15 - The Law on the Believer's Heart

How should we interpret and apply such prophecies? What are the general principles? Specifically, of what time was Jeremiah speaking? To whom does this prophecy apply? And to what law does it refer?
As to the time in question, in the first instance, of course, Jeremiah was speaking to the people of his own day; his words had relevance for them in their particular circumstances. But that does not exhaust the import of the passage – not by a long chalk. Jeremiah was clearly speaking of what he called ‘the days [which] are coming’, ‘after those days’. What ‘days’ are these?