One of the consistent messages that Jeremiah has been proclaiming that has been recorded for us in our recent studies of Jeremiah is that the people who have been captured by the Babylonians are not returning soon. False prophets have been proclaiming that the captured people as well as the captured articles of the temple would return in two years (cf. Jeremiah 27:16; 28:3-4). Instead of a quick reversal, God has proclaimed that the nations will serve Babylon through many of Babylon’s kings (cf. Jeremiah 27:6-7). So what should the people who have been exiled in Babylon do while they live there? What should be their attitude toward living away from their homeland, longing to return? In particular, what should they do in Babylon and what should be their attitude toward Babylon while in exile? We are going to look at what they are told to do while in Babylon because we live in similar circumstances in this way: we are told that our citizenship is in heaven while we wait here for our Savior to return (cf. Philippians 3:20-21). But what should we do while we wait for Jesus’ return and what should be our attitude toward the world and toward the city while we wait?

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