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Depending on The Power of God
Jeremiah 24:1–10
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The prophet is shown a vision of two baskets of figs (v. 1). One was a basket of good figs, the other of rotten, stinking and smelly figs (vv. 2-3). God said “These figs are like the people.” The good figs represented those who are going to be carried captive to Babylon (vv 4-7). This was kind of surprising, because if you lived in Judah in those days, you would have said, “The worst thing that could happen to me would be to be taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar and carried into Babylon.” However, what looked like the worst thing to them, was the best thing in God’s eyes. God promised to watch over the remnant in captivity and bring them back to the land (Ezek.11:16,17). He also promised to give them a new heart so they will know him (Jer. 4:22). This will be fulfilled in the future when God again regathers Israel at the beginning of Christ’s millennial reign on earth.
The leaders of Judah were prone to trust their political allies and lean on the arm of flesh instead of depending on the power of God. To emphasize the difference, Jeremiah contrasted a desert bush with a fruitful tree by the water. The poor figs represented the apostates who remained in the land to support Zedekiah and the other survivors who were determined, with the help of Egypt to resist Babylon (v. 8). They eventually fled to Egypt. They were ridiculed wherever they went (v. 9). God would send instruments of judgment upon them such as sword, famine and plague until they were all destroyed (v. 10). Those survivors had felt blessed of God, but in reality they were cursed.Application
Regardless of what happens in my life I need to accept what God is doing and know it is for my good and that His love for me is greater that anyone on this earth.
Jeremiah 24:1-10 (English Standard Version)
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the LORD. One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten. And the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten." Then the word of the LORD came to me: "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart. "But thus says the LORD: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers."
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