1 Year Bible: Week 35 (Aug. 24-30)

1 YEAR BIBLE: WEEK 35 (AUG. 24-30)

Stage 3: Redemption

Verse of the week to live by: "I will be their God, and they will be my people." (Jer. 31:33)

Aug. 24; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 20-22

1. Jer. 20:1-6: What does this passage teach us about remaining faithful when obedience to God brings opposition?
2. Jer. 21:3-7: What surprising answer does God give to Zedekiah?
3. Jer. 22: How does Jeremiah 22 reveal the failure of Judah’s Davidic kings?

Aug. 25; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 23-26

1. Jer. 23: Who is the “righteous Branch” whom God promises to raise up for David?
2. Jer. 24: Whom do the bad figs represent?
3. Jer. 25:8-14: What is the significance of the seventy years of Babylonian domination?

Aug. 26; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 27-29

1. Jer. 27:1-7: What did the LORD command Jeremiah to make and place upon his neck? What did it symbolize?
2. Jer. 28: What did Hananiah do with the yoke on Jeremiah’s neck?
3. Jer. 29: What would happen after seventy years were completed for Babylon?

Aug. 27; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 30-32

1. Jer. 30: Compare Jeremiah 30:9 with Ezekiel 34:23–24 and 37:24–25. What common hope for a future Davidic Shepherd-King appears?
2. Jer. 31:23-30: What blessings will accompany Judah’s restoration?
3. Jer. 32: Why had King Zedekiah imprisoned Jeremiah?

Aug. 28; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 33-35

1. Jer. 33:31-: How does Jesus identify His death with the establishment of Jeremiah’s new covenant when He says, “This cup…is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:20)?
2. Jer. 34: How does Jeremiah 34 show that Israel had received redemption but failed to live as a redeemed community?
3. Jer. 35:1-5: During whose reign did the word of the LORD come to Jeremiah?

Aug. 29; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 36-39

1. Jer. 36:1-8: During whose reign did the word of the LORD come to Jeremiah?
2. Jer. 37: Who placed Zedekiah on the throne of Judah?
3. Jer. 39: Where did the Babylonians capture Zedekiah?

Aug. 30; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 40; Ps. 74, 79

1. Jer. 40: What does Jeremiah’s decision to remain with the people teach about his continuing pastoral concern for Judah?
2. Ps. 74: What might “the sea monsters” and Leviathan symbolize?
3. Ps. 79: How does the final verse describe God’s people?