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Dedication, 12
Part 1: Jeremiah: His Life, His Times and His Writings
1. Information About Jeremiah, His Times And His Writings, 15
Prophet’s Name, 15
The Life of Jeremiah, 15
Date of Jeremiah’s Mission, 18
Prophesied To, 18
Contemporary Prophets, 18
Contemporary Prophets Contrasted, 18
Contemporary Kings, 19
National Conditions, 20
Political, 20
Economic, 20
Religious, 21
Notes on the Study and Interpretation of the Book of Jeremiah, 21
Chapter Finding List, 22
Author and Date of Authorship, 24
Style of the Book, 24
Textual Transmission, 25
Bible Criticism, 25
2. Historical Summary: The Rise of Babylonia and the Fall of Judah, 27
The Rise of Babylonia as a World Power, 27
Kings of Babylonia, 28
The Fall of Judah, 29
Kings of Judah (The Southern Kingdom), 29
Summary, 32
Part 2: Chapter Analyses
3. Chapters Pertaining to the Reign of Kings Josiah and Jehoahaz (Section 1), 37
4. Chapters of Jeremiah Pertaining to the Reign of King Jehoiakim (Section 2), 45
5. Chapters of Jeremiah Pertaining to the Reign of King Zedekiah (Section 3), 49
6. Chapters of Jeremiah Pertaining to the Final Period of the Prophet's Life
(Section 4), 55
7. Chapters of Jeremiah Pertaining to the Last Days (Section 5), 57
Part 3: Doctrinal Analyses
8. Six Major Doctrines of the Old Testament, 63
Scriptures Are Studied So Man Can Apply Basic Teachings, 63
The Old Testament's Central Doctrines, 63
9. The Nature of God and Godhood, 65
10. God's Communication With Man, 79
The Prophetic Functions, 79
The Nature of Revelation and Prophecy, 83
11. The Nature of Sin, 87
Perversions of Religious Truths and Practices, 88
Apathy, Lack of Faith, and Negative Personal Traits, 91
Rejection and Opposition to God’s Plan, 93
Moral Depravity, 93
Social, Economic, and National Wickedness, 100
The Sins of the People of Israel and Judah, 102
12. The Nature of Man's Agency and God's Judgment, 107
Man and His Agency, 108
God's Interactions With Man's Agency, 108
The Nature of God's Punishment, 110
God Controls Individuals and Nations, 113
13. Counsel For Righteous Living, 117
14. The Events of the Last Days, 1
1st Event: The Apostasy, 123
2nd Event: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, 124
3rd Event: The Restoration of the Church, 124
4th Event: The Beginning of the Times of the Gentiles, 125
5th Event: War Poured Out Upon All Nations, 125
6th Event: The Period of Preparatory Wars, 125
7th Event: The Fulness of the Times of the Gentiles, 126
8th Event: The Rising of Slaves Against Their Masters, 126
9th Event: The Third World War, 126
10th Event: The Saints to Suffer Persecution, 126
11th Event: The Fulfilling of the Times of the Gentiles, 127
12th Event: Saints in Foreign Lands Will Gather to the Americas, 127
13th Event: The Gospel Will Be Taken from the Gentiles and Later Given to Israel, 127
14th Event: God Will Pour Out His Judgments Upon the Earth, 127
15th Event: Internal Wars in the United States, 127
16th Event: World-wide Revolutions and Deterioration of Governments Occur as the Period of
Wars of Total Destruction Begins, 128
17th Event: The Saints in America Will Gather to Places of Refuge in the Western Mountains, 129
18th Event: The Political Kingdom of God Will Be Established, 129
19th Event: The Law of Consecration Will Be Established, 129
20th Event: The New Jerusalem and Its Temple Will Be Built in Missouri, 130
21st Event: The Conversion of the Lamanites, 130
22nd Event: The Ten Tribes of Israel Will Come From the North to Missouri, 130
23rd Event: Christ Will Come to the New Jerusalem Temple, 131
24th Event: 144,000 High Priests Will Be Called, 131
25th Event: A Period of Great Plagues and Destruction, 132
26th Event: The Fourth World War, A Universal Conflict, 133
27th Event: The Coming of the Ancient of Days and the Savior to the Council at
Adam-ondi-Ahman, 134
28th Event: The Fall of the Great and Abominable Church, 135
29th Event: The Gathering to the New Jerusalem and Its Rise as a World Center of Influence, 135
30th Event: The Gathering to the Land of Israel of the Scattered Remnants of Judah, 135
31st Event: General References to the Gathering of the House of Israel, 136
31st Event: The Removal of the Ten Tribes from America to the Land of Israel, 140
32nd Event: The Rule of David the Prince, 140
33rd Event: The Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, 142
34th Event: Israel’s Political Affairs, 143
35th Event: The Battle of Armageddon, 144
36th Event: The Fall of Rome, 151
37th Event: The Appearance of Christ on the Mount of Olives, 151
38th Event: The Conversion of the House of Israel, 152
39th Event: Christ Will Come to the Jerusalem Temple and Place His Glory upon Zion, 153
40th Event: A Mission to the Heathen Nations, 154
41st Event: Israel’s Growth Following the Battle of Armageddon and the Final Mission to
All Mankind, 155
42nd Event: Christ’s Coming in Glory, 158
43rd Event: The First Resurrection, Resurrection of the Righteous, 161
44th Event: The Millennium, 161
45th Event: The Battle of Gog and Magog, 163
46th Event: The Second Resurrection, Resurrection of the Unrighteous, 163
47th Event: The Final Judgment, 163
48th Event: The Crowning and Exalting of Christ and the Saints, 164
49th Event: The Dissolution of the Earth and Its Heaven, 164
50th Event: The Re-creation of the Earth as a Celestial World, 164
Summary of the Doctrinal Anayses, 165
Part 4: Jeremiah’s Lament
15. Lamentations, 169
Historical Background, 169
Doctrinal Analyses, 170
Author and Date of Authorship, 172
Bible Criticism, 172
Style, 172
Summary, 173
Part 5: Insights From the Inspired Version
16. Insights from the Inspired Version, 177
About the Author, 181
Index, 183
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