unbelievable. if you thought it was hard for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, well, this isn't that hard, but it's really really hard! To go to your king and tell him that he's going to lose. Flat out.
at least Jeremiah got to predict a peaceful death for Zedekiah, though.
then there's this slavery controversy! How, in the face of immanent slaughter, could a person let free and then recapture their slaves? these are the leaders of the City. These are the top dawgs of the country.
Can you see what a scandalous lot were running things before the nation got judged? Today's Psalms have a line that goes: "The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men" --Ps. 12:8
These people were really prowling, and they had been worshipping the sex and death gods on the side for years! False religion. sex and death. false gods adn idols. sex and death... they forgot how to blush! they were experts in sin! and they had NO integrity, even when they agreed with a (relatively) righteous king, they went back on it! astounding!
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Jeremiah 33
In my New King Jimmie, this starts with "Moreover..." That means it's in addition to the previous stuff! And that stuff was Gooooood. On the edge of judgment, God is already assuring them that it is for good. That He will restore them and punish the ones whom He uses to punish them...
He has promised to turn their hearts back to Him. Anyone who went over to king Nebby at this point got resettled on Babylonian terms in digs they could definitely stand... But it was still totally TREASON! Jeremiah was viewed as scum by the rulers and their loyal (power-hungry) subjects...
...so here's Jeremiah in prison (v.1) That's where a lot of these guys end up. That's true. Even dudes like MLKjr. you know? Birmingham Jail? But we're looking at some serious issues here. Jeremiah is in JAIL.
And Jeremiah gets a word that the defenses will not work. Those guys are just gonna die. (v.5)
And God speaks of healing and health for the "Captives", who are taken. The option to leave the city still stands at this point, you know? The king of Babylon is still open to receive anyone who believes Jeremiah. There is a way out. 70 years of exile is non-negotiable, but how you go over (or get killed cos you didn't) are still on the table.
v.8
God is promising to purify and forgive. This is Good news! v.7 said they'd return! God is speaking about putting things right! All of this "judgment" is the setting of the broken bone! Don't you just hate how the doc says, "Let me see that?" then he yanks that thing back "Crack" into place? Well, I'm starting to love it when ol doc jesus reaches out to me and says, "Let me see that."
v.8-14
Promises of restoration
v.15-26
A ton of stuff about the restoration of the eternal promise to David--the coming of Messiah!
please: Discuss
don't you think that the churches of america are a lot like this? Not america proper--that's mostly just a military-industrial complex. I'm talking about the North-american,
English speaking
mostly affluent
churches in America...
Aren't we like Jeremiah's Judah? With our spiffy mega-churches (that frankly ignore, deny, or re-invent scriptural, creed-level doctrines)(all for the sake of "reaching" people)...
immoral
idolatrous...
I'm talking IN the churches!
evil leaders who twist the truth about God
and follow their own fancies?
God will judge it! With trouble! But always with the purpose to bring us to right with HIM. he loves us and won't be deprived of us. He's going to set us right.
He has promised to turn their hearts back to Him. Anyone who went over to king Nebby at this point got resettled on Babylonian terms in digs they could definitely stand... But it was still totally TREASON! Jeremiah was viewed as scum by the rulers and their loyal (power-hungry) subjects...
...so here's Jeremiah in prison (v.1) That's where a lot of these guys end up. That's true. Even dudes like MLKjr. you know? Birmingham Jail? But we're looking at some serious issues here. Jeremiah is in JAIL.
And Jeremiah gets a word that the defenses will not work. Those guys are just gonna die. (v.5)
And God speaks of healing and health for the "Captives", who are taken. The option to leave the city still stands at this point, you know? The king of Babylon is still open to receive anyone who believes Jeremiah. There is a way out. 70 years of exile is non-negotiable, but how you go over (or get killed cos you didn't) are still on the table.
v.8
God is promising to purify and forgive. This is Good news! v.7 said they'd return! God is speaking about putting things right! All of this "judgment" is the setting of the broken bone! Don't you just hate how the doc says, "Let me see that?" then he yanks that thing back "Crack" into place? Well, I'm starting to love it when ol doc jesus reaches out to me and says, "Let me see that."
v.8-14
Promises of restoration
v.15-26
A ton of stuff about the restoration of the eternal promise to David--the coming of Messiah!
please: Discuss
don't you think that the churches of america are a lot like this? Not america proper--that's mostly just a military-industrial complex. I'm talking about the North-american,
English speaking
mostly affluent
churches in America...
Aren't we like Jeremiah's Judah? With our spiffy mega-churches (that frankly ignore, deny, or re-invent scriptural, creed-level doctrines)(all for the sake of "reaching" people)...
immoral
idolatrous...
I'm talking IN the churches!
evil leaders who twist the truth about God
and follow their own fancies?
God will judge it! With trouble! But always with the purpose to bring us to right with HIM. he loves us and won't be deprived of us. He's going to set us right.
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