The Bible by David Alley

Jeremiah 30 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 30 the Lord tells Jeremiah to write a book - which is the scroll of Jeremiah and the then chapter then goes on to contain a messianic prophecy about gospel times. A strictly literal interpretation will not uncover what the prophecy is about - hence why it says "in the latter days you will understand." And what is the Lat...

Jeremiah 31 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 31 we have another Messianic gospel-times prophecy from Jeremiah - along the vein of things we see in Isaiah. Taken literally it seems to be saying that the tribes of Israel will be reunited, but there are reasons for understanding it at a deeper and more true level. How should we understand this prophecy - this is a vid...

Jeremiah 29 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 29 we find a letter which contains prohpecy to the exiles already in Babylon - which included Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Jeremiah encourages them to settle down and make the most of life as the captivity will last a longer time than they think. He also gives the promise that God has plans for them to do them...

Jeremiah 27 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 27 the chapter starts with a prophecy to five nations surrounding Judah, and ends with the same prophecy to Judah itself. In each of these Jeremiah makes a set of yokes to wear and sends it to the nations as a sign that they are to be enslaved by Babylon. These six nations, the five plus Judah, had a conspiracy to work t...

Jeremiah 28 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 28 the false prophet Hananiah breaks the yoke that Jeremiah made in chapter 27 off his neck. This is supposed to be a sign that God is going to break the yoke of Babylon off of Judah. However God replies by declaring that the yoke of Babylon will be a yoke of iron. Additionally, Jeremiah prophecies against Hananiah who d...

Jeremiah 25 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 25 the Lord is displeased with Jehoiakim and send Jeremiah with a word to outline the timetable of the punishment that is to come. It predicts 70 years of subjugation at the hand of Babylon, which is historically what happened.

Jeremiah 26 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 26 he goes to the temple and proclaims judgement against it as happened to Shiloh. He is then accused of having a capital crime, and almost dies, but his reputation is strongly tarnished.

Jeremiah 24 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 24 the Lord shows Jeremiah a vision of two baskets of figs. One is good and the other is so bad it cannot be eaten. He then goes on to make a distinction between two types of people in the land. The same distinction can often be made today.

Jeremiah 23 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 23 the Lord gives Jeremiah prophecies about the false shepherds (pastors) and the false prophets both of which are profane. They peddle the word of God for money, and take advantage of the people for their own benefit. God is not happy!!

Jeremiah 21 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 21 the King Zedekiah calls upon Jeremiah for a word regarding the approaching Babylonian army, and the word that God gives is the opposite of what he is expecting.

Jeremiah 22 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 22 we have a collection of prophetic words from Jeremiah which cover various aspects of the last 5 kings, four of which were evil. This video goes into the remarkable things said about Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) and how Christ descends from this king.

Jeremiah 20 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 20 immediately following the smashing of pottery incident (Jeremiah 19) Passhur - a public official puts Jeremiah in the stocks at a public location to humiliate him. Jeremiah then complains to the Lord about his treatment. He cannot speak publicly because he is persecuted, but likewise he cannot hold in the Lord's words...

Jeremiah 19 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 19 he goes at the Lord's instruction to the Hinnom valley where he calls a gathering of people to observe him smash pottery. Judah is the pot, says the Lord, that is to be smashed. The HInnom valley was the location of where many babies were sacrificed to false gods and buried in a Topheth there. This video considers the...

Jeremiah 18 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 18 the Lord sends Jeremiah to observe a potter in action, and he notices how during the shaping of a vessel, if it doesn't turn out properly, the potter starts again. Can I not shape you for my purposes, asks the Lord. We are the clay, and he is the potter.

Jeremiah 17 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 17 the Lord says that the sins of Judah are so permanent they are written with a pen of iron. The Lord goes on to observe how deceitful the human heart was - a thing that remains the same today. What does it mean to have a deceitful heart?

Jeremiah 15 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 15 God is so determined to judge that he declares that even if Moses or Samuel were present it would not stop Him. Both of these prophets convinced the Lord to relent at previous times in Israel's history, but nothing will stop the Lord this time. Why - what was so bad - Manasseh was a big part of why.

Jeremiah 16 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 16 the Lord forbids Jeremiah to get married or to have children. This seems so harsh at first hearing, but in this video we find out it was the great kindness of the Lord.

Jeremiah 14 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 14 there is a drought in the land of Judah, and Jeremiah (once again) is told not to pray for their relief. There is a biblical precedent for how to handle drought as this video explains. In addition, false prophets were common at the time, and this video considers the idea of false prophecy then and now.

Jeremiah 13 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 13 the Lord instructs Jeremiah to buy a belt of fabric which he must not wash - it becomes filthy. He then has to walk to the land of Babylon and bury it in a highly symbolic act of what was going to happen to Judah.

Jeremiah 12 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 12 he raises questions about the way the Lord does things because it seems unfair that the wicked get away without jugdement, while the righteoss struggle. This is an age-old question that began with the story of Job.

Jeremiah 10 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 10 we have a chapter which contains instructions to the exiles who are headed for Babylon, including an entire sentence in Aramaic, the only Aramaic language in the entire book. Just because God used the Babylonians to judge His people, didn't mean the ways of the Babylonians were right, as this chapter covers.

Jeremiah 11 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 11 God continues explaining why he is done with His people, and then instructs Jeremiah NOT to pray for them. What reasons could there be that would allow a refusal of prayer? Then the people of Jeremiah's own home town, Anathoth, turn against him.

Jeremiah 9 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 9 the weeping of Jeremiah continues in poetry over what he sees is coming for Jerusalem. In this video we consider the differences in style and content between Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel and why one is the thundering prophet, one is the weeping prophet and the other a hard prophet,

Jeremiah 8 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 8 the prophet sees what is coming and his prophecy turns into poetry as with the use of parallelism he begins to weep and mourn over what is ahead. He weeps night and day, and we see why Jeremiah has become known as the weeping prophet. I remember clearly an experience of culture shock in Sri-Lanka which I couldn’t get ou...

Jeremiah 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 7 things have become so serious that Jeremiah is now instructed to stand at the door to the temple and proclaim warnings to everyone “as they come to church.” Jeremiah calls them nasty names at it reminds us of when Jesus cleared out the temple. Both Jesus and Jeremiah’s actions were perceived as anti-establishment and ea...