JEREMIAH CALL THE RECHABITES TO A GATHERING AND OFFERS THEM WINE (JEREMIAH 35:1). Jeremiah 35:1 ‘The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,' Here YHWH had sent His word through Jeremiah ‘in the days of Jehoiakim'. The time note is... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RECHABITES ARE HELD UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF OBEDIENCE TO THEIR FATHER (JEREMIAH 35:1). Commencing with the words, ‘The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the days of Jehoiakim,' the passage demonstrates that YHWH was using the example of the Rechabites as an illustration of the obedience which... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH USES THE LOYALTY OF THE RECHABITES TO THEIR ‘FATHER' AS A CONTRAST WITH THE BEHAVIOUR OF JUDAH TOWARDS THEIR ‘FATHER' (JEREMIAH 35:12). The Rechabites had proved their loyalty to their ‘father' (their forefather) by their maintenance of the requirements that he had laid down, and they had done... [ Continue Reading ]