nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices." Nor will all the priests and Levites ever failThis phrase emphasizes the perpetual nature of the Levitical priesthood. In the Hebrew context, the word for "fail" (כָּרַת, karath) often implies being cut off or destroyed. Historically, the Levitical priesthood was established by God through Moses as a lasting ordinance ( Exodus 40:15). This promise assures the continuity of the priestly line, symbolizing God's unwavering commitment to His covenant with Israel. Theologically, it points to the eternal priesthood of Christ, who fulfills and transcends the Levitical order ( Hebrews 7:24-25). to have a man to stand before Me
The phrase "to stand before Me" is significant in the Hebrew tradition, where standing before God denotes service and worship. The Hebrew verb עָמַד (amad) means to stand or remain, indicating a position of readiness and dedication. This reflects the role of the priests as mediators between God and the people, a role ultimately fulfilled by Jesus Christ, our High Priest, who stands eternally before God on our behalf (Hebrews 9:24). to offer burnt offerings
Burnt offerings (עֹלָה, olah) were a central aspect of Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God. The offering was completely consumed by fire, representing total surrender to God's will. Archaeological findings, such as altars and animal remains, corroborate the practice of burnt offerings in ancient Israel. Spiritually, this points to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who offered Himself wholly for our sins (Ephesians 5:2). to burn grain offerings
Grain offerings (מִנְחָה, minchah) were offerings of flour, oil, and frankincense, symbolizing thanksgiving and dedication. Unlike burnt offerings, grain offerings were not for atonement but for expressing gratitude and devotion. Historically, these offerings were part of the daily temple rituals. In the New Testament context, they prefigure the spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving offered by believers (Hebrews 13:15). and to present sacrifices
The term "sacrifices" (זֶבַח, zebach) encompasses various offerings made to God, including peace offerings and sin offerings. These sacrifices were integral to maintaining the covenant relationship between God and Israel. Scripturally, they foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, who offered Himself once for all (Hebrews 10:10). In a broader sense, believers are called to present their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God (Romans 12:1). Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah is known for his messages of judgment and hope. He prophesied during the final years of the kingdom of Judah. 2. Levitical PriestsDescendants of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, specifically chosen to perform the duties of the priesthood, including offering sacrifices and maintaining the temple. 3. Burnt Offerings, Grain Offerings, and SacrificesThese were integral parts of the worship and sacrificial system in ancient Israel, symbolizing atonement, thanksgiving, and dedication to God. 4. Covenant with DavidThis chapter reaffirms God's covenant with David, promising a perpetual dynasty and a priesthood that will not fail. 5. Babylonian ExileThe context of Jeremiah's prophecy includes the impending Babylonian exile, a period of great turmoil and uncertainty for the people of Judah. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness to His PromisesGod's promise to maintain a priesthood reflects His unwavering faithfulness. Despite human failure, God's plans remain steadfast. The Role of Sacrifice in WorshipSacrifices were central to Israel's worship, symbolizing repentance and devotion. Today, believers are called to offer themselves as living sacrifices, dedicating their lives to God. Continuity and Fulfillment in ChristThe Levitical priesthood points to the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, our eternal High Priest, who offers a perfect and final sacrifice for sin. Hope Amidst DespairJeremiah's message of a perpetual priesthood offers hope to a people facing exile, reminding us that God's promises endure even in our darkest times. The Importance of Spiritual LeadershipThe promise of a continuous priesthood underscores the need for faithful spiritual leaders who guide and intercede for God's people. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the promise of a perpetual priesthood in Jeremiah 33:18 reflect God's faithfulness to His covenant with Israel? 2. In what ways does the role of the Levitical priests in the Old Testament foreshadow the priesthood of Jesus Christ? 3. How can we apply the concept of offering sacrifices in our daily lives as believers today? 4. What lessons can we learn from the continuity of God's promises, especially during times of personal or communal crisis? 5. How does the assurance of spiritual leadership in Jeremiah 33:18 encourage us to support and pray for our leaders in the church today? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 29Describes the consecration of the Levitical priests and the offerings they were to perform, establishing the foundation for the priestly duties mentioned in Jeremiah 33:18. 1 Samuel 2Highlights the importance of the priesthood and the consequences of failing to honor God's commands, providing a backdrop to the promise of a faithful priesthood. Hebrews 7Discusses the priesthood of Jesus Christ, drawing a connection between the Levitical priesthood and the eternal priesthood of Christ, who fulfills and surpasses the old covenant. People Babylonians, Benjamin, David, Ezekiel, Isaac, Jacob, Jeremiah, LevitesPlaces Jerusalem, Negeb, ShephelahTopics Ascend, Beasts, Burn, Burned, Burnt, Burnt-offering, Burnt-offerings, Causing, Cereal, Continually, Cut, Fail, Grain, Kindle, Lack, Levites, Levitical, Making, Meal, Meal-offerings, Meat, Meat-offerings, Oblations, Offer, Offering, Offerings, Perfumes, Perfuming, Prepare, Presence, Present, Priests, Sacrifice, Sacrifices, StandDictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 33:18 7436 sacrifice, NT fulfilment
7468 temple, rebuilding Jeremiah 33:18-22 1350 covenant, with Israel's priests Library A Threefold Disease and a Twofold Cure.
'I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against Me.'--JER. xxxiii. 8. Jeremiah was a prisoner in the palace of the last King of Judah. The long, national tragedy had reached almost the last scene of the last act. The besiegers were drawing their net closer round the doomed city. The prophet had never faltered in predicting its fall, but he had as uniformly …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureThings Unknown
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."--Jeremiah 33:3. GOD'S PEOPLE WILL NEVER THRIVE on anything less substantial than bread from heaven. Israel in Egypt might live on garlic and onions, but Israel in the wilderness must be fed with the manna that came down from heaven, and with the water that gushed out of the rock, when it was smitten by the rod of God. The child of God, while he is yet in his sins, may, like other men, revel in them, …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 46: 1900 Discerning Prayer.
INTRODUCTORY. BY D.W. WHITTLE. To recognize God's existence is to necessitate prayer to Him, by all intelligent creatures, or, a consciously living in sin and under condemnation of conscience, because they do not pray to Him. It would be horrible to admit the existence of a Supreme Being, with power and wisdom to create, and believe that the creatures he thought of consequence and importance enough to bring into existence, are not of enough consequence for him to pay any attention to in the troubles …
Various—The Wonders of Prayer The Royal Priesthood
Gerhard Ter Steegen Jer. xxxiii. 18; Rev. i. 6 The race of God's anointed priests shall never pass away; Before His glorious Face they stand, and serve Him night and day. Though reason raves, and unbelief flows on, a mighty flood, There are, and shall be, till the end, the hidden priests of God. His chosen souls, their earthly dross consumed in sacred fire, To God's own heart their hearts ascend in flame of deep desire; The incense of their worship fills His Temple's holiest place; Their song with …
Frances Bevan—Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others The Best of the Best
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."--Song of Solomon 2:1. THE time of flowers has come, and as they are in some faint degree emblems of our Lord, it is well, when God thus calls, that we should seek to learn what he desires to teach us by them. If nature now spreads out her roses and her lilies, or prepares to do so, let us try, not only to see them, but to see Christ as he is shadowed forth in them. "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys." If these are the words …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 42: 1896 Nature of Covenanting.
A covenant is a mutual voluntary compact between two parties on given terms or conditions. It may be made between superiors and inferiors, or between equals. The sentiment that a covenant can be made only between parties respectively independent of one another is inconsistent with the testimony of Scripture. Parties to covenants in a great variety of relative circumstances, are there introduced. There, covenant relations among men are represented as obtaining not merely between nation and nation, …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Putting God to Work
"For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside thee who worketh for him that waiteth for him."--Isaiah 64:4. The assertion voiced in the title given this chapter is but another way of declaring that God has of His own motion placed Himself under the law of prayer, and has obligated Himself to answer the prayers of men. He has ordained prayer as a means whereby He will do things through men as they pray, which He would not otherwise do. Prayer …
Edward M. Bounds—The Weapon of Prayer Be Ye Therefore Perfect, Even as Your Father which is in Heaven is Perfect. Matthew 5:48.
In the 43rd verse, the Savior says, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy; but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward …
Charles G. Finney—Lectures to Professing Christians The Sermon of the Seasons
"Oh, the long and dreary Winter! Oh, the cold and cruel Winter!" We say to ourselves, Will spring-time never come? In addition to this, trade and commerce continue in a state of stagnation; crowds are out of employment, and where business is carried on, it yields little profit. Our watchmen are asked if they discern any signs of returning day, and they answer, "No." Thus we bow our heads in a common affliction, and ask each man comfort of his fellow; for as yet we see not our signs, neither does …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 32: 1886 Twentieth Day for God's Spirit on the Heathen
WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on the Heathen "Behold, these shall come from far; and these from the land of Sinim."--ISA. xlix. 12. "Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands to God."--PS. lxviii. 31. "I the Lord will hasten it in His time."--ISA. lx. 22. Pray for the heathen, who are yet without the word. Think of China, with her three hundred millions--a million a month dying without Christ. Think of Dark Africa, with its two hundred millions. Think …
Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession Truth Hidden when not Sought After.
"They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."--2 Tim. iv. 4. From these words of the blessed Apostle, written shortly before he suffered martyrdom, we learn, that there is such a thing as religious truth, and therefore there is such a thing as religious error. We learn that religious truth is one--and therefore that all views of religion but one are wrong. And we learn, moreover, that so it was to be (for his words are a prophecy) that professed Christians, …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII Cleansing.
As there are conditions requiring to be complied with in order to the obtaining of salvation, before one can be justified, e. g., conviction of sin, repentance, faith; so there are conditions for full salvation, for being "filled with the Holy Ghost." Conviction of our need is one, conviction of the existence of the blessing is another; but these have been already dealt with. "Cleansing" is another; before one can be filled with the Holy Ghost, one's heart must be "cleansed." "Giving them the Holy …
John MacNeil—The Spirit-Filled Life Curiosity a Temptation to Sin.
"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."--Proverbs iv. 14, 15. The chief cause of the wickedness which is every where seen in the world, and in which, alas! each of us has more or less his share, is our curiosity to have some fellowship with darkness, some experience of sin, to know what the pleasures of sin are like. I believe it is even thought unmanly by many persons (though they may not like to say …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious …
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