Jeremiah, he's a man in pain, and though he has a prophet, and though he's a faithful prophet,

he is a man in pain nevertheless. And he feels that God has let him down. He's been given a task.

What is now a hopeless task? To preach a message that no one wants to listen to. He has no

converts. Jeremiah is a lone voice at the tail end of the country of Judah before its ultimate destruction.

And this is though Jeremiah is saying with Dolan Thomas, do not go gently into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Jesus didn't promise his people a life of ease. And in this fallen world, we experience

suffering and grief. Perhaps you can relate to the psalmist who said, darkness is my only friend.

If that's you or someone that you know, I'm thankful that you're listening today to renewing your

mind. I am Nathan W. Bingham. Although Jesus didn't promise us a life of comfort, we have received

from God his word that helps us in every season of life. All week we've been listening to Dr. Derek

Thomas says he looks at various characters from the Old Testament, characters who have experienced

a form of imprisonment, and the lessons that we can learn from them. Well today, he is going to

look at the prophet Jeremiah and a chapter that Dr. Thomas calls a dark chapter in the Bible.

And really a dark chapter in Jeremiah's life. And he'll help us see where we should turn in our

dark hour. Here's Dr. Thomas.

Hello again. This is number five in our series of Old Testament

characters and later in New Testament characters who found themselves for a season locked down

in prison. And today's character is Jeremiah. And I want to take you to Jeremiah chapter 20,

which is a very dark chapter. We are perhaps 70, 80 years ahead of where we were

last time with Jonah. And there's a reference here in chapter 20 to King Zedekiah.

Jeremiah was a prophet for a very long time. And Zedekiah is the last of the kings of Judah.

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