Babylonian Captivity – The Ecclesia in Exile (4)

Article 4 of 11 in the series Babylonian Captivity

Exposition | by Jack Lawson | Volume 26, Issue 2 | March – April 2020

Jeremiah: The Reluctant Firebrand (Part 1)

645BC?	Born	0 yrs	Jer 1
628BC	Called to service	17	1
*610BC?	‘Jerusalem Bible Class’	36	?
609BC	Death of Josiah The potter and the clay Depression	37	15 18 20
606BC	70 years captivity prophecy	41	25
603BC	Jehoiakim burns the scroll	44	36
596BC	Travels to Babylon with linen girdle	51	13
592BC	Letter to Babylon	55	29
587BC	First imprisonment In the dungeon Prophet buys a field	60	37 38 32
585BC	Jerusalem destroyed Taken to Egypt	62	39 43
583BC?	Death	64

Imagine, for a moment, a Jerusalem Bible Class in around 610BC. Maybe it’s even a special weekend. The room is very full and some of the people in it will be world famous in the next few ye...