Monthly Archives: August 2017

Israel’s End Draws Very Near!

Read 217.) II Kings 24:1+7, II Chronicles 36:6+7, and Jeremiah 25:1 thru 38 and 35:1 thru 19. Well, this is it! It’s 605 BC. Babylon commences to remove the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, and to take them into captivity. … Continue reading

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When the Going Gets Tough…

Read 216.) Jeremiah 46:1 thru 47:7, and 217.) Habakkuk 1:1 thru 3:19. With Jeremiah’s 2 chapters, we place them here, as they have to do with what was about to befall Egypt at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar and his ascending empire … Continue reading

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Repent, For The End Is Near!

Read 215.) II Kings 23:29 thru 36, II Chronicles 35:20 thru 36:5, Jeremiah 22:10 thru 17, and 26:1 thru 24. We begin with the parallel accounts of the end of good king Josiah, at the hands of the Egyptians, and … Continue reading

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A Great Revival in Israel!

Read 214.) II Kings 22:3 thru 23:28, and II Chronicles 34:8 thru 35:19. We take a break from Jeremiah, to catch up, historically, with what was going on in Judah concerning her latest king, Josiah, at that time. Josiah may … Continue reading

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Sovereign God; Free Will of Man

Read 213.) Jeremiah 17:19 thru 20:13. Jeremiah previously prophesied before the people at the gate to the Temple. Here, beginning at chapter 17, and verse 19, he is commanded to proclaim a message to all the people at each of … Continue reading

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Man: Innately Good or Bad?

Read 212.) Jeremiah 15:10 thru 17:18. I have read that there are more than 250 psychological theories concerning man, and based upon those theories, as many ideas as to how to counsel and “fix” him. The one key component of … Continue reading

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Jeremiah: No Easy Read

Read 211.) Jeremiah 13:1 thru 15:9. Chapter 13 begins with a simple illustration of what Judah and Jerusalem had become to the Lord their God; useless. It moves on to explain what He was going to do to them, and … Continue reading

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Jeremiah Told NOT to Pray for His People!

Read 210.) Jeremiah 10:1 thru 12:17. Reading Jeremiah is rather different from nearly all the other prophets. First, because we find instances where Jeremiah inserts his own words, and not just those words he receives from the Lord; and we … Continue reading

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Hear the Word of the Lord, You Sinners!

Read 208.) Jeremiah 5:14 thru 6:30, and 209.) 7:1 thru 9:26. We take up where Jeremiah was prophesying by the Spirit of the Lord, and saying that He could not find so much as one righteous soul in all Jerusalem. … Continue reading

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What is a Jeremiad?

Read 207.) Jeremiah 3:6 thru 5:13. Jeremiah will be hard to read at times. He will be commanded by God to pronounce His harshest judgments upon the remaining Israelites of Judah. The 10-tribe kingdom of Israel is gone. Assyria took … Continue reading

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