After centuries of idolatry and sin and warnings, God declared through His prophets that the covenant made at Mount Sinai had been broken. The end came in three stages over 20 years for Jerusalem, and during that time, God revealed through Jeremiah His will for the exiled Jews.
Jeremiah's letter to the early exiles, found in Jeremiah 29, is famous for verse 11 ("For I know the plans I have for you..."), which is merchandized everywhere these days. But the letter's great value to us is not a promise made and fulfilled 2,400 years ago; its value is in how it reveals to us God's will for us as we live in a world that is only temporary and is not our home. How are we to live?
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