Jeremiah – Grace Evangelical Society

John, Meet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37–38)

October 4, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Faithfulness, Herod Antipas, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Zedekiah

Jeremiah is widely recognized as a type of Christ. So many things in his life paralleled the life of Christ. But recently, I realized that Jeremiah also foreshadowed another important person in the New Testament. That person would be John the Baptist (JTB). There are also many parallels between JTB and the Lord Jesus. So,

When Bad News Is Good (Jeremiah 30–33)

September 21, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - consolation, discipline, Hebrews 12:7, Jeremiah

When you read commentaries on the book of Jeremiah, chapters 30–33 are often called the Book of Consolation. This is because those chapters contain really good news for the Jews. They talk about when Christ will return, set up His kingdom, give them a new covenant, and gather them from all the nations of the

I Think I Will Try the Good Figs (Jeremiah 24:2)

August 24, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - captivity, Jeremiah, rewards, tribulations

I can’t remember the last time I ate a fig. I vaguely remember that I didn’t particularly like them. The last time I thought about figs was when I was in the Army during the Iraqi War. The prime minister of that country famously said that his country did not fear the United States. He

Fountain of Living Waters (Jeremiah 2:13)

July 14, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - cisterns of water, Jeremiah, Living Water, woman at well

The Bible is the inspired word of God. It is full of beautiful, poetic language and wonderful metaphors. One such metaphor is found in Jer 2:13. God is referred to as “the fountain of living waters.” The people had rejected Him and instead had chosen broken cisterns that cannot hold water. A fountain of living