For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. (Jeremiah 25:29)
The time for severe divine judgments to fall upon the earth is at hand. The people of Noah’s time were give only 120 years to repent, but the inhabitants of the world have been given over 2,000 years since the ascension of Christ. The age of grace will not last much longer.
Instead of turning from their wicked ways, the rulers of the nations have chosen to increase in wickedness and do more and more harm to the people under them. At the same time, people in general have not given heed to the Gospel, and have not turned from their sins and idols. And Christendom -- which should have stood firm for Christ -- has gone into apostasy. False gospels abound while the true Gospel withers. Cults abound while true Christians diminish.
Jeremiah lived over six hundred years before Christ. But his prophecies extend well into the future. And here God has given a warning to the whole present world through Jeremiah. So what do we see?
THE CUP OF GOD’S FURY IS FOR ALL NATIONS
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: (Jer 25:15-17)
ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD SHALL DRINK
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. (Jer 25:26)
THE NATIONS SHALL RISE NO MORE
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. (Jer 25:27)
THERE SHALL BE NO ESCAPE
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. (Jer 25:28)
THE EARTH SHALL BECOME THE WINEPRESS OF GOD’S WRATH
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. (Jer 25:30)
THE LORD HAS A COTROVERSY WITH THE NATIONS
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. (Jer 25:31)
EVIL SHALL GO FORTH FROM NATION TO NATION
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Jer 25:32)
GOD’S JUDGMENT WILL BE WORLDWIDE AND WITHOUT MERCY
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. (Jer 25:33)
But for those who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, have been saved by grace, and have been kept by the power of God, it is Christ who was struck by the sword of God’s judgment while He bore the sins of the whole world “in His body on the tree”. Thus we read Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the Man that is my Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. (Zech 13:7) This was a prophecy about Christ and how His disciples would all forsake Him. Therefore God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9)
The time for severe divine judgments to fall upon the earth is at hand. The people of Noah’s time were give only 120 years to repent, but the inhabitants of the world have been given over 2,000 years since the ascension of Christ. The age of grace will not last much longer.
Instead of turning from their wicked ways, the rulers of the nations have chosen to increase in wickedness and do more and more harm to the people under them. At the same time, people in general have not given heed to the Gospel, and have not turned from their sins and idols. And Christendom -- which should have stood firm for Christ -- has gone into apostasy. False gospels abound while the true Gospel withers. Cults abound while true Christians diminish.
Jeremiah lived over six hundred years before Christ. But his prophecies extend well into the future. And here God has given a warning to the whole present world through Jeremiah. So what do we see?
THE CUP OF GOD’S FURY IS FOR ALL NATIONS
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: (Jer 25:15-17)
ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD SHALL DRINK
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. (Jer 25:26)
THE NATIONS SHALL RISE NO MORE
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. (Jer 25:27)
THERE SHALL BE NO ESCAPE
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. (Jer 25:28)
THE EARTH SHALL BECOME THE WINEPRESS OF GOD’S WRATH
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. (Jer 25:30)
THE LORD HAS A COTROVERSY WITH THE NATIONS
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. (Jer 25:31)
EVIL SHALL GO FORTH FROM NATION TO NATION
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Jer 25:32)
GOD’S JUDGMENT WILL BE WORLDWIDE AND WITHOUT MERCY
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. (Jer 25:33)
But for those who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, have been saved by grace, and have been kept by the power of God, it is Christ who was struck by the sword of God’s judgment while He bore the sins of the whole world “in His body on the tree”. Thus we read Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the Man that is my Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. (Zech 13:7) This was a prophecy about Christ and how His disciples would all forsake Him. Therefore God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9)
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