Zedekiah is on the throne and he sends word for Jeremiah to pray for Judah. God says they are DOOMED to fall to the Chaldeans; Babylon. We have shifted forward in time again today. We are with Zedekiah, the last king Judah had. He was put in place by Nebuchadnezzar when he took Jehoiakim’s son, […]
Jehoiakim burns the scrolls Jeremiah is writing. His contempt for God’s words did NOT make them any less true. And it condemned him. We are stepping backwards in the line of kings today. We stepped backwards yesterday but I failed to mention it. Jeremiah takes us back to Jehoiakim, Josiah’s second son to sit on […]
God calls Jeremiah to invite the Rechabites to a side room in the Temple and offer them wine to drink. They come but refuse to drink because they are honoring their ancestors. To start with, I wanted to know who the Rechabites were. I found an answer from my favorite searching site; GotQuestions.org. I also […]
Jeremiah goes to Zedekiah twice with prophecies. The first was for a better future than the second. Zedekiah’s actions set the second one in place. And it’s not a good future. God told Zedekiah, through Jeremiah, that he would go into captivity. He would not die by sword or famine. He would even see King […]
God swears that He WILL keep His covenant with David. It is unbreakable. It is as certain as days follows nights of this world. We are fast approaching the season where we celebrate what God is saying to Jeremiah. The Righteous Branch that springs up for David. We know this is Jesus Christ. The heir […]
