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The Lord Commands The Babylonian Enemies
Date: September 16, 2022
Passage: Jeremiah 50:21–32
The land of Merathaim (v. 21) was the region in southern Babylon where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers enter the Persian Gulf. However, the word in Hebrew means “double rebellion." Thus God was saying He would attack the land of double rebellion and inflect his p …
IllustrationThomas Jefferson Founded The University of Virginia
In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Because Jefferson trusted that students would take their studies seriously, the code of discipline was lax. Unfortunately, his trust proved misplaced when the misbehavior of students led to a riot in which pr …