Monday, February 5, 2018

God deals with evil wherever it occurs

Jeremiah 46:1-26
As surely as I live,” declares the King,  whose name is the Lord Almighty“one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains  like Carmel by the sea. Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste  and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh.
For Jeremiah, and Isaiah before him, God has charge of the whole world and all that goes on in it. God deals with evil wherever it occurs. These chapters, terrible though they are, contain some of the most magnificent poetry in the book.
V1-12 describe the defeat of Pharaoh Necho by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Carchemish in 605.
Verse 13-26 forecast Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt which took place in 568.
Why?
God is the Lord Almighty who reign over all of the world. His judgment over all universe. Even Egypt is far away from Judah will be punished by God's force  through Babylon.
How?
No one can escape the judgment of the Lord, do not serve two Lords for God knows us.




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