>From reading the Bible, what comes immediately to our attention is the element of conflict in a man called upon to carry out an extremely difficult mission. The strength of Jeremiah as a character consists precisely in the intense and detailed conflict that rises between his hopes and his personal desires, those of the people to whom he is sent to proclaim the Word of God and the desires of God himself, who speaks through his words. In this essay I will explain what it is like to be in the shoes of Jeremiah as a prophet, how it affects his relationship with God and other people, and how being a prophet affects his own mindset.
             Jeremiah seems to be put in a situation that is incomprehensible to me. To be directed by the Lord to do whatever He says whenever He says no matter what the consequences is quite pressure filled. Jeremiah is caught between a rock and a hard place but has faith in God's words. I am not sure if I would have that much faith especially in the see-it-to-believe-it society we live in today. Jeremiah's mission consists above all in "uprooting and demolishing, destroying and tearing down," to then build up and construct. Jeremiah has to preach a return to reality, an abandonment of all dreams and hopes on only God's Word. It is a terrible mission, almost inhuman, and not one that I would ever be able to handle. To think what has to be entering the mind of Jeremiah when these missions are given to him is unimaginable. With the bad came the good for Jeremiah as after he tore down he had to build back up again and this I could handle as people seemed to praise him for this at leas!
             Putting the stories of Jeremiah in retrospect, being the time period where religion is thought of much more seriously by a larger group of people in a very religious land I would be able to due God's will. After reading chapter 5 when God really shows the reader how deceitful His people are, th
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