Chapter 15 – Even if Moses and Samuel were to Intercede

In the book of Job there is a foretelling of Jesus Christ, in fact there are many. Job laments his circumstance and longs for an intercessor. Job’s cry is to present his case before God and he says, “if only there was someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together.”  

In Jeremiah 15 it is not the people thinking about intercession, it is God and God is saying that even if Moses and Samuel were to intercede, he would not listen. 
There is a back and forth in this chapter. As in previous chapters there is a lot of talk of judgment. Then you can hear the voice of Jeremiah pleading before God. Then you can hear God again saying that he is with Jeremiah. Then you hear the refrain of mercy as God says that he will bless if the people return to him. 
Be careful about thinking that the Bible is filled with clear lines. You won’t find them in many places. Is God pronouncing judgment here? Of course, he is. However, there is also hope and there is pathos within God himself. 

Oh that we had a mediator, an intercessor who could bring us together.  

Come, Lord Jesus.  
Amen.