Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Jeremiah has a prophecy for Josiah, King of Judah, in chapter one of his book. This chapter contains verse five which is used to show that Jehovah knows each of us before we are in our mother’s wombs. The future prophet tells the Lord that he is too young. He is told that he will be told what to say. We have the first of his visions described to us. It is a boiling pot. It is north of Judah and will pour out destruction and death on Jerusalem.

A proclamation is given to Jerusalem in Jeremiah 2. Israel once loved Jehovah as a bride loves her groom. What was wrong with Him that made the Jews reject Him? They did not follow Him. They had no good reason for that. The Lord is prosecuting them for alienation of affection. The spring of living water is what Jesus told the woman at the well that He was.

The bride has become a prostitute. She was like a vine planted in the ground. That vine became wild. They do not want to be tamed. It is the same with each of us. We make our choice of whether to follow Christ or not. It does not matter what Yahweh does for some of us. There are those that will always run away from God.

Divorce is the first topic in Jeremiah chapter three. The Prophet draws a connection between a man returning to his divorced wife and the Israelites trying to return to Jehovah. Faithless is a description for God’s people. Adultery is again used to describe the idolatry the has been practiced throughout the promised land. The northern kingdom of Israel has been divorced and Judah is said to be less righteous than he sister.

All that He requires for forgiveness is for them to repent and return to Him. This means forsaking their foreign lovers and worshiping only the true God, Yahweh. The prediction of the loss of the Ark of the Covenant is given here. It will not be missed or remembered, and another will never be made. There goes the story line for “The Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Israel and Judah will someday return to their land.

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