> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 45 Notes**
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> [Jeremiah 45:1](Jeremiah%2045.md#^1), [2](Jeremiah%2045.md#^2), [3](Jeremiah%2045.md#^3) note
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> Here God is addressing Baruch, Jeremiah's trusted secretary. And we first read about Baruch in [Jeremiah 36](Jeremiah%2036.md). And from all that we can read about him we can believe that he was a faithful child of God like Jeremiah. And even as Jeremiah was called from a young age to declare or to act as the Word of God to the rebellious people of Judah, we find that Jeremiah and Baruch are staying with them even in the most intense period of rebellion after they went into Egypt. So even in this setting the people of Judah in Egypt still have the Voice of God with them even though they won't listen to it.
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> But now, as a continuation from Jeremiah 36, God is speaking very personally to Baruch, who, along with Jeremiah now is being asked to stay around to be a voice to this rebellious people. And, as with Jeremiah, it is distressing to him having to declare God's Words of warning to such a rebellious people. ^jer45-1-3
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> [Jeremiah 45:4](Jeremiah%2045.md#^4), [5](Jeremiah%2045.md#^5) note
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> In [verse 4](Jeremiah%2045.md#^4), as God addresses Baruch, He is reiterating that He is not changing His plan at all, that He is going to bring judgment and break down the kingdom as He has been declaring through Jeremiah. It is *His* sovereign Plan.
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> But then in [verse 5](Jeremiah%2045.md#^5) God tells Baruch not to seek great things for himself, for He *"will bring evil upon all flesh."* We can look at Baruch as a figure of every true believer. You see, the nature of the human race is to think, "How will all of this impact me in the eyes of others?" Every one of us has this tendency to wonder what this or that will do to or for *me*? So here God sets the record straight in a very interesting way, saying, *"but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest."*
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> So God is telling us as we declare His Word not to think about how this will impact us in this world other than the fact that He will faithfully spare our eternal inheritance, we have eternal life that no one can take away. Things may become very difficult, but our souls cannot be taken away from us. So this is the promise that God makes to the believers as we approach the end. We are not to think about what we can get out of this world or to think about what people normally do -- we are to consider that we are His child and are alive forevermore as we transition out of this physical creation to be with Him in eternity. So we have complete protection -- not of our "things and our stuff" or not necessarily of the people in our lives, but that we have an eternal inheritance with Christ.
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> There are three particular instances in the book of Jeremiah where God gave this special promise to the believers other than Jeremiah -- the Rechabites ([Jer 35:18](Jeremiah%2035.md#^18), [19](Jeremiah%2035.md#^19)), Ebedmelech ([Jer 39:16](Jeremiah%2039.md#^16), [17](Jeremiah%2039.md#^17), [18](Jeremiah%2039.md#^18)) and now Baruch. So God's promise is that He *will* care for us no matter how bad it gets. And, rest assured, the human race absolutely *hates* to hear about the end of time coming so that it draws great anger from them out of their love for this present world. ^jer45-4-5
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Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI