“In those coming days,” says the Lord, “the people of Israel will return home together with the people of Judah. They will come weeping and seeking the Lord their God. They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
In those days,” says the Lord, “no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
[to Babylon]
“See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,” says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Your day of reckoning has arrived— the day when I will punish you.
Jeremiah 50:34 NLT
But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But for the people of Babylon there will be no rest!
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Go? Stay? Flee? Settle? Return? If you have read Jeremiah with me then you might be asking yourself what is consistent with God. It seems like his instructions keep changing. And in one chapter it appears Babylon is God's servant doing his will, bringing judgment on the idolatrous and unfaithful people called by His name. Then at the end of the story God is judging Babylon for destroying Jerusalem even though it seems like God told them to do it and made them powerful enough to do it.
Here is what hasn't changed.
Don't serve idols!
Do listen to God.
Don't be stubborn and set in what you think is right or what you want.
Do seek God and be willing to trust him instead of 'best practice.' If best practice and received wisdom lead you to trust something more than you trust God you are setting yourself up for judgment.
Get ready to change.
Be prepared to live without sin.
Do listen to God.
Don't be stubborn and set in what you think is right or what you want.
Do seek God and be willing to trust him instead of 'best practice.' If best practice and received wisdom lead you to trust something more than you trust God you are setting yourself up for judgment.
Get ready to change.
Be prepared to live without sin.
In one way or another everyone in the known world was going to be judged by God for thier sin, idolatry, and proud unwillingness to obey God.
God raised the nations up and God tears them down. God uses their warmongering ways to accomplish his judgment and then judges then for their warmongering ways.
But God promises a time when his people will not sin and will rest.
When Jesus came he offered this clean heart and rest to us as well.
Don't be hard hearted like the nations.
Serve God. Trust him. Obey his word. And live in anticipation of restoration, sinlessness, and the promised rest.
https://soundcloud.com/wkbode/consider-the-following-tables
Serve God. Trust him. Obey his word. And live in anticipation of restoration, sinlessness, and the promised rest.
https://soundcloud.com/wkbode/consider-the-following-tables
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