Season 3, Episode 7

The Jewish exiles in Babylon listened to false prophets who said to expect an imminent return to their homeland. Jeremiah’s letter confirms their exile will extend over a considerable length of time, at least seventy years.

Jeremiah likely surprises his audience by encouraging them to embrace their time in Babylon as God’s time and to nurture the hope that perhaps their children or children’s children might one day be allowed to return home and rebuild their lives in the promised land.

Join Pastors Kirk Sexton and Bruce Johnson as we discuss this letter and the hope that is in it