Jeremiah 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
Jeremiah's prophecy is what Daniel read to realize that the Babylonian exile would be over after 70 years. However, pattern is prophecy so this can also refer to God's people returning to the land in 1948. The word of God is living and active and sharper than a two edged sword and we live by every word of God. Those who claim that this prophecy or that prophecy was fulfilled already are essentially denying that the word is still living and active today. If I describe in great detail how an apple tree goes from seed to fruit bearing tree to being cut down for firewood. This may be based on a tree I planted but it still applies today.
4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
This expression "that day is great" is referring to the full ten years, not simply to one day or one year. However, there are some really great days that take place. The rapture is great. Jesus stepping down on the Mount of Olives is great. Armageddon is great and terrible.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
After returning to Israel from Babylon the Jews were put under bondage by the Greeks and then the Romans, after which Jesus, David their king, came. They didn't receive Him but that gave us a chance at salvation. At the end of the church age the same thing happens again. God is giving them a second chance. But when Jesus returns this time they again will be brought into bondage of the Antichrist. Prior to Jesus coming it was Antiochus, when Jesus came it was Herod. Both are types of the Antichrist. But this also applies to the church so when the rapture takes place Jesus will break the yoke from off the neck of the Christians. It will be a rescue.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Judgement begins with the house of God. Christians and Jews will not go unpunished, the apostate church, the secular Jews, we all will have to appear before the judgement seat. However, much of the judgement on this great and terrible day will be against the nations.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
The day of tribulation exposes who your true friends are, it exposes that only Jesus is faithful, only Jesus is the one you can trust. The apostate church will be seriously reprimanded for becoming mixed with the world.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Today the term "corruption" refers to all those that devour thee, all that spoil thee, all that prey upon thee.
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Hillary called some "deplorables" and "irredeemable" they were mocked by the Beltway crowd, and treated as outcasts. They call their states "flyover country".
18 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
After going through the battle and mud and the gore nothing is better than a big banquet in front of a roaring fire after having a good hot shower.
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
Look what they are doing and teaching the children, that will be put to an end.
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Christians are being trained to rule and reign.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
That is the wrath of God, the believers are not appointed to wrath. Correction yes, wrath no.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
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