Session 6 | Jeremiah 23:1-12

RIGHTEOUS BRANCH (JER. 23:5-8)

the ways these verses point toward the coming Messiah.

5 “Look, the days are coming”—
this is the LORD’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.”
6 “In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely.
This is the name he will be called: The LORD Is Our Righteousness.
7 “Look, the days are coming”—
the LORD’s declaration
“when it will no longer be said,
‘As the LORD lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’
8 but, ‘As the LORD lives,
who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel
from the land of the north and from all the other countries where I had banished them.’
They will dwell once more in their own land.”

DISCUSS:

• The name given to the coming Messiah in verse 6 is, “The LORD Is Our Righteousness.”
• What does this name tell us about Jesus? (p. 55)

EXPLAIN:

verses 7-8,
God reminded the people that He brought them out of captivity
in Egypt generations earlier.
An even greater deliverance would occur when God brought His people out of Babylonian captivity.
But true deliverance would come once and for all through the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
He would be the ultimate Shepherd for God’s people.

DISCUSS:

• How does faith in Jesus Christ give a person hope for a secure future? (p. 55)

TRANSITION:

The people of Judah had been scattered because of their sinful rebellion.
But God would gather His people back to the land of Israel.
In time, Jesus, God’s “Righteous Branch” from the line of David,
would come to bring freedom from the bondage of sin for all people.