The Dream of Israel Redeemed
- 31:1 “At that time” - “the latter days” of 29:24. “The God of all the
families of Israel” - or as Paul confirms, “all Israel will be saved.”
Romans 11:26
- 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love” -
Psalm 25:6
- 31:6 “watchmen will cry, Come! Let us go up to Zion!” - no longer will
the watchmen be looking out for enemies, but to spot pilgrims to Zion
and shout encouragement.
- 31:9 “they will come with weeping” -
Zechariah 12:10
- 31:15 “A voice is heard in Rama .. Rachel weeping for her children” -
Matthew 2:18
This may also refer to Rachel herself, as she was a prophetess while
giving birth.
The Dark Story of Christmas
- 31:19 “After I returned, I repented” - God can deal with sin. If we only
repent, He restores us to Himself. “I was ashamed and humiliated” - “how
could we have been so stupid?”
- 31:20 “My heart yearns for him” - or bowels churn. This describes young
love, and that is how God feels about Israel, and by application, every child
of God. God is in love with you.
- 31:22 “a woman will shelter a man” - what does this mean? David Guzik
suggests that it may mean there will be such peace that women will do sentry
for the city.
- 31:23 “O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain” - Jerusalem and even
the temple were filled with corruption as we have seen in Jeremiah and
Ezekiel. Today, the government of Israel is still filled with corruption.
But then, in the latter days, it will be a righteous dwelling place.
- 31:26 “at this I awoke” - Jeremiah saw and heard all this in a dream.