The book of Jeremiah – chapter by chapter and verse by verse
Jeremiah 6:18-21
KJV (4 verses)
18 Therefore
hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
The watchmen are
among the nations, trying to tell people to wake up. Very difficult when people
don’t want to listen. A thankless job, actually.
19 Hear, O
earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but
rejected it.
People reject
God’s Law, and go with the traditions of men. People think the law was done
away with – but the only thing that was nailed to the cross with our Savior Jesus
were the blood ordinances.
We no longer
sacrifice blood to God, because Christ, by His stripes and His blood, became
the one and only sacrifice.
However, God’s
law is still in effect.
20 To what
purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far
country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet
unto me.
Because our
sacrifices were unacceptable to God, Jesus came and died to be our sacrifice!
21 Therefore
thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and
the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his
friend shall perish.
The main
stumbling block is Christ Himself, because people will accept the false one.
They don’t realize there are two, the false and the Real.
The real Christ
comes after the false one, at the 7th trump. The antichrist comes
here at the 6th trump, he is going to fool so many who don’t know. The
antichrist will look good. Don’t be deceived! Investigate!
The book of Jeremiah – chapter by chapter and verse by verse
Jeremiah 6:13-17
KJV (5 verses)
13 For from the
least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth
falsely.
Yet Revelation 4
– last verse – God created us for His pleasure – not for covetousness, falseness
or untruths. (Rev. 4:11 – “Thou art
worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created
all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”.) KJV
14 They have
healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace.
The untruths,
the falseness – people are lulled into believing all is well. All is not well!
But we can be ready for the next step and never have to worry if we stay smart
in God’s word.
15 Were they
ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at
the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
We need to
repent! We must not think we are Holy when we are not.
We are Holy,
though, when we repent, when we are not deceived, when we do what God wants
every day (not always perfectly! But He notes our good attempts, and our
repenting of sinful ways.)
Every day is a
new walk, a new beginning, and we mustn’t backslide, but move forward with our
repenting. Get better, every day.
16 Thus saith
the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is
the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they
said, We will not walk therein.
This is so
incredibly real!! Many won’t walk in the “old paths”, (1) because they don’t
know what those paths are; and (2) because they refuse to learn about them.
Don’t do that.
And yet,
straight from the mouth of God (“Thus
saith the LORD”), that is where we find rest for our souls. Sad!
Many think they
can’t figure it all out… but that isn’t true! It takes a little study, a little
work, and finding the peace and strength that is in the word of God is in
everybody’s reach!
17 Also I set
watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said,
We will not hearken.
He has set
watchmen over us – those who try to warn us. But if you put your fingers in
your ears you are saying, “We will not
hearken”. Listen to the watchmen that God has provided you. Listen! Then
read it for yourself!
God does not
leave us wanting – have you read it?
