The Importance of the Second Exodus

Jeremiah says there will come a second exodus more remarkable even than the first, and that will displace the story of the going out of Egypt. Jeremiah was not one of the mystics among the prophets. He wasn't particularly an optimist. If Jeremiah came back to us today, no doubt he would be an economist, one way or another. Here is a realistic man, not an optimist, who says there will one day be an exodus of the Jewish people and their return to the land that will be more miraculous even than the going out from Egypt. In other words, essentially they're great. Now reflect on the sheer improbability of that outcome.