JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (2026)
JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH
Bible Study Notes by: Carolyn Sissom
Tuesday, September 16, 2008; January 2021; January 20, 2026
We finished a study of the Book of Jeremiah in November 2021. Since that was only five years ago, I could have skipped today’s study. In 2021, I used it as foundational teaching to establish this church, which has a governmental mantle to the nation and nations. We are also a remnant church holding onto the Word of God and the God of the Word contending for the Great Harvest while we minister to those to whom we are sent.
Some may find that to be an unusual Book of the bible to use as a foundation. The first call I had on my life was the Jeremiah call (1973). However, I can’t preach it like I did in 2021, because we are in a different place in God’s judgment of the nations.
In 2021, I was preaching Jeremiah from the perspective of a backslidden nation in judgement. The timeline of COVID was 2021-2023. The Mouth of our media (the mouth of the beast in the earth of unredeemed people) had not only forsaken God, but scorned and mocked those who knew Him personally as Savior, His Abiding Presence, Creator, Healer, Deliverer, Friend, Prophet, King of kings, Priest, Ancient of Days, etc.
We were literally a nation taken over by illegals, abortion, lawlessness, corruption, masses of our wealth being distributed to other nations, gender mutilation of children, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, transgender, and L.G.B.T.Q being accepted in the education of our children and accepted in churches. The spirit behind COVID was so aggressive that it shut down the churches. The seal of marriage between a man and woman was under attack.
The seal over freedom to worship God has again come under direct assault by Satan. The blatant attack on the church in Minnesota is Satan’s retaliation against the Church rising up as a Kingdom governmental voice over our nation. Islam is aggressively taking over the northern states along the border of Canada. We were invaded by Islam in the north and lawlessness at the southern borders.
Jeremiah is the book of righteous judgment and has been called the book to the backslider. The Prophecies cover Judah’s political, spiritual, and immediate future.
The theme of the book is found in the name “Jeremiah” and means, “The Lord will rise.” The Hebrew word is “Yirmeyah” (#3414) “Whom Jehovah sets up. Whom Jah establishes or launches forth, Jehovah will enthrone, and Jah will set up high.
The Lord has risen in His incarnation, death, and resurrection.
Personally, this book is very dear to my heart. I received the Jeremiah call when I was 33 years of age. It was a dramatic and audible calling. However, I was not commissioned into full time public ministry until seventeen years later. I have done many studies on Jeremiah for my own personal understanding. I discovered there was 17 years from the time of His call until his second commission.
What is the Jeremiah call? 1:5: “Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, “Ah Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child, But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of their faces; for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth, And the Lord said unto me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth, See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah came on the scene about 100 years after Isaiah. Jeremiah was quite young, about 20 when he was called to the prophetic office and this caused him to protest. His call was to follow up Josiah’s outward national reformation by calling Judah to true repentance. This involved him in all the political tumults and disasters that came upon his nation. He was to be a Kingdom man under the authority of the Lord; he had no rights or alternatives. He was appointed and set apart in the Outer Court of God’s purposes. He was formed in the Holy Place (the transformation of the soul). He is known (intimately in the Most Holy Place. He preaches his message from the realm of the Third Heaven
The Lord gave to Jeremiah the divine enablement of authority over nations.
He must attempt to reform the nations, to root out, and destroy idolatry and other wickedness among them, vicious habits and customs which had long taken root. He is to throw down the kingdom of sin that Godliness and virtue might be built and planted among them. He must set before them life and death, good and evil. He must prophesy to those who persist in their wickedness that they will be rooted out and destroyed. Those who repent will be built and planted.
Jeremiah was by birth a priest, by grace a prophet; by the trials of life a bulwark for God’s truth; by daily spiritual experience one of the greatest exponents of prophetic faith in his unique relation to God.
Jeremiah points to the overcomer who will be appointed as the watchman of the earth, and the shepherd of the nations. (Rev. 2: 26-28).
Church the LORD is setting watchmen over the earth because the Spirit of the Lord is overturning, rooting out and pulling down strong holds over nations.
The internal situation was that the Northern Kingdom Israel had fallen, and much of the Southern Kingdom Judah. Again, Satan came in from the north. We can say that the northern part of the United States has fallen to Islam. The North had suffered reverse after reverse until Jerusalem alone was left. Still, they ignored the continued warnings of the prophets and grew harder and harder in their idolatry and wickedness. Jerusalem was about to fall, the temple was soon to be destroyed, and religion was buried in formalism.
The Word of the Lord which came to the prophet calls backsliders to forsake their iniquity and turn to the Lord. Their sins were many. These are just a few:
1 Wickedness
2 Forsaking God
3 Burning incense to other gods
4 Worshipping the works of their own hands
5 Great Pride
6 Refusing to hear God’s works
7 Walking in the imagination of their hearts
8 Walking after other gods to serve and worship them.
9 Refusing to be interested in becoming the people of God any longer.
10 Drunkenness
11 Natural and perpetual evil
12 Trusting in falsehoods (idols)
13 Covetousness of opposite sex
14 Adulteries
15 Lewdness of whoredoms
16 Idolatrous abominations upon the hills and fields.
The United States is still awash in storms, political, financial, natural, fires, floods, wars, etc. etc. In 2020, the LORD raised up a civil government deliverer for our nation, Donald J. Trump. The corrupt government system took him down. It is my persuasion those 4 years of two impeachments, COVID, and multiple other personal crushing’s plus the ensueing 4 years of continued crushing’s was the breaking to make him strong enough spiritually, and mentally to operate from the realm of “you can’t kill a dead man,” to be used as a deliverer not only for America, but for the nations.
The purpose of this Book is in at least five dimensions:
1. Historically – to give the history of the last five kings of the House of Judah, the destruction of the temple, the desolation of the city, and the captivity of the nation.
2. Spiritually – to show God’s grace and mercy in calling a backslidden nation to the Lord.
3. To reveal the righteous judgments of the Lord.
4. To show the essence of the principle of restoration.
a. The restoration of Judah after the captivity in Babylon
b. The restoration of the Church after the Dark Ages
c. The restoration of the Creation
5. Prophetically to reveal the destiny of the nations.
“Prophetic Scripture reveals History, Biography, Prophecy, Ethics, Devotion, Messianic Revelation, and Spiritual guidance. It is the eye of Scripture, with supernatural vision—back sight, insight, and foresight, or power to see into the past, present and future. It is the miracle of utterance, as other miracles are wonders of power, and evinces omniscience. Prophecy is His Omnipotence, thus reflecting the image of the Glory of God.” -Arthur T. Pierson, D.D.
The message of Jeremiah is one of eventual restoration. All evil is certain to be judged by captivity. After calling them to repentance, God will forsake those who forsake Him. A righteous God must judge righteously and then restore.
Where sin establishes itself, there must be a tearing down before a rebuilding can occur (Jer. 1:10) the longsuffering of God is due to His tender compassion and love for His people. His love is an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3). God’s discipline in judgment is an expression of His eternal love. The message of Jeremiah is one of restoration. Jesus Christ is the source of all true righteousness.
Who was Jeremiah? Tradition has it that he was stoned to death at Tahpanhes after fifty years of prophetic ministry. The visible success of a faithful preacher is no test of his acceptableness before God. Today in the Babylonian church system, success is measured by a 1000-member church, money, and prestige. I don’t think Jeremiah measured his success by that measuring stick. He was by birth a priest; by grace a prophet; by the trials of life a bulwark for God’s truth; by daily spiritual experience one of the greatest exponents of prophetic faith in his unique relation to God; by temperament gentle and timid, yet constantly contending against the forces of sin; and by natural desire a seeker after the love of a companion, his family, friends, and above all, his people---which were all denied him.
Jeremiah was quite unique (as most prophets are). In his day, he was unquestionably the greatest spiritual personality in Judah. Elijah was a mighty hammer that mercilessly fell upon the rocky heart of Ahab; he was a stern man, almost fierce, a force to be reckoned with. Moses was meek but very firm. Ezekiel was rugged and tough, but Jeremiah was timid, sensitive, and intensely sympathetic. He has all the powerful utterance of Hosea, and at times can deal a blow as heavy as Isaiah, but at the same time his heart is overflowing with a human feeling for the misery of his people and weeps hot tears. Touch the book wherever you will, and it will weep. (9:1)
With a bleeding heart he enters upon a terrible struggle with himself, and though no better patriot ever lived, he bears the stigma of a traitor to his country for the sake of the Lord and Truth. It is his child-like tenderness which adds force to the severity of his denunciations, and to the bitterness of his grief. He speaks with the wrath of the Lamb!
Jeremiah’s life ---private and public---is openly displayed in his book. His brave actions, his tenderness toward his peers, his deep emotional and spiritual struggles before God---all these and more are clearly presented. He was a leader in the brilliant constellation of prophets around the destruction of Jerusalem. Ezekiel a fellow priest and somewhat younger was preaching in Babylon among the captives. Daniel, a man of royal blood, holding the line in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. Habakkuk and Zephaniah helping Jeremiah in Jerusalem. Nahum at the same time was predicting the fall of Nineveh. Obadiah was predicting the ruin of Edom.
Jeremiah’s prophecies were preceded by “The Word of the Lord Came unto Me.” 70 times. The arrangement of the Book is topical and not chronological. His ministry covered a period of about 67 years (620—560 B.C.)
Jeremiah alone set the duration of the Babylonian Captivity at seventy years (25:11; 29:10).
There are certain resemblances between Jeremiah and the Lord Jesus Christ. There are a number of parallels. The life of no other prophet has so close an analogy to the earthly life of our LORD. Certain disciples saw in Jesus of Nazareth the prophet Jeremiah returned to life Mt. 16:14: And they said, “some say you are John the Baptist; some, Elias, and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Both had a message for Israel and the world. Their historical settings were similar. Jerusalem was about to fall; the temple was soon to be destroyed. Religion was buried in formalism. Both were conscious of the world of nature about them and used many figures from it. (I can certainly identify with that. You have heard me preach many messages from the world of nature). Both were accused of political treason. Both were tried, persecuted, and imprisoned. Both wept over Jerusalem (Jer. 9:1, Lk. 19:1.). Both were rejected by their kin. Both loved Israel deeply.
Jesus Christ is seen in the Book of Jeremiah as the following.
1. The appointed Prophet to Jerusalem, suffering with, for, and at the hands of his own nation. He is the King, the Lord who is our Righteousness, and the Maker of the New Covenant. (Jer. 23: 31)
2. The Benjamite, the Son of the Right Hand. (1:1; Acts 2: 34-35).
3. The Prophet unto the Nations. (1:5, Acts 3:22-23).
4. The One Set over Kingdoms. (1:10)
5. The Rod of the Almond. (1:11).
6. The Iron Pillar. (1:18).
7. The Fountain of Living Waters. (2:13).
8. The Noble Vine and the Right Seed.(2:21).
9. The nitre and the soap. (2:22)
10. The ornament of the Bride. (2:32).
11. The showers and the Latter Rain. (3:3).
12. The Guide of our Youth. (3:4).
13. The Husband of Jerusalem. (3:14).
14. Standard. (4:6).
15. The Man that executes judgment. (5:1).
16. The Perpetual decree. (5:22)
17. The sign of fire. (6:1).
18. The Good way. (6:16).
19. The balm in Gilead. (8:22).
20. The power and the wisdom of God. (10:12)
21. The prophetic Lamb brought to the slaughter (11:19)
22. The Hope of Israel and the Savior. (14:8)
23. The Heavenly Moses and the Heavenly Samuel. (15:1)
24. The Strength, Fortress, and refuge of God’s People (16:19)
25. The Pen of Iron and the Point of a Diamond. (17:1)
26. The Tree of Life. (17:8).
27. The Hope in the Day of Evil. (17:17).
28. The Potter. (18:1-6).
29. The Snow of Lebanon (18:14).
30. The burning fire. (20:9).
31. The Righteous King. (23: 5-6).
32. The fire and the hammer. (23:29).
33. The Voice of the Bridegroom. ((25:10, Rev. 19:10).
34. The Voice, Shout, Roar, and Noise of the Lord. (25:30-31).
35. The expected end. (29:11).
36. The Book. (30:2)
37. The Everlasting Love. (31:3)
38. The Father of the Firstborn. (319).
39. The Height of Zion. (31:12).
40. The way mark and the Heap. (31:21)
41. The Law in our inward Parts. (31:33).
42. The Sun for a Light by Day. (31:35).
43. The measuring line. (31:39).
44. The One who bought the field. (32:7).
45. The evidence of the Redemption (32:10).
46. The great and mighty God. (32:18).
47. The health and cure. (33:6).
48. The abundance of Peace and Truth. (33:6)/
49. The Bridegroom. (33:11).
50. The Heavenly David. (33: 21-22).
51. The Heavenly Jonadab. (34:8)
52. The first roll. (36:28)
53. The Heavenly Godiliah (40:7)
54. The Heavenly Johanan. (41:16)
55. The True and Faithful Witness .(42:5).
56. The Sound of the Trumpet (42:14).
57. The Sword. (42:16)
58. The Heir of Israel.(49:1).
59. The Way to Zion. (50:5)
60. The Perpetual Covenant. (50:5)/.
61. The Habitation of Justice. (50:7)
62. The Hope of our Fathers. (50:7)
63. The Sound of Battle. (50:22).
64. The Armory of the Lord. (50:25)
65. The Vengeance of the Lord. (50:28).
66. The Strong Redeemer. (50:34).
67. The Destroying Wind. (51:1).
68. The Portion of Jacob. (51:19).
69. The Former of All Things. (51:19).
70. The Spoiler. (51:56).
71. The One who delivered us from Prison. (51: 31-34)
Chapter 1 reveals the Sovereignty of God. (Eph. 1)
Jeremiah was a descendant of Abiathar the priest who was banished by Solomon, about two miles N.E. of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin. Jeremiah himself would be the almond plant and the boiling pot. The almond Plant was the “hastener” and thus a first fruits plant.
1:5 reveals God’s perspective. This passage of Jeremiah’s calling has many applications:
1. The development of the ministry (especially prophetic ministry).
2. The development of the Intercessor (Messianic Company)
3. The development of the Spirit who laments over the City.
4. The development of the Church, the prophetic redeemed community.
1: 8-10: Be not afraid of their faces. For I am with you. There was no choice of audience for Jeremiah. His life and his ministry were under the exclusive covenantal right of Jehovah. There would be opposition and fierce antagonism. But those that oppose are but men, while the Ruler of the whole universe is at the prophet’s side.
This is confirmed by the emphatic pronoun “I” in verse 8. It is the Lord who is in charge here. He will deliver (save, rescue) His prophet, his nation, his planet, and His universe. “This Day” is the same as “To-Day” and the Day of the Lord, the Seventh Day, which has no end. Jehovah thus speaks from His perspective and vantage point. Jeremiah here points to the prophet Christ Jesus who has been set in the heavens. (Eph. 1:20-23) “Throughout your lifetime Jeremiah, I put my words in your mouth!” It is therefore useless to worry about inexperience or the resistance from your opponents. Jeremiah’s ministry was to be two-thirds destructive and one-third constructive. Destruction, complete and thorough precedes construction. Jeremiah spoke to the nations in Chapters 46-51. Yet all of God’s dealings finally are for the good of the people. The Babylonian exile was for the moment a time of chastisement; it also became a time of national repentance (14: 5-7).
1. Chapter 1-39 are all before the fall of Jerusalem.
2. All the prophecies in chapters 21-39 are particular and dated.
3. In chapters 40-44, we have Jeremiah’s ministry to the Jews after the fall of Jerusalem. First in Judea (40-42), then in Egypt (43-44).
4. Chapters 45-51 are Jeremiah’s collected prophecies on the surrounding nations – nine of them.
5. Chapter 52 is an historical appendix and conclusion to the whole book.
In my teaching of 1/12/21, I have a article on the Federal Reserve.
“There was an article in Sean Adi-Tabatabai News that President “Trump is reclaiming the federal reserve from the Rothschild Family. 7/13/18: Cnbc.com reports: The president can and will take control of the Fed. It may be recalled when the law was written creating the Federal Reserve the secretary of the Treasury was designated as the head of the Federal Reserve.
Carolyn Sissom 1/12/21: We the Church are the only authority on earth which has the power to stop this evil take-over of our nation. We, the Church cannot take a back seat to the issues of Kingdom government over this nation. The Lord has given the Overcomer authority over nations (Rev. 2: 26-27). The rule of nations is on the Church, not politicians. If we leave the lost and believers to live in a godless, lawless society, legislated by men/women without God, then we will stand accountable before God.
The reward of the Overcomers of the Church of Thyatira after they overcame Jezebel is hold fast till I come. He that overcomes and keeps my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron (Rhabdos – Royal Scepter, Staff), as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers; even as I received of My Father and I will give him the morning star.
Leviathan the dragon is described in Job 41:20 that out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. The Lord in Jeremiah 1 gave Jeremiah the authority over the seething pot of the spirit of the dragon. We the Church are also given that authority.
Taught by: Carolyn Sissom, Pastor
Eastgate Ministries Church, 10115 West Hidden Lakes Lane, Richmond, TX
Scripture from King James Version and text study from Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible and Principles of Present Truth of Jeremiah by, Kelly Varner. Comments and conclusions are my own and not to reflect the views of those who I entered into their labors.