Jeremiah 32 FSI - HEAR, O EARTH

> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 32 Notes** > [[Jeremiah 31 FSI|<Prev]]   [[Jeremiah 33 FSI|Next>]] > [[Jeremiah 32|Verse list view]] > [Jeremiah 32:1](Jeremiah%2032.md#^1) note > > Remember Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon is ruling during this time, and he is a figure or a picture of Satan as he rules over Jerusalem. It is the 10th year of Zedekiah, and we know from other passages that it was in his 11th year that Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (in 587 BC). So this passage was written in 588 BC, just one year away from that terrible event as we'll see in verse 2. It was great tribulation upon them. ^jer32-1 > [Jeremiah 32:2](Jeremiah%2032.md#^2) note > > So we see that at this time the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon *besieged Jerusalem*. They were already about to destroy them. And as Jeremiah declared the Word of God to Judah and Jerusalem as God's spokesman, he was not appreciated at all as we see here that he was shut up in the court of the prison by Zedekiah. ^jer32-2 > [Jeremiah 32:3](Jeremiah%2032.md#^3), [4](Jeremiah%2032.md#^4), [5](Jeremiah%2032.md#^5) note > > Although Zedekiah had shut up Jeremiah in the court of the prison, he had certainly been listening to what Jeremiah was declaring, as we see here. Zedekiah himself repeats what he had heard from Jeremiah. He understood from Jeremiah that he is going to be led by King Nebuchadnezzar into Babylon and will not prosper. And when we get to [Jeremiah 52:4-11](Jeremiah%2052.md), we read where this all came to pass. So Zedekiah clearly understood what Jeremiah had prophesied in the Name of the LORD. > > Now, in [Luke 12:47](Luke%2012.md#^47) we read the principle where the servant who knows his Lord's will but does not prepare himself nor do according to His will shall be beaten with many stripes. Then in [James 2:10](James%202.md#^10) we read that whosoever keeps the whole law, yet offends in just one point, is guilty of all. So even if we commit just one tiny little sin, we are guilty of the whole Law of God. And the Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death ([Ro 6:23a](Romans%206.md#^23)). That was already established from the Garden of Eden where in the day they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they would surely die. Putting these together, what God is teaching us is that the more we know of the will of God, the more accountable we are to the Law of God and subject to the wrath of God if we have not become saved. And this is grievously serious. And while this applies to the entire human race, it certainly points to the situation that King Zedekiah is now in. > > Sadly, what we also learn from this is that it doesn't matter whether someone *believes* the Truth or not. That is no excuse for them. Did Zedekiah believe what he had heard from Jeremiah? Of course he did not. He didn't believe that Judah, Jerusalem and the temple would actually be destroyed and that He would be led into captivity, even though things were so far along that the army of Nebuchadnezzar had already begun to besiege Jerusalem. ^jer32-3-5 > [Jeremiah 32:6](Jeremiah%2032.md#^6), [7](Jeremiah%2032.md#^7) note > > What a peculiar thing to do. Jerusalem and Judah are about to be destroyed and it wasn't God's plan for them to return for another 48 years afterwards. And yet, here God is instructing Jeremiah to buy a field in Anathoth, the home area where Jeremiah was born and raised, from his relative, Hanameel, son of Shallum, in order to redeem it. And it was Jeremiah's right to redeem it, meaning that he was qualified under God's strict conditions for purchasing land in those days because the land was to remain in the family if it had to be sold for any reason ([Lev 25:23](Leviticus%2025.md#^23), [24](Leviticus%2025.md#^24)). And this points spiritually to the fact that the promised land shall only be possessed by the true believers in the new heavens and new earth. They alone shall inherit the land by right of redemption in Christ as the family of God, as sons of God. But yet, here in the historical setting, the land is actually about to be owned by King Nebuchadnezzar as he comes in to destroy them. So it's as if they are never ever going to own this land again. But God is nevertheless instructing Jeremiah to buy this field as he sits in the prison of King Zedekiah. > > Now, the name *Hanameel* means *God is merciful*. And he was the son of *Shallum*, which, as we saw in [Jeremiah 22:11](Jeremiah%2022.md#^11), means *Peace* (from the word Shalom, also from which comes the name Solomon). ^jer32-6-7 > [Jeremiah 32:8](Jeremiah%2032.md#^8) note > > So, lo and behold, Hanameel comes knocking at the door of the prison, so to speak, to speak with Jeremiah, asking Jeremiah to buy his field in Anathoth. > > Again, this situation was very strange. It was so out of character for what was going on at this time, that this purchase would be made when the city was ready to be destroyed. It was like Jeremiah was going to pay the purchase price to Hanameel so that Hanameel could run away with the money and Jeremiah would be stuck with a worthless deed because that land was going to be owned by Nebuchadnezzar. It could almost look like a scam of some kind. But God had prepared this very carefully. It was His Will for this to go through because through this God is going to illustrate how His purpose will be accomplished with regard to the New Heavens and New Earth for the believers, and Satan, represented by King Nebuchadnezzar here about to destroy Jerusalem, will not win. ^jer32-8 > [Jeremiah 32:9](Jeremiah%2032.md#^9), [10](Jeremiah%2032.md#^10), [11](Jeremiah%2032.md#^11), [12](Jeremiah%2032.md#^12) note > > Why does God give us a number -- 17 shekels of silver? And, even more interesting, as we read through these next several verses we find that God made sure that this purchase was very well known. It was not a private purchase. It was done in such a way that it was absolutely certain that this purchase of the land had been made. There were witnesses, there were sealed and open actions that took place and so on. There was no question of any kind, everyone knew that this purchase had been made. There was no misunderstanding of what had happened. And we see that God underscores this again in verses 13-15. > > But right in the heart of this, God indicates that this land cost Jeremiah 17 shekels of silver. And everyone knew this also. All the witnesses, the fellow prisoners in the court, Hanameel, and all of the evidences indicated what was the purchase price. And as Jeremiah purchased this field for 17 shekels of silver it was an act of *redemption* ([v7](Jeremiah%2032.md#^7)). So this points to the fact that God has a great redemption program *right at the end* that ties around this number 17. And it is a time when King Nebuchadnezzar (a picture of Satan) is in the process of besieging Jerusalem (the churches and congregations) to destroy it. > > We see this number 17 featured also at the end of the book of John, when the disciples caught 153 (17 x 9) fish at the Sea of Tiberius ([Jn 21:11](John%2021.md#^11)). > > ^jer32-9-12 > [Jeremiah 32:13](Jeremiah%2032.md#^13), [14](Jeremiah%2032.md#^14), [15](Jeremiah%2032.md#^15) note > > As we saw in verses 9-12, God is making it *very* clear and open that Jeremiah has purchased this land from Hanameel. Jeremiah is entitled to this land and there's no question about it. And the reason for this is because God is illustrating and guaranteeing that His people will again return to possess the land, even after a period of time, as impossible as the situation looks currently with the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieging Jerusalem. > > All of this redundancy to make sure that everyone knows about this reflects the fact that God has given us many proofs in His Word regarding His redemption plan ([Acts 1:3](Acts%201.md#^3)), particularly as we approach the end and the day of judgment, as the world is brought under spiritual judgment and delusion unto destruction. Nevertheless, there is a simultaneous program of God to save many, a great multitude, out of the great tribulation during this period of time which shall usher in eternity. ^jer32-13-15 > [Jeremiah 32:16-25](Jeremiah%2032.md) note > > Even as Jeremiah extols the LORD for His greatness and faithfulness and recounts His mighty Acts, trusting His Word implicitly, knowing that what God says comes to pass -- he nevertheless prays to the LORD, "But LORD, look where we are! The battering rams are at the gates, the mounts are ready to shoot arrows into the city to destroy it." The implication shines through that, even though Jeremiah has faithfully done all that God has commanded him to do to buy the land in front of many witnesses, the situation seems *so impossible* (though Jeremiah, of course, knows that all things are possible with God). How can it be that they're going to repossess the land given the dismal situation they are in? After all, this is the very city of God that God is destroying according to His Word, the temple is going to be destroyed after 380 years. But God is demonstrating through this that this is not going to be the end of it. > > This is like today. We read the Bible and we know that God is a great God. He is True to every one of His commitments and promises. But as we see the world that has grown *so* wicked, where Satan is ruling in the churches and over the whole world at large, and everything has gone spiritually haywire everywhere we turn, when God says that He is going to save a great multitude in this context we might think that it's simply impossible. But what does God say in His Word? That's what is really important. As we see the world in disarray, in its chaotic condition and all of the different teachings, beliefs and sinful behaviors spread all over the place, the Word of God is absolutely trustworthy, it is a Foundation that is immoveable, it cannot be rocked in any way. What God says will come to pass! ^jer32-16-25 > [Jeremiah 32:17](Jeremiah%2032.md#^17) note > > Jeremiah's thinking is right, and our thinking must also be right. God is going to do what He plans to do. But when we get to a particular situation, we sometimes wonder how He is going to do it. But in principle, we know that God is GOD. He's the Creator of the heaven and the earth and there is nothing that is too hard for Him. And this gives us great encouragement when we read about salvation, or when we read about the end (as it was for Jerusalem in Jeremiah's day), judgment upon the world and the entire universe being destroyed by fire. We know that God is God and He can do all things even if we cannot understand it. ^jer32-17 > [Jeremiah 32:18](Jeremiah%2032.md#^18) note > > "Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands" -- Now Jeremiah goes on to declare what a benevolent, gracious, wonderful God He has been. God is a God of love, He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. He weeps because He has to finally destroy His creation, including the rebellious human race that has not been redeemed. > > "...and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them:" -- This echoes what we read in [Exodus 20:5](Exodus%2020.md#^5). This doesn't mean, however, that the children are specifically guilty of the fathers' sins. It's just the nature of the human race that sin is passed down through the generations. > > "...the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, *is* his name." -- God is the Great, Mighty God, the LORD of hosts! This is easily understandable because no one approaches the greatness of God Himself. He is from everlasting to everlasting, He alone is God. This tells us the nature and the character and the attributes of God. ^jer32-18 > [Jeremiah 32:19](Jeremiah%2032.md#^19) note > > "Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes *are* open upon all the ways of the sons of men:" -- This is a summary, a recount, of Who God really Is. He is the great and wonderful Creator, the One Who knows all that we are doing at any time. We never play games with God and think that we are somehow wiser than He. Those who disagree with the Bible are wise in their own eyes, they believe their wisdom is greater than that of God. We must come before Him emptied of ourselves realizing that we don't know anything and are in need for Him to open our spiritual eyes and give us wisdom and understanding. > > "...to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:" -- This emphasizes that there is a penalty coming. There is a judgment coming where the unsaved will lose their inheritance and be gone forever unto eternal death because God knows about all of their sins. And even the slightest sin is a breaking of the whole Law of God. He is the mighty God but He is also the Judge of all the earth. Don't ever forget that. We are under His all-seeing eye and the Law of God demands eternal death, which is an execution, for sin. And an execution is an intensely *shameful* end to suffer. That's why so many criminals would far rather live out their lives in prison than to undergo execution, because it is such a shameful end ([Is 66:24](Isaiah%2066.md#^24), [Dan 12:2](Daniel%2012.md#^2)). Imagine being executed by your own heavenly Creator and to be a shame to God Himself. In fact, this is why Christ became a curse for His people in order to become their Savior, He had to endure their eternal shame on their behalf as He paid for their sins to redeem them ([Heb 12:2](Hebrews%2012.md#^2)). ^jer32-19 > [Jeremiah 32:20](Jeremiah%2032.md#^20), [21](Jeremiah%2032.md#^21), [22](Jeremiah%2032.md#^22), [23](Jeremiah%2032.md#^23) note > > [vv20](Jeremiah%2032.md#^20), [21](Jeremiah%2032.md#^21): God has dealt with the nation of Israel all the way from before the year 1447 BC when they came out of Egypt. And there were great signs and wonders that attended that as the rivers were turned to blood, there was darkness on the whole land and as the firstborn of the Egyptians were killed. Then Israel went through the Red Sea and the Egyptian army was completely destroyed. And then later they went through the Jordan River as a great sign as God destroyed those in the land of Canaan before them. And now here we are in the year 588 BC, a year before Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. So for over 800 years God has been on the side of Israel again and again. And what has Israel done? They have rebelled and rebelled against God, wanting their own way. And repeatedly God caused them to be carried away captive into the hand of the enemy, but then God would raise up a judge that they might be rescued. God continued to bring marvelous evidences of His care and keeping, many times through miraculous events. > > [v22](Jeremiah%2032.md#^22): So God brought them into the promised land, which represented the kingdom of God. Of course, the true, eternal kingdom of God is in the new heavens and new earth. But the land of Canaan was a visible, earthly representation of the kingdom of God. But it was meant for those who were truly following God from the heart, realizing that they are sinners saved by His grace and mercy. But what happened? > > [v23](Jeremiah%2032.md#^23): Here God brings us right up to date to what the current situation is as they are about to be destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar. And this is parallel to what has happened today in the churches and congregations as they have rewritten the laws of the Bible to fit their own gospels, according to their own method of Bible interpretation that do not come strictly from Scripture. ^jer32-20-23 > [Jeremiah 32:24](Jeremiah%2032.md#^24) note > > So we find the dire situation that Judah and Jerusalem, and today the churches and congregations as represented by them, are in. They are suffering attack, they are given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that is, the Babylonians, that represents the kingdom of Satan as it comes in to destroy them. So in spite of the fact that God in His mercy has provided for them again and again throughout the church age (as He had with the nation of Israel and Judah), there comes a time when He is through. There is finally an end when there is no more hope. Today in the churches and in the world at large there is open-faced challenging of God, as if to say, "What are you going to do about it, God? We don't need You at all." They have completely cast off the Word of God in order to descend deeper and deeper into their sinful lifestyles as God Himself releases His restraint upon them and gives them over to delusion and the imagination of their hearts ([Ro 1:18-32](Romans%201.md); [2 Thes 2:11](2%20Thessalonians%202.md#^11)). If there's ever been such insolence in the human race it is certainly today. Never in the history of the world has there been such a mocking of God. They are so overconfident in their wisdom and their ability that they are thumbing their nose at God and the Law of God left and right. And with the world in this condition, we might think the kingdom of God is so fully conquered and dead, like when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, that there's no hope. But in this cesspool of sin and rebellion which the world has become there will be those whom God has elected that He is still bringing into the Kingdom of God, as we will see again in some verses that follow. ^jer32-24 > [Jeremiah 32:25](Jeremiah%2032.md#^25) note > > Jeremiah is struggling to understand how or why God commanded this when things are so bad. It's so certain that Jerusalem and the temple are going to be destroyed, and now God has told Jeremiah to buy this parcel of land to represent that they will return to the land. And this spiritually represents the situation today. Can God save a multitude of people when the churches and the world are as wicked as they have ever been, and as Satan (represented by King Nebuchadnezzar) rules over all? And we're going to see that the answer is yes, God is going to work it out according to His plan. > > We might think for a moment about the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. From all outward appearances that was as bad as bad could be. He had been delivered up to be executed. He was under the wrath of God and there was no answer of God when He cried out, "My God, My God, Why hast though forsaken Me?" It was the hour of the power of darkness, it appeared as though Satan had won. The disciples were all scattered. But what did it turn out to be instead? It turned out to be a wonderful demonstration of the most victorious and powerful action of Christ in redeeming His people through His suffering and death for our sins. Through what appeared to be the greatest defeat, Christ accomplished His great victory of salvation as the Redeemer, as the Conqueror that through death He might destroy Satan and his works ([Col 1:22](Colossians%201.md#^22); [Heb 2:14](Hebrews%202.md#^14)). So it is in and through this time of great darkness that the Light of Christ will shine most brightly. ^jer32-25 > [Jeremiah 32:26](Jeremiah%2032.md#^26), [27](Jeremiah%2032.md#^27) note > > Jeremiah had earlier stated in [verse 17](Jeremiah%2032.md#^17) that nothing is too hard for the LORD. But he had to be reminded, even as we must continually be reminded. God has spoken this creation into being through the power of His Word. What He says absolutely comes to pass. There is thus nothing that God cannot do according to His Will. ^jer32-26-27 > [Jeremiah 32:28](Jeremiah%2032.md#^28), [29](Jeremiah%2032.md#^29) note > > While God has a plan to bring Judah back into the land, at present it is God's Will to completely destroy Jerusalem and the temple because of their rebellion against God. The Chaldeans (which is another name for the Babylonians) are going to take the city and destroy it by fire, along with the houses where they burned incense to Baal and worshiped other, false gods to provoke God to anger. And in today's context, as the churches and congregations have become so much like the world, the more they are worshiping doctrines of devils, they have become an extension of the kingdom of Satan (typified spiritually by Nebuchadnezzar as he took and burned Jerusalem by fire). And this is the nature of the end of the church age as Satan and the world compasses the camp of the saints to destroy them just before God destroys them ([Rev 10:7](Revelation%2020.md#^7), [8](Revelation%2020.md#^8), [9](Revelation%2020.md#^9), [10](Revelation%2020.md#^10); [Dan 12:1](Daniel%2012.md#^1), [2](Daniel%2012.md#^2)). > > ^jer32-28-29 > [Jeremiah 32:30](Jeremiah%2032.md#^30), [31](Jeremiah%2032.md#^31) note > > One thing we must understand is that the nation of Israel during the Old Testament, and the churches during the church age, have always had a serious rebellious streak against God even from the beginning. We see this in these 2 verses, where God says, "For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me *from their youth*," and, "For this city has been to me *as* a provocation of mine anger and of my fury *from the day that they built it even unto this day*." > > So we must not get a false idea that there was a general age of faithfulness amongst God's professing people of any long duration. Oh yes, there were revivals, restorations and the Reformation which were notable periods. Nevertheless, God gives this indictment here not to think there was a time of lasting faithfulness to the Word of God. They (we) have always been sinful and only by the grace and mercy of God were they not destroyed at any time in history. We can see this early on when God, through the apostle Paul, faulted the Galatians for already following another gospel ([Gal 1:6](Galatians%201.md#^6), [7](Galatians%201.md#^7)), with a similar warning to the Corinthians ([2 Cor 11:4](2%20Corinthians%2011.md#^4)). And then there were the most severe warnings to the 7 churches in Revelation 2 and 3 that point to the new testament churches during the church age. And so there comes a time when God is finished with them and they are likewise destroyed according to God's distinct warnings. > > In the next 4 verses God speaks particularly about the evils they have committed from the beginning and the judgment of destruction that has come upon them as a result. And remember, Judah and Jerusalem and the temple are shadows or types of the churches during the church age (as well as the heavenly Jerusalem depending on the context). Thus God speaks to and warns the churches as well here through this passage and through this language. This is the Word of God that applies to all. ^jer32-30-31 > [Jeremiah 32:32](Jeremiah%2032.md#^32), [33](Jeremiah%2032.md#^33) note > > What we read in [verse 33](Jeremiah%2032.md#^33), "though I taught them, rising up early and teaching *them*, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction," is a statement God uses a few places in the Bible ([Jer 11:7](Jeremiah%2011.md#^7), [8](Jeremiah%2011.md#^8); [25:3](Jeremiah%2025.md#^3), [4](Jeremiah%2025.md#^4); [35:14](Jeremiah%2035.md#^14)). God is emphasizing that it isn't like He hasn't been teaching them. It's not like the Word of God hasn't been there. They have no excuse. God has given them the Word but they haven't heard it because they haven't been listening. And we're to listen to the Word with a view to be *obedient* to it. So they are left out because salvation comes through *hearing* the Word of God ([Ro 10:17](Romans%2010.md#^17)). So, as a consequence, there they sit -- with all of their beautiful buildings and their wonderful choirs and their apparent blessings through all of these things -- when they are actually under the wrath of God. And it's because they're not really listening to the Bible. They're listening to their traditions and their theologians and denominations and such, but not to the Bible so that they are crying out to God for mercy for their sins. ^jer32-32-33 > [Jeremiah 32:34](Jeremiah%2032.md#^34), [35](Jeremiah%2032.md#^35) note > > Following up from verses 32-33, God now tells us something that is incredible. They set up their abominations, that is, their own kind of worship to heathen gods, and offered their own children in the sacrificial fire. And this was a slam at God because only the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, could be burned in the fire of God's wrath to bring salvation. So this was a statement that they had their own gospel. And this is ultimately what we are doing if we come up with our own salvation plan, with our own theology. It may be tied into the Bible but modified to suit our own ideas. It is effectively like burning our own children, that's just how bad it is. And, indeed, if we are following our own kind of a gospel then we will bring up our children in that wrong gospel that leads to eternal death, so it is spiritual murder before God. ^jer32-34-35 > [Jeremiah 32:36](Jeremiah%2032.md#^36), [37](Jeremiah%2032.md#^37) note > > Now, suddenly, we find what God is really doing in this chapter. He is indicating, first of all, that He will accomplish His Will according to His plan. Remember we read in [verses 17](Jeremiah%2032.md#^17), and [27](Jeremiah%2032.md#^27) that there is nothing that is too hard for God. God is God. Everything that He plans to do He is perfectly capable of doing. Yet He is dealing with a people that are as undeserving as anybody can be, they are in intense rebellion against Him. So, from a human standpoint, we'd have to say that it's impossible that there is any hope left after all of this fierce rebellion that we read about in [verses 34](Jeremiah%2032.md#^34), [35](Jeremiah%2032.md#^35). It is just so bleak and judgment has come. > > And yet God has this magnificent plan whereby He is going to save a great multitude in the midst of this situation, out of great tribulation when the judgment of God has fallen upon those who claim to be His people but have rejected the Truth of the Bible. God is nevertheless going to produce a great harvest of people out of these lands into which His people were driven, in spite of all their wickedness and in spite of the judgment that has fallen upon those who had rebelled against God right as we approach the end. This is God's plan that is absolutely marvelous and wonderful. > > Now, we must be careful not to read this as though God is going to turn the churches around and bless those that had rebelled against Him and are under judgment. Once God has removed their candlestick they are permanently removed. The Gospel has left them altogether. When we look back throughout the church age, typically when a church or denomination has fallen away it is not recovered again. If there were any true believers within it they had to leave and form another congregation or fellowship, or to fellowship alone with God. So once God had finished entirely with the church age, there will not be a recovery of the churches and congregations as an organization or institution. Rather, God is now saving a great many *outside* of the congregations, from the land (typified by Babylon) where the true believers were driven out, and including many of those who never identified with the churches. And God alone is going to accomplish this. ^jer32-36-37 > [Jeremiah 32:38](Jeremiah%2032.md#^38), [39](Jeremiah%2032.md#^39) note > > [Verse 38](Jeremiah%2032.md#^38) should more accurately be rendered, "And they shall be my people, and *I am* their God." God is their God in the present tense. And when did He become their God? He chose to save them from before the foundation of the world ([Eph 1:4](Ephesians%201.md#^4)). Christ is spoken of as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world ([1 Pe 1:20](1%20Peter%201.md#^20); [Rev 13:8b](Revelation%2013.md#^8)), so their sins have already been covered. So even though they've lived in this world as children of wrath for a time, as sinners like everyone else, it was always His plan to save them so that He speaks of Himself as their God in the present tense. > > v39: "And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them..." In other words, God gives them eternal life in Christ. He is the Way or the Path to salvation. > > "...and of their children after them:" It isn't just for the sake of those who have come out of the churches or have had no identification with the churches that become saved during this period of time, but for their children as well. They, too, are included in the possibility of salvation. This echoes God's promise to Abraham that He would be God to him and to his children. And whenever anyone becomes saved, there is an extension of that promise with the hope that their children, too, might become saved. ^jer32-38-39 > [Jeremiah 32:40](Jeremiah%2032.md#^40), [41](Jeremiah%2032.md#^41) note > > "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." God is saying here that He will have a people for Himself and there will no more be any tares mixed in among them, there will be no unbelievers who have come into this group. This spiritual harvest is an eternal harvest that only God knows about and everyone in it is a true believer. And it is possible for anyone out in the world to cry out to God with the hope that they, too, might be part of this harvest. > > "Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul." And when we become saved God plants us in the land, that is, in the eternal Kingdom of God. And it is *this* land that God has in view in the spiritual sense when He commanded Jeremiah to purchase the field in Anathoth from Hanameel earlier in the chapter. It points to the fact that God will bring His people back into the land of Canaan (the promised land that is a figure of Heaven). And God plants us in the land with His whole Heart and His whole Soul: That is, it required that the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, pay for the sins of His people, suffering the mighty wrath of infinite God, that they might become saved. Eternal God has indeed invested His entire Being in order to provide salvation for us if we are His! Then God causes us to love Him in return with our whole heart and soul and mind ([Deut 30:6](Deuteronomy%2030.md#^6); [Mt 22:37](Matthew%2022.md#^37)). This, then, is the infinite love *of God* in salvation ([Jer 31:3](Jeremiah%2031.md#^3)), as it is all His work on behalf of His people. And we will continue to see this in the next few verses. ^jer32-40-41 > [Jeremiah 32:42](Jeremiah%2032.md#^42) note > > God will do, and has done, what He has planned to do. What He has promised He shall fully accomplish. He has even sworn an *oath* to Himself that He will indeed complete our salvation if we are His ([Heb 6:13-20](Hebrews%206.md))! There is nothing that is too hard for Him ([v17](Jeremiah%2032.md#^17)) and He has planned to save a great multitude of people which no man can number out of great tribulation. So we can absolutely depend upon it that He is doing this. ^jer32-42 > [Jeremiah 32:43](Jeremiah%2032.md#^43), [44](Jeremiah%2032.md#^44) note > > God is driving home the point about the purchase of this land as depicted by Jeremiah buying and redeeming the field of Hanameel in Anathoth earlier in the chapter, just as Judah and Jerusalem are about to be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians. And as this happens spiritually today, while this is such an impossible time when the churches (represented by Judah and Jerusalem) are given over to desolation into the hand of the Chaldeans (the Babylonians, the kingdom of Satan) as we approach the end, God insists on the absolute certainty and validity of the salvation of His people, even during this time. Spiritually, the redeeming of the land represents that the meek shall inherit the earth (that is, the new heavens and new earth). This is one of the grand blessings that comes to the believers. Think of it, not only are they given eternal life, but they shall inherit the earth with Christ as co-heirs with Him! This is super glorious beyond anything we can imagine! So God drives this point home here. ^jer32-43-44 Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI