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He Burned the Scroll | Jehoiakim's Contempt for God's Word (Oct 20) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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Have you ever been around someone who has utter contempt
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and disregard for the Word of God?
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And that attitude came through loud and clear in
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how they interacted with you. Today we are going to look
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at a scene from Jeremiah chapter 36 where King Jehoiakim
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is listening and reading a scroll that
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Jeremiah has sent to him, and Baruch was
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the scribe. And as this scroll,
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the Word of God, is being read to the king, he cuts
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the scroll into pieces and throws it into the fire.
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Utter contempt and disregard for the Word of God.
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There are very severe consequences for this kind
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of a mindset. How does this apply today to the culture
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that we're living in? Listen in and find out.
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Welcome to the Daily Audio Torah. Today is October 20th.
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Now let's continue our journey reading through the entire Bible in one
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year. This week we are reading from the Israel Bible
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for the Old Testament and from the King James for the New Testament.
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Jeremiah 35:1-36,
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32. The word which came to Jeremiah from Hashem in
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the days of King Jehoiakim, son of Josiah of Judah: Go
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to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them and bring them
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to the house of Hashem, to one of the chambers, and give them wine to
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drink. So I took Jazaniah, son of Jeremiah, son of Habaziniah,
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and his brothers, all his sons, and the whole household of the Rechabites.
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And I brought them to the house of Hashem, to the chamber of the sons
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of Hanun son of Igladdiah, the man of Hashem,
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which is next to the chamber of the officials and above the chamber of
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Maaseiah son of Shallum, the guardian of the threshold.
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I set bowls full of wine and cups before the men of
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the house of the Rechabites and said to them, have some wine. They replied,
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We will not drink wine, for our ancestor Jonadab
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son of Rechab commanded us, You shall never drink
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wine, either you or your children, nor shall you build
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houses or sow fields or plant vineyards, nor shall you own such things,
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but you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live
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long upon the land where you sojourn.
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And we have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab son
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of Rechab in all that he commanded us. We never drink wine,
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neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.
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Nor do we build houses to live in, and we do not own vineyards or
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fields for sowing, but we live in tents.
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We have obeyed and done all that our ancestor Jonadab commanded
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us. But when King Nebuchadnezzar of
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Babylon invaded the country, we said, come,
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let us go into Jerusalem because of the army of the Chaldeans and
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the army of Aram. And so we are living in Jerusalem.
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Then the word of Hashem came to Jeremiah: Thus said the Lord
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of hosts, the God of Israel: Go say to the men of Judah and the
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inhabitants of Jerusalem: You can learn a lesson here about obeying
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My commands, declares Hashem. The commands of Jonadab
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son of Rechab have been fulfilled. He charged his children not
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to drink wine, and to this day they have not drunk. In obedience
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to the charge of their ancestor. But I spoke to you persistently,
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and you did not listen to me. I persistently
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sent you all my servants,
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the nevi'im, the prophets, to say, turn back, every one
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of you, from your wicked ways and mend your deeds. Do not
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follow other gods or serve them. Then you may
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remain on the land that I gave to you and your fathers. But you
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did not give ear or license.
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The family of Jonadab son of Rechab have indeed fulfilled the
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charge which their ancestor gave them, but this people has
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not listened to Me. Assuredly,
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thus said Hashem, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
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I am going to bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants
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of Jerusalem all the disaster with which I have threatened them.
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For I spoke to them, but they would not listen. I called to
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them, but they would not respond.
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And to the family of the Rechabites Jeremiah said,
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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Because you have obeyed
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the charge of your ancestor Jonadab and kept all his commandments
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and done all that he enjoined upon you, assuredly thus says
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the Lord of hosts, Yahweh Tzevaot, the God of Israel.
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There shall never cease to be a man of the line of Jonadab
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son of Rechab standing before me.
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In the 4th year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah,
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this word came to Jeremiah from Hashem: Get a
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scroll and write upon it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning
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Israel and Judah and all the nations. From the time I
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first spoke to you in the days of Josiah to this day.
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Perhaps when the House of Judah hears of all the disasters I
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intend to bring upon them, they will turn back from their wicked ways,
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and I will pardon their iniquity and their sin.
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So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote
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down in the scroll at Jeremiah's dictation all the
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words which Hashem had spoken to him. Jeremiah instructed
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Baruch, I am in hiding. I cannot go to the House of Hashem.
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But you go and read aloud the words of Hashem from the scroll which you
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wrote at my dictation to all the people in the House of
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Hashem on a fast day. Thus you will also
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be reading them to all the Judeans who come in from the towns.
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Perhaps their entreaty will be accepted by Hashem if they
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turn back from their wicked ways, for great is the anger and wrath
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with which Hashem has threatened this people. Baruch son
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of Neriah did just as the Navi Jeremiah had instructed him
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about reading the words of Hashem from the scroll in the House of Hashem.
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In the 9th month of the 5th year of King Jehoiakim son of
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Josiah of Yehudah, all the people in Jerusalem
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And all the people coming from Judah proclaimed a fast before Hashem
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in Jerusalem. It was then that Baruch,
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in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper
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court near the New Gateway of the House of Hashem, read the words
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of Jeremiah from the scroll to all the people in the House of Hashem.
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Mekahuh son of Gemariah son of Shaphan heard
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all the words of Hashem read from the scroll. And he went down to
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the king's palace, to the chamber of the scribe. There he
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found all the officials in session: Elishama the scribe,
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Deliah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor,
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Gamariah son of Shaphan,
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Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
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And Micaiah told them all that he had heard as Baruch read
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from the scroll in the hearing of the people. Then all the officials
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sent Yehudi son of Nethaniah son of Shelamiah son of
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Cushi to say to Baruch, Take that scroll from which you read
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to the people and come along. And Baruch took the scroll
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and came to them. They said, Sit down and read it to us. And Baruch
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read it to them. When they heard all these words, they turned to
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each other in fear, and they said to Baruch, We must report all this
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to the king. And they questioned Baruch further,
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Tell us how you wrote down all these words that he spoke. And he
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answered them, He himself recited all those words to me, and I would
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write them down in the scroll in ink. The officials said to Baruch,
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Go into hiding, you and Jeremiah. Let no man know where you
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are. And they went to the king in the court after leaving
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the scroll in the chamber of the scribe Elishama, and they
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reported all these matters to the king. The king sent
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Jehudi to get the scroll, and he fetched it from the chamber of the scribe
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Elishama. Jehudi read it to the king and to all the officials
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who were in attendance on the king. Since it was the 9th
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month, the king was sitting in the winter house with a fire burning in the
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brazier before him. And every
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time Jehudi read 3 or 4 columns, the king would
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cut it up with a scribe's knife and throw it into the fire in the
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brazier. Until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire
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in the brazier. Yet the king and all his courtiers
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who heard all these words showed no fear and did not tear
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their garments. Moreover, Elnathan,
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Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll,
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but he would not listen to them.
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The king ordered Jeremiel the king's son and Seraiah
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son of Azriel and Shelamiah son of Abdiel to arrest the scribe
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Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah, but Hashem hid
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them. The word of Hashem came to Jeremiah after the
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king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at
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Jeremiah's dictation: Get yourself another scroll and write upon
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it the same words that were in the first scroll that was
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burned by King Jehoiakim of Yehuda.
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And concerning King Jehoiakim of Yehuda, you shall say,
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thus said Hashem: You burned that scroll, saying, how dare
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you write in it that the king of Babylon will come and destroy
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this land and cause man and beast to cease from it? Assuredly,
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thus said Hashem concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He shall
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not have any of his line sitting on the throne of David, and his own
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corpse shall be left exposed to the heat by
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day and the cold by night. And I will punish him and his
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offspring and his courtiers for their iniquity.
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I will bring on them and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem and on all
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the men of Judah all the disasters of which I have
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warned them, but they would not listen. So Jeremiah
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got another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of
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Neriah, and at Jeremiah's dictation he wrote in it
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the whole text of the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had
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burned, and more of the like. Was added.
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1 Timothy 5:1-25.
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Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a
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father, and the younger men as brethren, the elder women
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as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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Honor widows that are widows indeed, But if any widow has
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children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at
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home and to requite their parents, for that is good and acceptable
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before God. Now she that is a widow indeed and
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desolate trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers
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night and day. But she that lives in pleasure is
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dead while she lives. And these things give in charge that
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they may be blameless. But if any provide not for
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his own, and specifically for his own house,
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he has denied the faith and is worse than
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an infidel. Let not a widow be taken
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into the number under threescore years old, having been
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the wife of one man, well reported of for good works.
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If she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers,
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if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the
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afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
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But the younger widows refuse, for when they have begun to wax wanton
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against Christ, they will marry, having damnation because
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they have cast off their first faith. And withal they learn
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to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle
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but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they
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ought not. I will therefore That the younger
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women marry, bear children, guide the house, and give no
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occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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For some are already turned aside after Satan.
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If any man or woman that believes has widows, let them
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relieve them, and let not the church be charged, that it may relieve
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them that are widows indeed. Let the elders that
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rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they
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who labor in the word and doctrine. But the Scripture says, you shall
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not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, and the laborer is
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worthy of his reward. Against an elder receive
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not an accusation but before 2 or 3 witnesses.
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Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may
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fear. I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect
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angels that you observe these things without preferring one
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before another, doing nothing by partiality.
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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of
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other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
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Drink no longer water, but use a little wine
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for your stomach's sake and your often infirmities.
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Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
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judgment, and some men they follow after. Likewise also
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the good works of some are manifest beforehand, and they that
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otherwise cannot be hid.
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Psalm 89:14-37.
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of Your throne; mercy
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and truth shall go before Your face. Blessed is the
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people that know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O LORD, in the
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light of Your countenance. In Your name
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shall they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness shall they be exalted.
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For You are the glory of their strength, and in Your favor our horns
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shall be exalted. For the Lord is our defense,
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and the Holy One of Israel is our King.
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Even You spoke in vision to Your Holy One and said,
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I have laid help upon one that is mighty. I have
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exalted one chosen out of the people. I have
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found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him.
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With whom My hand shall be established; My arm also shall
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strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact
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upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will
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beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate
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him. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
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and in My name shall his horn be exalted. I will
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set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the
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Rock of my salvation. Also I will make him My
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firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I
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keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast with
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him. His seed also will I make to endure forever,
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and his throne as the days of heaven.
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If his children forsake My Law, and walk not in
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My judgments, if they break My statutes and
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keep not My commandments, then will I
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visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with
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stripes. Nevertheless, My lovingkindness will
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I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness
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to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter
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the thing that is gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by
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My holiness that I will not lie to David, his seed
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shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before
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Me. It shall be established forever as the moon and
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as a faithful witness in the heavens.
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Selah. Proverbs 25:25-27.
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news
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from a far country. A righteous man falling
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down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a
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corrupt spring. It is not good to eat much honey,
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so for men to search their own glory is not
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glory. 4,
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3, 2, 1. I want to speak to you
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today from our reading from Jeremiah chapter 36,
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and in this chapter we see a scene that's quite shocking.
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And what happens is, um,
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Jeremiah has written down the word of the Lord on a scroll,
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or actually Baruch, his scribe, has written down
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the words that Jeremiah has told him to write.
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And then this scroll ends up in the hands of the
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king. In verse 22, it says, since it was the 9th month,
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the king was sitting in the winter house with the fire burning in
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the brazier, the fireplace, before him. The Israel Bible
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Commentary to this verse reads as follows: The dramatic
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showdown between the Word of God as dictated to Baruch by Jeremiah
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and the unrepentant Jehoiakim takes place in the king's
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winter palace. The 9th month on the Hebrew calendar is
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the month of Kislev, and that usually occurs
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in the month of December, and this is in the dead
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of winter. Kislev can be a very cold, bitter month with fierce rains and
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snow. The aristocracy and the wealthy class could
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afford to build winter homes heated by coal stoves.
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In this fire, Jehoiakim mockingly burns Jeremiah's scroll,
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sealing his own fate. Ruins of a palace found
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in Ramat Rachel in southeast Jerusalem have been identified
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as the winter palace of Jehoiakim. But here's
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the point that I want to make. This king had utter
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contempt and disregard for the
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Word of God, and in a mocking fashion,
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he actually burns up the scroll and
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throws it into the fireplace. Have you ever been in a
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situation like that where there was just utter mocking
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and disregard for the Word of God?
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We live in a culture that defies the
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truth of the Word of God. We've been reading many
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verses in Jeremiah in the last several days that
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talks about how God would scatter the Jewish people to all the nations
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as a judgment for their sin and idolatry,
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but He's also promised them a light at the end of the tunnel that
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though they've been scattered to all the nations of the world, that they
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would be regathered back to the land of Israel.
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And in fact, we have seen that happen in our lifetimes.
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On May 14th, 1948, the Jewish
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nation was reborn and reestablished, and the Jewish people
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were able to make Aliyah and return to the land of Israel.
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And yet, similar to King Jehoiachin's
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utter contempt and disregard for the Word of God and
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burning it up in the fireplace. We have pro-Hamas protesters
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who chant in the streets of London and Paris and Sydney,
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Australia, and throughout the Middle East, and even in Israel
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and Jerusalem, from the river to the sea,
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Palestine will be free. Well, basically what that chant
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is saying is Israel should be erased. There should
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be no more Israel. All the Jews would
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be in the sea, and there would be no more Israel, and Palestine
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would replace Israel. The Palestinians are
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not interested in a 2-state solution. They want a 1-state
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solution, and the 1 state that they want is Palestine, and there would be no
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more Israel. This is utter contempt and
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mockery for the Word of God because the Word
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of God, we've read the verses yesterday, that Israel will
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last as long as there are stars shining in the sky,
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as long as the moon is doing its orbit,
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as long as the sun shines in the sky. That's how long Israel
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will exist as a nation. Well, that means forever.
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These ordinances of the sun and the moon and the stars are eternal,
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and the nation of Israel is And
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so when people come against that and say Israel should be erased,
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Israel should be no more, they are like this King Jehoiakim
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in utter disregard and utter contempt for
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what the Word of God says. That's all I have for today,
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and we'll see you tomorrow. Shalom.
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विहिष्मरे का
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यह है आदुना
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है पनाविलका
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विकुन्ने का
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ישע
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אדוני נאב
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אליך וישא
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לך לך
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שעון The
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Aaronic Blessing from Numbers chapter 6,
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24 to 26.
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Adonai bless you and keep you. Adonai make
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his face to shine upon you and be gracious to
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you. Adonai lift up his countenance upon you and
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give you peace.