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Jeremiah 22:1-12
The Consequences of Worshiping Other Gods
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No Way to Escape God’s Judgment
Jeremiah 25:30–38
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A college professor answered his telephone at 3:00 A.M. “This is your neighbor, Mr. Smith,” said the voice. “Your dog is barking and keeping me awake.” The professor thanked him kindly and hung up. The next morning Mr. Smith’s telephone rang at exactly … More
The final section of this chapter concludes with God pouring out his vengeance upon His rebellious people. So great is God’s indictment upon mankind that the victims of this coming disaster will be like dung upon the ground. Both the rulers and the people will be destroyed. This prophecy is not only descriptive of God’s judgment upon Judah and the surrounding nations following the seventy-year captivity, but also His judgment upon apostate Israel and the nations which will culminate in the second coming of Christ (Matt. 24:30 & Rev. 1:4-19). This judgment was pictured as a mighty storm that would encompass all nations (vv. 30-31). In its path the slain were scattered everywhere (v. 33). The leaders of these many nations would weep and wail and roll in the dust as they mourned (v. 34). They would try to flee but there was no place to escape (v. 35). God would destroy their land and prowl around like a lion among the sheep. For the time had come that judgment must begin at the house of God (vv. 36-38).
The warnings of Jeremiah some twenty-five hundred years ago needs to be headed by the ungodly nations of our day and unless they repent will rise no more (v. 27). In just my life span I can see a tremendous degeneration of the society in which we live. The acceptance of immorality and lying recently by our president is only an indicator of the wickedness of our nation. According to a recent poll over 75 percent of the people don’t care about the sinful ways of our president as long as the economy is strong and they are prospering economically. Homosexuality if fast becoming an accepted life style and murder of the unborn is referred to as a woman’s choice. These are things that would not have been tolerated when I was a boy growing up. Most of the nations around the world have embraced an ungodly lifestyle and have no desire to live by the principles of God’s Word.Application
I praise the Lord that in spite of all the sin and around us God has made a way of escape through His son the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord for saving me from the penalty of sin!
Jeremiah 25:30-38 (English Standard Version)
""You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: "'The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the LORD.' "Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! "And those pierced by the LORD on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground. "Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel. No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. A voice--the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is laying waste their pasture, and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the LORD. Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."
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