgiveness, 62)

Judah’s infidelity was supported, urged on, and

upheld by false prophets & teachers.

Jeremiah 5:31

Jeremiah 6:13-16

Jeremiah 23

Some Characteristics of False Prophets

Jeremiah 23:16-17, 26-27, 31-32

What do They Teach?

“False prophets always arise to oppose the true prophets.”

Joseph SmithPresident

(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,

sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 365).

“False prophets and false teachers are those who arrogantly attempt to fashion new interpretations of the scriptures to demonstrate that these sacred texts should not be read as God’s words to His children but merely as the utterances of uninspired men, limited by their own prejudices and cultural biases….

M. Russell BallardQuorum of the Twelve

("Beware of False Prophets and False Teachers," Ensign,

November 1999, p.62)

M. Russell BallardQuorum of the Twelve

("Beware of False Prophets and False Teachers," Ensign,

November 1999, p.62)

“False prophets and false teachers are also those who attempt to change the God-given and scripturally based doctrines that protect the sanctity of marriage, the divine nature of the family, and the essential doctrine of personal morality. They advocate a redefinition of morality to justify fornication, adultery, and homosexual relationships. Some openly champion the legalization of so-called same-gender marriages.”

According to these verses, what Do All False Prophets Have in Common?

Jeremiah 23:21, 32

Jeremiah 27:15

Jeremiah 29:9

What about True Prophets?

Jeremiah 35:15

How do we know if God has “sent” a prophet or authorized

a teacher?

D&C 42:11—“Again I say unto you, that it shall not be given to any one to go forth to preach my gospel, or to build up my church, except he be ordained by some one who has authority, and it is known to the church that he has authority and has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church.”

“Whosoever receiveth my word receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth those, the First Presidency, whom I have sent, whom I have made counselors for my name’s sake unto you.” (D&C 112:20)

What will soon happen to them because they didn’t repent?

Jeremiah 25:8-11Similar Passages:• Jeremiah 6:19-23• Jeremiah 7:20

2 Nephi 25:9“And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.”

5. Destruction

Occurs

1. People Ripen in Iniquity

2. God Sends Prophets to Warn

3. Prophets are Rejected/No Repentance

4. Spirit Ceases Striving with Man

The Pattern of Destruction

How was Jeremiah received?

Jeremiah 20:1-6

Jeremiah 36:1-4

Jeremiah 36:22-23

Jeremiah 37:1-8, 15-16; 38:4-6

Text

Jeremiah 37:1-8, 15-16; 38:4-6

How did Jeremiah feel to be a messenger of the

Lord?

Jeremiah 20:14-18, 7-13

2 Kings 25 & Lamentations

The end of Judah

625 B.C. 600 B.C.

JOSIAH becomes

king

575 B.C.

Jeremiah in Historical Context626 B.C.—586 B.C.

650 B.C.

Jeremiah’s Ministry

641 B.C.

JEHOIAKIM becomes

king

1st Babylonian

invasionZEDEKIAH

becomes king

597B.C.

626 B.C. 586 B.C.

587B.C.

2nd Babylonian

invasion

609 B.C.

5. Destruction

Occurs

1. People Ripen in Iniquity

2. God Sends Prophets to Warn

3. Prophets are Rejected/No Repentance

4. Spirit Ceases Striving with Man

The Pattern of Destruction

2 Kings 25:1-10

Were Laman and Lemuel Right?

1 Nephi 17:20-21

What were they really missing out on?

2 Kings 25:1-10; Lamentations 4:1-13

Camera #1Jerusalem

Lamentations 4:4

Camera #2The Wilderness

1 Nephi 17:2

Camera #1Jerusalem

Lamentations 4:8

Camera #2The Wilderness

1 Nephi 17:5

Camera #1Jerusalem

Lamentations 4:18

Camera #2The Wilderness

1 Nephi 17:14

Keeping the commandments may be hard,

but NOT keeping the commandments is harder.

“The living prophet and the first presidency—follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.”

~President Ezra Taft Benson(BYU Devotional, 26 Feb., 1980)

Jeremiah’s HopeProphecies of the Latter-days

2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D.

God makes the Covenant

with Abraham

3??? A.D.

The Gathering of IsraelJer. 3:12-19

Jer. 16:14-16Jer. 31:1-17

Jer. 32:37-41

Israel gains the promised

land

10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722

B.C.) Judah loses the promised land

(587 B.C.)

Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised

land (537 B.C.)

Jesus is rejected by the Jews and

crucified (34 A.D.)

Jews are scattered(70 A.D.)

Israel’s enemies are destroyedJer. 30:16,

20

MillenniumTime of the Gentiles

The Covenant is Fulfilled!!!

Jer. 30:14-15, 17

The History/Future of Covenant Israel

Jer. 31:31-34

“One way or another, I think virtually all of the prophets and early apostles had their visionary moments of our time—a view that gave them courage in their own less-successful eras. Those early brethren knew an amazing amount about us…. Some of what they saw wasn’t pleasing, but surely all those earlier generations took heart from knowing that there would finally be one dispensation that would not fail….

Jeffrey R. Holland

Quorum of the Twelve

(CES Fireside for Young Adults, September 12,

2004)

“Ours is the day, collectively speaking, toward which the prophets have been looking from the beginning of time, and those earlier brethren are over there still cheering us on! In a very real way, their chance to consider themselves fully successful depends on our faithfulness and our victory.”

Jeffrey R. Holland

Quorum of the Twelve

(CES Fireside for Young Adults, September 12,

2004)

2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D.

God makes the Covenant

with Abraham

3??? A.D.

The Gathering of IsraelJer. 3:12-19

Jer. 16:14-16Jer. 31:1-17

Jer. 32:37-41

Israel gains the promised

land

10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722

B.C.) Judah loses the promised land

(587 B.C.)

Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised

land (537 B.C.)

Jesus is rejected by the Jews and

crucified (34 A.D.)

Jews are scattered(70 A.D.)

Israel’s enemies are destroyedJer. 30:16,

20

MillenniumTime of the Gentiles

The Covenant is Fulfilled!!!

Jer. 30:14-15, 17

The History/Future of Covenant Israel

Jer. 31:31-34

“This is the time of the promised gathering of Israel. And we get to participate! Isn’t that exciting? The Lord is counting on us and our sons—and He is profoundly grateful for our daughters—who worthily serve as missionaries in this great time of the gathering of Israel.”

Russell M. Nelson Quorum of the Twelve(“Covenants,” Ensign, Nov.

2011, 88)

“If you can’t get excited about that kind of assignment in the drama of history, you can’t get excited!”

Jeffrey R. HollandQuorum of the Twelve

(CES Fireside for Young Adults,

September 12, 2004)

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