This may sound harsh, mean, insensitive Etc. But it is not This is coming from Gods word it is a call to repentance, and a turning from evil.
Jeremiah 4
Verse 1.
"If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove."
Both Judah and Israel have turned there backs on God, and turned to other gods. A little history here the 12 tribes of Israel split into 2 different houses, nations. This took place after the death of King Solomon. You have the 10 northern tribes The House of Israel and then you have Judah and Benjamin The House of Judah.
Verse 2.
"And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him shall they glory."
God is going to see to it you tell the truth about His promise to Abraham to bless the nations; (the nations) this refers to all Israel the 10 tribes and the rest of the gentile nations. In other words the whole world shall know His righteousness and His Judgments.
Verse 3.
"For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.”
This is an agricultural term that means to plow the ground and get it ready for planting. Remember Judah is both the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and those that are in Jerusalem. This analogy is applied to the instructions that God gave in verse two. Before you can testify that God lives, and to the laws and covenant to the nations, you have to prepare the minds of those nations to receive that testimony. Thorns are always symbolic of the choking of Satan.
Verse 4.
"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings."
Deuteronomy4:24. For the LORD thy God
is a consuming fire,
even a jealous God.
Hebrews12:29.For our God
is a consuming fire.
This is not talking about anything physical. It is Spiritual. Our Father will have nothing to do with sinfulness, and evil. As stated in both Deuteronomy, and Hebrews Our Father is a consuming fire. This is not talking about flesh, but spiritually of your heart. This applies to both men and women are to be circumcised in heart, which is better translated
mind. God was not happy with His children in Jeremiah's day, nor is He happy with His children in our generation. People today, even those calling themselves Christian, have sunk to a new low, even compared to the days of Sodom. It is a disgrace.
The blame starts with the pastors that have not taught the truth, and taught parents how to discipline their children. There is no discipline in most churches in correcting the very members, and giving them discipline. There is no instruction in the feeding of the sheep in preparing them to exist and live in this earth age. It is time to wake up and prepare for the deception that is coming upon the whole world, before it is too late.
Verse 5
"Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities."
God is telling us to gather together those with like minds, with the Word of God. Don't let the next verse slip by you.
Verse 6.
"Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."
Who is our standard? It is Jesus Christ The Lord of lords and King of kings. Retire: Regroup, get ready for what is coming. What is coming in this day and time? The great apostasy: a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection from the true word of God; and the coming of the false one, the anti Christ Satan. You can find a great example of this in 2nd Thessalonians 2 where Paul puts to death the rapture theory. You do not have to worry one bit about the tribulation, torture, being hung, ect all the lies in the Left Behind books and movies. God is going to take care of us just as He took care of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace. Daniel 3.
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Luke 21:11 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute
you, delivering
you up to the synag
12ogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14Settle
it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and
some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17And ye shall be hated of all
men for my name's sake.
18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19In your patience possess ye your souls.
Revelation 2:Message to the Church in Smyrna
8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but
are the synagogue of Satan.
10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast
some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Notice both of these examples even if you are one of those chosen by God to be brought before Satan you cannot be killed, in fact Luck says not a hair on your head will parish. In Danial the 3 Hebrew's come out of the fire without a mark on them. They did not even have the smell of smoke on there clothes.
DO NOT thank for one moment that God can not take care of His own at any time in any place with anything that might be happening.
More to come