In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:1, 14)
It is fitting that we begin a series on the book of Jeremiah during Advent, because Jeremiah is pre-eminently a theologian of the word.
“The words of Jeremiah…to whom the word of the LORD came…”
Andrew Shead suggests that “We might describe [the book of Jeremiah] as the story of what happened when the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.” (p38)
The word of the LORD is not just an idea that Jeremiah discusses. The word of the LORD is the primary actor in the book of Jeremiah. The phrases “the Word of the LORD came to me” – and “the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD” – are each used more than a dozen times.Jeremiah says “thus says the LORD” 155 times – which is more than the rest of the OT combined! And he uses the phrase “declares the LORD” 167 times – which also is more than the rest of the OT combined!
What this means is that the book of Jeremiah averages at least 6 references to the Word of the LORD in every chapter!
If you want to know God, listen to the words of Jeremiah as they communicate to us the word of the LORD that came to him.
So who was this Jeremiah? the one to whom the Word of the LORD came?
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