Jeremiah: Judgment, Hope, and the New Covenant

Jeremiah: Judgment, Hope, and the New Covenant is a comprehensive 40-lesson study of Jeremiah 1-52. Students follow Jeremiah's ministry through Judah's final years, the Babylonian crisis, Jerusalem's destruction, exile, prophetic conflict, personal suffering, and God's promises of restoration and covenant renewal.

Learning Objectives

• Understand Jeremiah's historical setting, prophetic calling, and major theological themes.
• Explain Judah's covenant unfaithfulness and Jeremiah's warnings concerning idolatry, injustice, false worship, and false security.
• Distinguish Jeremiah's message from the reassuring claims of false prophets.
• Study Jeremiah's personal struggles and faithfulness under rejection and persecution.
• Trace the historical movement toward Jerusalem's fall and the Babylonian exile.
• Explain the promises of restoration, the righteous Branch, and the New Covenant.
• Recognize the New Testament's use of Jeremiah's New Covenant promise while respecting its original context.
• Apply Jeremiah's teaching to repentance, faithful leadership, justice, perseverance, worship, mission, and hope.

Course Content

Forty substantial self-study lessons cover Jeremiah 1-52, including Jeremiah's call, Judah's unfaithfulness, the temple sermon, the potter and clay, false prophets, Jeremiah's laments and persecution, the Babylonian crisis, the letter to the exiles, the Book of Consolation, the New Covenant, Jerusalem's fall, the remnant, judgments on the nations, Babylon's fall, and hope beyond exile. Each lesson includes teaching, application, a plain-text assignment, and four multiple-choice review questions.