Samuel’s rule as judge was not without its problems. His sons fell short of Samuel’s example and the people demanded a king.
This lesson deals with the cycle of disobedience, destruction and deliverance that characterizes the book of Judges.
What a lesson in determination! Are you fighting to conquer the mountain God has for you?
In the Bible we find many references to transactions and covenants. In our passage we find one of those references and it is found in the usage of the word surety. Now we know that Christ was made a surety of a better testament, but what exactly does that mean?
As believers, we have an amazing inheritance. In this story the Lord commands Jeremiah to buy a field from his uncle in his hometown of Anathoth. Jeremiah is unlikely to get any benefit from the field, but he is to buy it anyway. God uses this event to promise future restoration of Israel. Fields will again be bought and sold in the land. This is a message of hope and promise in a time of destruction.
