The following post is from April of 2013....almost five years ago! Our steep descent into the abyss continues in spite of an election victory. There isn't a scintilla of evidence that we have in any way humbled ourselves before God or even inched in that direction! As a matter of fact the evidence points to us wandering further away from Him.....and trusting even more in ourselves.
The prophet Jeremiah was unpopular with just about everyone, particularly the establishment elite of Judah. They did not want to hear what he had to say, for he prophesied judgment upon them. Eventually God told Jeremiah to write it all down (ch:36).....all of it... and distribute it to the leaders in Judah and all the people. Jeremiah needed a stenographer and chose Baruch to write down what he was about to dictate........"Perhaps their petition will come before the LORD, and each one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people." He then used Baruch as a FedEx truck to deliver the materials because he himself was a persona non grata in such gatherings..
Well, it must have been a little upsetting to those who first read the scroll but they forwarded the package on to the king. The king read a page and then burned it, read another and burned it also until the entire message from God was ashes in the fire made to keep the king warm. God then told Jeremiah to get another scroll and write down the very same words again. This time the words were even more specific, for the people and the king had ignored the warnings....
All sixty-six books of the Bible are God's Word to us.....the Old Testament prophetic books are no exception. God will remove veils in His own timing, and that is what He is doing today, and particularly since Israel officially became a nation in 1948.
The prophet Jeremiah was unpopular with just about everyone, particularly the establishment elite of Judah. They did not want to hear what he had to say, for he prophesied judgment upon them. Eventually God told Jeremiah to write it all down (ch:36).....all of it... and distribute it to the leaders in Judah and all the people. Jeremiah needed a stenographer and chose Baruch to write down what he was about to dictate........"Perhaps their petition will come before the LORD, and each one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people." He then used Baruch as a FedEx truck to deliver the materials because he himself was a persona non grata in such gatherings..
Well, it must have been a little upsetting to those who first read the scroll but they forwarded the package on to the king. The king read a page and then burned it, read another and burned it also until the entire message from God was ashes in the fire made to keep the king warm. God then told Jeremiah to get another scroll and write down the very same words again. This time the words were even more specific, for the people and the king had ignored the warnings....
All sixty-six books of the Bible are God's Word to us.....the Old Testament prophetic books are no exception. God will remove veils in His own timing, and that is what He is doing today, and particularly since Israel officially became a nation in 1948.
Whether it has been through Billy Grahams or professors or faithful pastors or in our own individual readings......we have been warned! Tear up the words and throw them into the fire if you desire but they will come back....word for word.....and will in due time be proven true! (SPOILER ALERT...God's warnings to Judah and the nations were fulfilled.) I was a slow learner who often went off on tangents, but as I or anyone invest the time in God's prophetic Word then His message to us will become more discernible....not perfectly clear at this time....but clear enough so that we can say confidently that if we do not turn back to God as a people...we will be a people no more.....Trump or no Trump.
