Jeremiah 24:1-10
We were sitting with friends the other day one of them said
that while many churches have been preaching good times for believers, her experience
is that the most Godly people she knows have gone through times of injustice,
and suffering. This is the experience of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah has been the prophet of Judah who proclaims the occupation,
destruction and exile of the people of Judah. Jeremiah wanted better for his
people, to be a prophet who wins the people back to God. The first exile takes
place. All the best and godly are taken to Babylon. Soon the evil people left in Judah will
suffer one of the worst siege attacks of Israel’s history. To understand this
Jeremiah is given a vision of two baskets of figs.
1. Past
a. righteous
to exile but protected
b. the evil
to destruction
c.
restoration
2. End times
a. the righteous
are taken, Matthew 24:40-44
a.
taken through rapture or sword
b. evil go
through tribulation
c.
restoration rev 21:1
3. our lives today
a. times of
trouble
a.
Jesus predicted it. john 16:13
b.
Paul wrote of it. 2 Cor 4:6-18
Conclusion: Where do you find yourself today? Being blessed,
being stressed, in exile? Know that where ever you are in this moment, God is
watching over and protecting you. What times lie ahead we do not know. What we
do know is that we have not been abandoned, and a time of restoration is coming,
for those who put their trust in God.
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