Jeremiah 31:33-34

This Sunday, August 17th, I will preach on a brief passage: Jeremiah 31:33-34. These verses are part of a larger eschatological discourse in Jeremiah. Eschatology is the study of last things. In Biblical interpretation, it refers to passages that have to do with the end of history or, for example in Luke 21, the end of the known and familiar world. Eschatology in the Bible also points toward redemption and renewal, as it does in Jeremiah 31:33-34.

In Jeremiah 31:32, what is “the covenant I made with their ancestors”? And what does the Lord mean by “a covenant that they broke”?

To be more specific, can you recall what I have preached on many occasions about the two foundational commandments in the Law of Love?

From the background of Jeremiah 31:32, how will the Lord’s “new covenant” differ from the old one?

How will human relationships, with God and other people, change?