While the Bible doesn’t explicitly recognise Jeremiah as a type of Christ there are some very clear ways in which his ministry and pain pre-figures Jesus’. In fact the rabbis saw Jeremiah as the suffering servant prophesied by Isaiah. He is also considered to be the third most important Prophet in Hebrew history after Ezekiel and Isaiah, and in fact he wrote more than both of them put together.
In this post I want to list a large number of small moments and details that look very much like Jesus, but we mustn’t forget the big picture too. Jeremiah went through a “death and resurrection” experience when he was put down a well and then rescued, he also suffered a judgement (deportation to Egypt) that he had predicted even though he had not participated in the activity that brought it about.
The table below lists 14 experiences in Jeremiah’s life that are parallelled in Jesus’.
| Jeremiah | Connection | Jesus |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah 1:5 | Both where known before they where conceived. | Luke 1:31 |
| Jeremiah 1:5 | Both where called from the womb. | Luke 1:42-43 |
| Jeremiah 1:7 | Both knew the Father's call before they reached adulthood. | Luke 2:42-49 |
| Jeremiah 13:17 | Both wept over Jerusalem, for its impending judgement. | Luke 19:41 |
| Jeremiah 29:26 | Both where accused of being mad. | John 10:20 |
| Jeremiah 29:27 | Both where accused of self promotion. | John 8:53 |
| Jeremiah 20:7 | Both were mocked | Luke 18:32, Matthew 27:31, Luke 22:63 |
| Jeremiah 20:10 | Both had what they said scrutinized to be used against them. | Luke 11:53-54 |
| Jeremiah 26:11 | Both where declared "worthy of death" by corrupt priests. | Matthew 26:65-66 |
| Jeremiah 18:23 | Both had their deaths plotted against them | John 11:53 |
| Jeremiah 19:7-8 | Both Prophesied the fall of Jerusalem | Luke 21:24 |
| Jeremiah 8:13 | Jeremiah gives "No Figs on the fig tree" as a sign of impending loss, Jesus acts out the sign. | Matthew 21:19 |
| Jeremiah 7:34 | Both prophesied the disappearance of the a bridegroom | Luke 5:35 |
| Jeremiah 11:19 | Both where "led like a lamb to the slaughter" | Isaiah 53:7 - speaking about Christ |
Christen Forster
Christen has planted churches, been a youth worker, mission administrator and church leaders. The author of several books, Christen is now an itinerant minister, helping churches to step into a more deliberately spiritual experience of the Christian life while at the same time firmly rooting their practice in scripture.
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Thank you. Do you have mp3 messages?
Hi Franklin, I don’t have any mp3 messages on Jeremiah… but there is a teaching session on YouTube, see https://youtu.be/BZYb7MRdCp0
Thanks