Jeremiah 8:3-4 KJV (2 verses)
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
God scattered the 10 tribes of Israel (we don’t know who they are now, but God does). When they wake up as is written in Revelation 9 and realize they have been worshipping the false one, they pray for the mountains to fall on them because they are so ashamed. They will wish for death instead of life.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
If a man falls, doesn’t he try to get up? He doesn’t just lay there.
Read Jeremiah 7:23 – it doesn’t say “I will be your God and ye shall be my people that it may be well unto you”… it says, “Obey my voice”. And it says, “walk ye in all the ways I have commanded you, so that THEN it may be well with you. There’s a requirement. Do it!
You can’t do that unless you know what His voice has said, and you can’t walk in the paths that He has commanded unless you read about them – all of them.
It’s easy – but it’s not automatic. There’s a little homework to do. J
