August 21, 2011 – Jeremiah 33

Here we have a promise of fulfilling all that God has promised. We see that even though it appears God has forgotten them in their current situation, that does not mean they are forgotten. Appearances can be deceiving and we haven’t the ability to comprehend God’s plan. But He is telling us that even when things look bleak, His plan is in action and He cannot break His covenant.

The shoot from David, the King that will sit on David’s throne forever, is Christ. The descendants of David that multiply like the sands of the sea, that is us, the brothers and sisters, the heirs of Christ and His Kingdom.

This prophesy makes Jerusalem to be a pinnacle of what will bring about this everlasting Kingdom, and it is because that is where Christ gives His sacrifice, but it paints it in a picture that doesn’t fit with what we know happens. Bringing about songs of joy, gladness, of the bridegroom and bride, thanks and offering, this is not a description I would imagine of the cross on Calvary. I guess that could be what happened on the morning of the Resurrection. Maybe not a physical joy that we could see, but a spiritual joy or a rejoicing of all the Heavens around the open tomb, and that took place in Jerusalem. That does seem to fit, to read verse 10-11 with the view of Sunday morning, not Friday afternoon.

Also, talking about the land that had no sheep being filled and under the hands of one who counts them reminds us of the preaching of Christ about being the good Shepherd and the people being sheep without a shepherd.