Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Everyone is senseless and without knowledge

Jeremiah 51:1-40
For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon! The Lord will take vengeance,vengeance for his temple.
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them. They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter - then sleep forever and not awake, declares the Lord.
The Medes would pour in on Babylon from the north like the sea. God's people are warned in advance to be out of harm's way when it happens.
Cyrus, at the head of an army of Medes and Persians, took Babylon in 539. In 482 BC the city was destroyed by Xerxes I.
Why?
Israel and Judah are the chosen one by the Lord, so God will not forsake them, but discipline them.
The Lord will take vengeance for his temple and his people, so we do not have to make judgment by ourselves. God will do it in his time.
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge, so we have to deliver good news of Jesus Christ to them, help them out from the pit of downfall.
How?
Worship the Lord for he is the living God, honor God's holy name with my behavior.


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