Day 236 (Jeremiah 51-52) - Year 6
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Today we've finished our twenty eight book of the bible. And in case you were wondering, yes, chapter fifty one is one of the longest chapters in the bible. Longest, to be precise.

IT picks up for chapter fifty left top yesterday with the destruction of babylon. But one thing that's important for us to remember, as we're reading this, is that some of the exiles of juda are there when this invasion and destruction are taking place. Given their track record for remembering god's word in his promises, there is a strong chance they may have forgotten that he's promised to rescue them and bring them back to israel.

It's possible that all they recall is that they were driven out of their country into exile, and now they're being attacked while in the land of their exile. So one of the first things he says to them in this chapter is israel and juda have not been forsaken by their god. He reminds him that he's there with them.

They're not alone, and he's active in this process, and we'll bring them back and restore their fortunes. He says he will plead their cause and take vengeance on their behalf by way of destroying babylon. And when the destruction comes, all they need to do is pack up and go back to ju salem.

This reminds me of their accident from egypt, when god killed all the first one of egypt. And faire finally agreed to let them go, and they didn't leave empty handed. They had the spoils of the egyptians as payment for their slavery.

But this time when they leave babble on, things will be slightly different. God is going to punish bablon for what they did israel, and they will be so thorough destroyed that nothing useful will come from them. He says not even a stone will be removed to use elsewhere.

They're like a nuclear waste site. They are turn novel. In order to make this happen, god will prompt the king of pressure to come and destroy bablon.

He says that because he has planned IT is as good as done because as we know what god initiates, he sustains in heaping fills. Nothing can stand against the lord. No matter how fortified IT seems, he can overcome IT.

And while the babble, ian will be ashamed of their worthless idols, god's people not only don't have to be ashamed, but they also don't have to be afraid. First forty six says, let not your heart faint and be not fearful at the report heard in the land. It's not that it's not a frightening situation.

God just says he can be trusted in the mist of IT god, people don't have to fear frightening things. Jeremy yi writes all this down and tells IT to one of king's edc s military officials. And by the way, when he does, this is still seven years prior to the time when cheta is taken captive by bablon, which is decades before babylon is defeated by we don't need to know those dates.

I'm just telling you that to help establish jeremias proficiency as a profit in chapter fifty two, the final chapter of the book, we get an overview of the whole story, particularly the fulfillment of some of the early provinces. Jersey is overthrown, the temple was planned, then burned and destroyed, kings and leaders were killed, people were excised, and in fact, there were three rounds of exile and deportation to bab. on.

Yet there are stories of redemption, freedom and hope in the midst of at all. And the redemption isn't just for those who do everything perfectly IT even includes people like wicked king chin in his orange jumpsuit, the one we first met on day two thirty one. By the way, there is one other thing I wanted to point out about his story today.

You know how Jeremiah has been promising all along that Judith should surrender to aboon if they wanted survive. But all the kings resisted. King chen was the only one who obeyed.

He surrendered just three months into his rain. IT probably looked like a fearful move, and maybe IT was. But god blessed his obedience ritually.

He was a wicked king by most accounts. But he did what god commanded in this one instance. And god to care of him, just like he promised god provides for and protects people would never expect to receive his blessing.

That says a lot about god's heart, despite king chin story being so near dear to my heart. That's not my god shot for today. IT was in fifty one hundred.

That verse comes right after god is talking about the idols of the babble. Onions and IT says, not like these. Is he who is the portion of jacket for? He is the one who formed all things.

Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The lord of hosts is his name. The god who made everything, who formed all things as the versus, gives his people himself.

He owns everything and he says, i'm the best gift Better than all the stuff I ve made. And I will give you plenty of those things for sure, but none of them will be as good as gift as me. And he's right.

Ask anyone who has everything and theyll tell you IT doesn't satisfy. There's an old song by john mayer called something's missing that highlights this idea so perfectly. I know not all of you listen to that kind of music, so if you've missed IT and you wanna hear IT will link to IT in the showed tes.

By the way, there are probably a thousand other songs out there that make this same point. That's just the one I thought at first. So people who have everything realized IT doesn't satisfy.

And on the other hand, some of the most content people i've ever met are homeless people who know jesus. They get IT and they get IT in a way that's very hard for the rest of us to understand. But when god gives us the gift of himself, it's evidence that he gives us the very best gifts because there's nothing Better than him.

You've probably heard of a book called the five love languages by gary chapman. IT outlines five ways we give and receive love, words of affirmation, physical touch, acts of service, gifts in quality time. I know god is fluent in all these, but I have a theory that maybe his primary level language is actually quality time because he gives us himself.

That's good news for us because no matter what love languages we speak, he's where the joy is. Tomorrow will be reading in the book of lamentations. It's five chapters long. We've linked to a short video overview in the shower notes that will really help set you up for success with this new book. Check IT out if you've got seven .

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