In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land. In those days and at that timeThis phrase signifies a specific period in the divine timeline, often associated with the fulfillment of God's promises. In the Hebrew context, it points to a future era of restoration and hope. Historically, this phrase is used to denote a time when God will intervene decisively in human affairs, bringing about His redemptive plan. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty over time and history, assuring believers that His promises are certain and will be fulfilled in His perfect timing. I will cause to sprout
The imagery of a sprout or branch is deeply rooted in Hebrew symbolism, representing new life and growth. The Hebrew word used here, "tsamach," conveys the idea of something emerging or springing forth. This reflects God's active role in bringing forth the Messiah, who is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. It emphasizes the divine initiative in salvation history, where God Himself ensures the emergence of the promised Savior. for David a Righteous Branch
The "Righteous Branch" is a messianic title, directly linking the coming Savior to the lineage of David. This connection to David underscores the fulfillment of God's covenant with David, promising an eternal kingdom through his descendants. The term "righteous" highlights the moral and ethical purity of the Messiah, who embodies God's justice and holiness. This Branch is not only a continuation of David's line but also a perfect and divine ruler, contrasting with the flawed kings of Israel's past. and He will administer justice and righteousness
This phrase encapsulates the core mission of the Messiah's reign. The Hebrew words for "justice" (mishpat) and "righteousness" (tsedaqah) are foundational to the biblical understanding of God's kingdom. Justice involves fair and equitable treatment, while righteousness denotes a state of moral integrity and alignment with God's will. The Messiah's administration will restore these divine principles, rectifying the injustices and moral failures that plagued Israel and the world. in the land
The "land" refers to the physical and spiritual realm over which the Messiah will reign. In the immediate context, it points to the land of Israel, but prophetically, it extends to the entire earth. This signifies the universal scope of the Messiah's reign, where His justice and righteousness will permeate all creation. It is a vision of the ultimate restoration and renewal of the world under God's sovereign rule, offering hope and assurance to believers of a future where God's peace and order prevail. Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA prophet called by God to deliver messages of both judgment and hope to the people of Judah during a time of great turmoil and impending exile. 2. DavidThe second king of Israel, a man after God's own heart, whose lineage is significant in biblical prophecy concerning the Messiah. 3. Righteous BranchA messianic title referring to the future descendant of David who will bring justice and righteousness, understood by Christians to be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. 4. JudahThe southern kingdom of Israel, which faced destruction and exile due to its disobedience but was also promised restoration through the coming Messiah. 5. The LandRefers to the land of Israel, which holds a central place in God's covenant promises and the unfolding of His redemptive plan. Teaching Points Messianic FulfillmentJesus Christ is the fulfillment of the prophecy of the righteous Branch, bringing hope and salvation to all who believe. Justice and RighteousnessAs followers of Christ, we are called to reflect His justice and righteousness in our lives, advocating for truth and fairness in our communities. Hope in God's PromisesDespite current circumstances, believers can have hope in God's promises, knowing that He is faithful to fulfill His word. Covenant FaithfulnessGod's promise to David is a testament to His covenant faithfulness, encouraging us to trust in His unchanging nature. Role of ProphecyUnderstanding biblical prophecy helps us see the continuity of God's redemptive plan and strengthens our faith in His sovereign control over history. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the prophecy of the "righteous Branch" in Jeremiah 33:15 enhance our understanding of Jesus' role as the Messiah? 2. In what ways can we, as Christians, actively promote justice and righteousness in our daily lives? 3. How does the fulfillment of God's promises to David encourage us in our personal walk with God? 4. What are some other Old Testament prophecies that point to Jesus as the Messiah, and how do they strengthen your faith? 5. How can we apply the hope found in Jeremiah 33:15 to situations of uncertainty or difficulty in our lives today? Connections to Other Scriptures Isaiah 11:1-5This passage also speaks of a "Branch" from the line of Jesse (David's father), emphasizing the Messiah's role in bringing justice and righteousness. Zechariah 3:8Refers to the "Branch" as a servant of God, highlighting the messianic expectation and the fulfillment of God's promises. Matthew 1:1The genealogy of Jesus Christ, establishing His lineage from David, fulfilling the prophecy of the righteous Branch. Revelation 22:16Jesus refers to Himself as the "Root and the Offspring of David," affirming His messianic identity and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. People Babylonians, Benjamin, David, Ezekiel, Isaac, Jacob, Jeremiah, LevitesPlaces Jerusalem, Negeb, ShephelahTopics Branch, Cause, David, David's, Execute, Forth, Grow, Judge, Judgment, Justice, Line, Righteous, Righteousness, Shoot, Spring, SproutDictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 33:15 2072 Christ, righteousness
2215 Christ, Son of David
5366 king
5370 kingship, human Jeremiah 33:10-16 6730 reinstatement Jeremiah 33:15-16 2042 Christ, justice of
2078 Christ, sonship of
2203 Christ, titles of
4416 branch
5511 safety
9140 last days
9145 Messianic age 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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