However, without doubt, God keeps pushing on my thoughts – “You need to share what you’ve learned. Don’t worry about who sees it or reads it, leave all that up to Me”. Oh my.
“But, but, but… okay God, there’s not much more I can say about it then. I’ll work on it and let you do your part. I’ll just do a little front-end marketing to get things going, okay, God”? J
Jeremiah was a great prophet! Along with Ezekiel and Isaiah, Jeremiah prophesied God’s direct words to a large group of people, important historical people doing important historical things – both during his own time and again, in our time. Because invariably, almost all the prophecies in the Bible apply to the last generation (us), directly and clearly.
Israel became a bona-fide world nation in 1948. That was 70 years ago. The Bible tells us that once Israel becomes a nation, then that is the beginning of the last generation. The fig tree generation – that’s us, all of us. Everybody who is reading this is part of that generation – it’s so exciting!
We are seeing and will see the most amazing change. And if we keep our heads clear and strong and filled with God’s word, we will not be affected by the confusion that we see all around us. We will not be in peril of falling in with Satan when he arrives on earth as antichrist and fools as many people as he can in the time he’s been given (5 months, cut down from 3.5 years, because “if the time had not been shortened, even the elect would be fooled”.) Satan will be pretending to be Jesus, and many will fall for it! But if you are still in a flesh body, if you can pinch yourself, then you can know that it’s not Jesus who you are hearing and seeing.
Satan comes to earth before Jesus at the 6th trump, and then Jesus arrives at the 7th trump. Even a child can count to seven! So stay strong in God’s word, because that’s where our total strength is going to be. Gotta put some skin in the game, and when you get going and realize how amazing it is – well, you will be so happy and peaceful. Truly. That’s a promise.
The point is, when we read the book of Jeremiah, we find out that God is speaking directly to us in a very important time in history - our time. So let’s start listening. It’s really more simple than you might think.
The book of Jeremiah - chapter by chapter and verse by verse
Jeremiah 1 –
“Jeremiah” – “who God raises up” in the Hebrew tongue.
There are 51 prophecies in this book.
This prophet brought forth exactly how things are going to go down. Many things that are happening today are discussed.
Jeremiah is a book written concerning the tribe of Judah (which includes the tribe of Benjamin). To compare, Isaiah wrote to the 10 tribes of Israel. There are 12 tribes of Israel, but God scattered the 10 northern tribes, and supposedly nobody knows who they are. But God has not lost them, their descendants are alive and well today, with every hair on their heads counted by Him.
Josiah took over the kingship from his father, who had made a mess of things, at age 16. We are 11 years into the reign of Josiah here. Jeremiah is about 21 years old when this begins.
Jer 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: (KJV)
We hear right off that Jeremiah is from the priest line.
Jer 1:2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Josiah means “who God heals”, and this is about the healing of Judah the nation, which includes the tribes of Judah and of Benjamin. We must understand they were healed because of their captivity to the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who treated them very well for the 70-year captivity out of Jerusalem. (Although some of them were left in Jerusalem to keep things going there, as well.)
Jer 1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Josiah was a good king. His son and grandson were not.
The tribe of Judah (including the tribe of Benjamin) was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon during Jeremiah’s time, which is 200 years after the 10 northern tribes of Israel had been taken captive by the Assyrian. Jeremiah’s time is (roughly) 400 BC, whereas the 10 northern tribes of Israel had been taken captive around 600 BC.
Josiah’s 3 granddaughters by Zedekiah (the bad king at the time of the captivity of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar) survived although Zedekiah’s 10 sons did not, and Jeremiah escorted the girls away when the captivity began, took them through Egypt – one of those girls was named “Scota” and it is believed that’s how Scotland came to be.
These girls were of the king line.
Josiah’s son Jehoiakim and grandson Zedekiah were terrible kings.
Jer 1:4-5
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
This is the first of 51 prophecies in this book.
God made Jeremiah a prophet unto ALL the nations, Judah, Israel, Gentiles and otherwise.
How could God have known Jeremiah before he’d been born on earth? Answer: first earth age, we were all there in spiritual bodies, Satan’s Fall happened, and God said this is how we’ll do it (born via the womb of woman into a physical body), and it’s your final chance to choose between me or Satan. Applies to everyone.
Jeremiah had been set aside, a tool, sent by God to the nations as a prophet.
Jer 1:6-8
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Just as at end times, when we allow the Holy Spirit to speak through us. Whatsoever He commands us, we shall speak. But we have to know what to expect, how to understand! God sent us a letter explaining it all.
Jer 1:9-10
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
God is giving Jeremiah the job of restoring His house.
Notice it is not done gently. You’ve got to throw out the false teaching and deception. You may become unpopular, but it doesn’t matter. We tear down whatever is contrary to God’s word, and there is a lot of that going around just now.
To be continued...
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