Catholic Typology
Jesus the new Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31:31-34 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbour and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord’, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Jeremiah | Jesus | |
Prophesied about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem | of the first temple (Jer 7:14-15) | of the second temple (Mk 11:17) |
Wept for Jerusalem for turning away from God | resulting in the Babylonian exile (Jer 13:17) | for rejecting him (Lk 19:41-42) |
Lamented the destruction of Jerusalem | due to the nation fo Judah's sins (Lam 1:1-6) | forthcoming destruction (Lk 19:43-44) |
Rejected by close friends | denounced (Jer 20:10) | betrayed by Judas (Mk 14:10,43-46) and denied knowing him by Peter (Mk 14:66-72) |
Rejected and threatened with death | in Jerusalem (Jer 26:1-12) | in Nazareth (Lk 4:14-30) and in Jerusalem (Mk 15:9-15) |
Suffered to bring the word of God to the people | beaten and put into stocks (Jer 20:1-2) and also put in a cistern full of mud (Jer 38:6) | mocked and crucified (Mt 27:27-44) |
Preached a new covenant where sins will be forgiven | prophesised a covenant written on human hearts (Jer 31:33-34) | sealed the covenant with his blood (Mt 26:28) |
Prophesied about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem: Jeremiah of the first temple (Jer 7:14-15); Jesus of the second temple (Mk 11:17)
Wept for Jerusalem for turning away from God: leading to exile (Jer 13:17): for rejecting Jesus (Lk 19:41-42)
Lamented the coming destruction of Jerusalem (Lam 1:1-6 & Lk 19:43-44)
Rejected by close friends: they denounced Jeremiah (Jer 20:10); Judas betrayed Jesus (Mk 14:10,43-46) and Peter denied nowing him (Mk 14:66-72)
Rejected and threatened with death: Jeremiah in Jerusalem (Jer 26:1-12); Jesus in Nazareth (Lk 4:14-30) and in Jerusalem (Mk 15:9-15)
Suffered to bring the word of God to the people: Jeremiah was beaten and put into stocks (Jer 20:1-2) and also put in a cistern full of mud (Jer 38:6); Jesus mocked and crucified (Mt 27:27-44)
Preached a new covenant where sins will be forgiven: written on human hearts (Jer 31:33-34); fulfilled by Jesus through his blood shed (Mt 26:28)