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767. Bible Study: Jeremiah 6 (No Peace, "Peace and Safety", False Promises) · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 6 of Jeremiah first, let's pray, dear God, please
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help us as we read through this to apply what we learned from
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this. We ask this, we ask that you
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open our eyes for understanding and we ask for this in Jesus
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name, Amen. So Jerusalem under siege.
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There are things, this is obviously about the warnings
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that God was giving Jeremiah about Babylon coming to attack
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them. And but it also it's it's
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interesting when you study Scripture that you see patterns
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and repetition. Things happen in the same way
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and there's future prophecy that says some of these same things.
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So even though this was fulfilled, it also is symbolic
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of what is yet to come because there are unfulfilled prophecies
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that tell us the same thing or similar thing will happen again.
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So we can learn from what has happened and some of the
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reasoning behind it because this is the Word of God.
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So we understand why God does these certain things that He
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does. So let's get started.
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Flee for safety, people of Benjamin flee from Jerusalem.
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Sound the trumpet in Toccoa. Raise the signal over Beth
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Hakarim. It says, why mention the study?
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Bible says why mention these obscure towns?
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Toccoa and Beth Tecarim lay South of Jerusalem, 12 and 2
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miles away respectively. Since the Babylonians attacked
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from the north, these towns were places where the people of
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Jerusalem could seek refuge. So it's getting back to
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Jeremiah, it says, for disaster looms out of the north, even
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terrible destruction. I will destroy daughter Zion, so
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beautiful and delicate. Shepherds with their flocks will
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come against her. They will pitch their tents
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around her, each tending his own portion.
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Prepare for battle against her. Arise, let us attack at noon.
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But at last the day is fading and the shadows of evening grow
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long. So arise, let us attack at night
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and destroy her fortresses. This is what the Lord Almighty
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says. Cut down the trees and build
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siege ramps against Jerusalem. The city must be punished.
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It is filled with oppression. As a well pours out its water,
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so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound
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in her. Her sickness and wounds are ever
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before me. Take warning, Jerusalem, or I
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will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can
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live in it. This is what the Lord Almighty
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says. Let them glean the remnant of
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Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand over the branches
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again like one gathering grapes. I'll pause here because the
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gathering of grapes and the comparison that's used here is
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that you know your hands going over the grapes and gathering
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like one gathering grapes. Well, this is where this imagery
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is repeated also in the Book of Revelation, and that comes about
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in Revelation. Actually, Revelation chapter 14
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is where it talks about this, but it is something that's
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repeated in a lot of places. So if you just search sickle in
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an electronic version of a Bible, you'll get to Jeremiah
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chapter 50 where it says cut off from Babylon, the sower and the
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Reaper with his sickle at harvest, because the sword of
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the oppressor let everyone return to their own people, let
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everyone flee to their own land. And then in Joel, who was also a
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prophet, he says swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe.
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Come trample the grapes for the wine is full and the vats
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overflow, so great is their wickedness.
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And then in Mark chapter 4, this is, I believe Jesus says this,
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as soon as the grape is ripe, he puts the sickle to it because
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the harvest has come. So you will see again this is in
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one of the parables, the parable of the growing seed.
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This is what Jesus said. He also said this is what the
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Kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the
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ground, night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up.
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The seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how, all
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by itself. The soil produces grain, first
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the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
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As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts a sickle to it, because the
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harvest has come so often when it.
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There's this gathering, there's this harvest where people are
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gathered, and there's also the the wrath of God where people
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are gathered and then thrown into a winepress.
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And that's what it talks about in Revelation chapter 14.
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So I'll just read some of the verses that come up that have
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sickle in it from Revelation 14. I looked in there before me was
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a white cloud, and seating seated on the cloud was one like
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the Son of Man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp
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sickle in his hand. Then another Angel came out of
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the temple, that's a heavenly temple, and called in a loud
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voice to him who was sitting on the cloud.
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Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has
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come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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So see, this is like a future for all the earth.
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But it's very similar to the description that Jeremiah was
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given from God in his vision of like the harvest here Revelation
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1416 says. So he, he who is seated on the
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cloud, swung his sickle over the earth and the earth was
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harvested. So pay attention to that because
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I've noticed that this is so. This is Jesus on a cloud and the
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earth was harvested so so he gathered that part.
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Now it talks about another Angel.
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The next verse says another Angel came out of the temple in
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heaven and he too had a sharp sickle.
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Still another Angel who had charge of the fire, which this
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gets important also. The fire came from the altar and
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called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle.
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Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes
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from the earth's spine, because its grapes are ripe.
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And then it says the Angel swung his sickle on the earth,
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gathered its grapes, and threw them into the great winepress of
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God's wrath. So to me it sounds like there
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are two different harvestings. It's a because it says that the
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seated on the sound was like a son of man and he had a shark
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sharp sickle in his hand and then he harvest.
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So then that means there's some that's still left.
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So there's one harvest that occurs and then a second
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harvest, and the second harvest is the wrath of God.
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So the first, it doesn't say that the ones, the first ones
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that were harvested go into the wrath, but it does say the
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second ones. It's just a detail that, you
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know, read it and think about it, pray about it because it
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seems significant to me. Like the question, well, here's
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the thing Jesus said, I mean, well, in Scripture it says that
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those who are in Christ are not subject to wrath.
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So could this be showing that Jesus and his angels will gather
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those who have prepared themselves in in advance where
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they are not subject to wrath, but yet there's another harvest
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where those who are subject to wrath experience all this?
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So just that's one of the verses where it looks like there could
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be a couple harvest symbolically anyway.
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So let's continue on back to Jeremiah.
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To whom can I speak and give warning?
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Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they
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cannot hear. The word of the Lord is
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offensive to them. They find no pleasure in it.
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Well, to me that also sounds like today everything that comes
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out, I be people want to silence the Bible right now because it's
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offensive. They don't like what it says.
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They reject it because people are rebellious.
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They don't want to do the things that God says are good.
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And then they start calling the things that are in the Bible
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that God said is good. They start calling them, you
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know, I don't know, putting bad labels on it essentially and
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making people think that those are evil things when they are
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actually good things that God has shared with humans.
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And and that's where we are today in in the world.
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When you see a lot of that, you can't say everyone because not
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everyone falls in that same category, but you can see how
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people reject the word of God. They don't want to abide by it
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and they they have a rebellion to God.
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They just don't like what it says, so they reject it.
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And that's exactly what was happening to with the people at
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the time of Jeremiah in Jerusalem.
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And it's the word of the Lord is offensive to them.
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They find no pleasure in it. So it was also in Second Timothy
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chapter 4, verse 3, It said for the time will come when people
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will not put up with sound doctrine.
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Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around
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them a great number of teachers to say what they're itching ears
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want to hear. So we will.
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This is, you know, the in the future and the current and the
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future actually and the past, past, current and future,
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because this is what is happening right now is that
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there are different churches that give different kinds of
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messages to people. And so people choose the
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churches that align with what they want to hear, but not
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everything that's being heard. There are certain teachers and
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they just say what people want that want to hear.
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They give them just uplifting messages, but not the full
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truth. So if you don't have the full
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truth, if you don't have something that makes you
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uncomfortable with what the Bible says, will you be
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challenged if you are in rebellion to God?
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That's just a question and and I guess different people respond
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to different things. So in this second Timothy
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chapter 4, it I'll read it from the beginning and just go over
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that because I think it's a little bit important for
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Christians and how Christians should react to this in the
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presence of God and of Christ Jesus who will judge the living
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and the dead and in view of his appearing and his Kingdom.
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I give you this charge. So he's giving instructions
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here. Preach the Word, be prepared in
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season and out of season, correct rebuke and encourage
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with great patience and careful instruction.
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Then, then is the next verse. For the time will come when
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people will not put up a sound doctrine.
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Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around
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them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears
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want to hear. They will turn their ears away
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from the truth and turn aside to myths.
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But you keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do
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the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your
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ministry. So those are the instructions to
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to Christians that you know this is going to happen.
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There's going to be people that turn away and they just go to
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the churches that tell them what they want to hear.
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But the role of the true Christian, the one surrendered
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to God, is to always remain prepared, correct people when
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they, I guess this is referring to Christians of the church is,
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you know, people who are misunderstanding or misled or
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who are not acknowledging the truth, Correct them and rebuke
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them when they are doing things in opposition to the word of God
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and encourage the whole point of it is not to be.
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We are, you know, remember that if we judge others, we will be
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judged in that same way. So this is not judgment.
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That's Jesus's job authority. That's the authority given to
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Jesus. No one else has that authority.
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However, the only time when someone corrects or rebukes
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someone is that, hey, pay attention to what's in the
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Bible. This is what it says and it
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should be with encouragement to repent, change your ways and get
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in a good relationship with God. And that's the point of it.
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People. You know, you can't force
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anybody to do anything or to live by the word of God, but you
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can remind them, hey, this is what's in the Bible.
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You might want to pay attention to it because this is also as
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talked about here, in view of his appearing Christ Jesus is
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appearing and His Kingdom. So the whole reason why anyone
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is doing this is because Jesus will appear at some point in
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time and there is a Kingdom that is being prepared for those
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people who accept God, who receive the Holy Spirit, and who
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are willing to be obedient. Who are, you know, tired of
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being rebellious to God and decide I want to live my life
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for Christ. I want to be in God's Kingdom,
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and I reject the things that don't align with God.
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That's a decision every single person has to make.
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So anyway, then getting back to Jeremiah chapter 6.
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So it continues. But I am full of the wrath of
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the Lord, and I cannot hold it in.
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Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men
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gathered together. Both husband and wife will be
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caught in it, and the old those weighed, and the old those
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weighed down with years, their houses will be turned over to
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others, together with their fields and their wives.
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When I stretch out my hand against those who live in the
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land, declares the Lord from the least to the greatest, all are
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greedy for gain. Prophets and priests alike all
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practice deceit. They dress the wound of my
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people as though it were not serious peace.
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Peace, they say, when there is no peace.
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So that's another thing that is repeated within Scripture about
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there's no peace. And it's also ties into kind of
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the itching ears kind of thing. Everybody wants positive news.
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Nobody wants anything that doesn't, you know that negative
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things, Nobody wants to hear that.
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And so everyone's going to say peace, You know, this is this is
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great. You know, everybody, everybody
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does love peace. Everybody does want peace.
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But are you going to believe that there is peace?
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And this is kind of weird right now because this the timing of
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this podcast is on October 13th, which the hostages have just
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been returned. And there is this meeting in
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Egypt that's coming up now. And many, many nations are
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gathering. Israel is not going to be a part
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of it. Israel was invited to it, but
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because of the holiday, they did not attend.
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So there is a meeting and it's around the Abrahamic Accords.
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We'll see what comes of it. But again, everybody is has been
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tired of all of this war that has been going on.
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And people really do want peace. But unfortunately, what
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Scripture tells us is that often when people say peace, peace,
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there is no peace and we haven't our whole world has not repented
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and turned to the true, the one true God.
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Our, our whole world has not received the Holy Spirit to
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enable us to live the way God designed us to live and to
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desire the things that God desires.
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Not everyone has the Holy Spirit.
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So if you have people who don't have the Holy Spirit and people
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who are still in rebellion to God, how can you have peace?
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There is no peace. So any kind of discussion about
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we have peace in the Middle East right now, it's false.
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It's only going to be for a short while.
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That's what Scripture tells us. And I don't mean to be negative,
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but I'm just, you know, Scripture prophecies do come
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true. So we need to be aware of this.
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And Isaiah the prophet in chapter 48 says there is no
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peace, says the Lord, for the wicked.
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Again, in chapter 57 he says the same thing.
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There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.
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Jeremiah says they dressed the wound of my people as though it
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were not serious peace. Peace, they say when there is no
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peace. And then he repeats that in
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chapter 8. They dress the wound of my
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people as though it were not serious peace.
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Peace, they say when there is no peace.
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So people are not having repentance, they're not turning
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to God and cleaning up their ways.
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They're still practicing deceit. They're still doing even evil
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and wicked things, and they think they're going to have
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peace. But that's not what's going to
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happen. Ezekiel chapter 13 says because
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they lead my people astray, saying peace when there is no
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peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it
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with whitewash. The those prophets of Israel who
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prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when
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there was no peace declares the sovereign Lord.
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So again, there's, there's, there will probably will be more
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people saying, you know, visions of peace that this is so great
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and everything. But then we have to remember
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what's in one First Thessalonians chapter 5, verse
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3, while people are saying peace and safety, destruction will
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come on them suddenly as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and
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they will not escape. So this is a verse from
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Scripture that we just need to keep in mind that we, you know,
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Jesus has not returned yet. We don't get peace.
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We don't get real, true, lasting peace until Jesus returns.
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So there may be a temporary peace, but it's not a time of
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peace. And we may see this, that all of
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a sudden there are certain people who will think that we're
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in this time of peace. And I don't know how long this
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will go on. Will it go on for years?
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Will it go on for months? Will how long will it last?
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That's a question that remains to be seen.
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And, and we just have to know that Scripture tells us it's not
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going to last. That's, you know, unfortunately,
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things are playing out just like Scripture says.
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So this happened to Hezekiah too.
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Hezekiah thought there was going to be peace and insecurity in
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his lifetime, but he was wrong about this.
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He misunderstood. And he had people saying that
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that to him as well. And that is you can read about
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Hezekiah in Second Kings chapter 20.
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And Isaiah talks about Hezekiah also in chapter 39.
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So but then there will be and Jeremiah does talk about this in
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future chapters. There will be a future peace and
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security. But that happens after Jesus
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returns. So and then again, we have to be
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careful too, because if there's some false Messiah that claims
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to be Jesus and claims to be bring peace and safety, I mean,
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I can't even imagine it. But it does say in the Scripture
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that there will be false messiahs and it says do not
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believe them. I don't really see a false
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Messiah coming on this on the scene right now, but everybody
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is looking for someone like that and it you know, there's AI
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don't know. We'll see what happens because
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the Bible does talk about a false 1 and I just don't see
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someone on the stage like that right now.
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But Jeremiah 30 says so. Do not be afraid, Jacob, my
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servant, do not be dismayed. Israel declares the Lord.
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I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants
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from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and
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security, and no one will make him afraid.
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So Jacob is meaning Israel, and because Jacob was long gone by
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this time, and so this was just a word used for Israel, but
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Jacob again will have peace and security, and no one will make
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him afraid. That is when Jesus returns
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Jeremiah 33 verse 6 says, nevertheless, I, I again, this
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is God. I will bring health and healing
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to it. I will heal my people and will
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let them joy, abundant peace and security.
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So this is the only time that there will be peace and security
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is when Jesus returns. And Jeremiah 46 verse 27 it says
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do not be afraid Jacob, my servant, do not be dismayed.
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Israel, I will surely save you out of a distant place, your
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descendants from the land of their exile.
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Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make
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him afraid. Again.
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It comes from Jesus. Jesus is not here yet.
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So we won't have peace. So we need to have that in mind
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and not get too comfortable in rebellion because if the sudden
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destruction comes upon and we or anyone is in rebellion and that
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person dies, they are not going to be in the Kingdom of God.
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That's what the Bible says. If you are in act of rebellion
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to God, you are not going to be in God's Kingdom.
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So we can't live in a rebellious way knowing that there's a
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potential for sudden destruction to come.
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So we always have to keep God our priority and keep our
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relationship good with Him. And you know, if we do something
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wrong to ask for forgiveness, God is merciful and forgiving
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and he does that, but we don't ask for forgiveness and do it
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again. We have to ask for forgiveness,
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then stop it. And if we need help, which we
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may do, I mean, all people need help in stopping rebellious
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ways. That's received from the Holy
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Spirit through Jesus. And that is what Jesus said.
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We must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God.
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So if we don't have the Holy Spirit, we can't be in the
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Kingdom of God according to what Jesus said in John chapter 3.
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I'm going to read a few questions and answers about
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Jeremiah chapter 6 from what we already read.
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So what was so dangerous about shepherds and flocks?
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Jeremiah described Jerusalem as a beautiful and delicate.
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As beautiful and delicate words in Hebrew allude to a green
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pasture. Just as a lush and peaceful
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pasture would be overrun with sheep, so Jerusalem was about to
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be overrun by an invading army who was speaking about preparing
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for battle to drive home the ferocity of the coming attack.
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Jeremiah imagined the Babylonian invaders urging each other with
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these words, urging each other on with these words.
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They would be so bent on attacking Jerusalem that they
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would even begin the assault in the middle of the night, a most
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unusual time to begin a military assault in Jeremiah's day.
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So what was the remnant of Israel?
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This is, you know, the gathering of grapes and the sickle.
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This was a very small group of people in Judah who remained
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faithful to God and who would still be there when the attack
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on on Jerusalem occurred. And this is very much like what
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happens in the Book of Revelation, the vision that John
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saw through Jesus and through an Angel about the there's 144,012
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thousand from various tribes of of Israel.
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One of the things I think it's Ephraim and Dan are not
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mentioned, but there are 12,000 representatives of each tribe.
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And I'm sure people don't really know their lineage at this
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point. And whether that 12,000 is a
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literal number, number or symbolic number, we really don't
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know because Revelation is both literal and symbolic at the same
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time. So there will be a remnant.
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God always has a remnant because he doesn't fully destroy Israel
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ever, but he because of his promise to Israel's ancestor.
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So Israel will never be wiped off the face of the earth.
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They Israel will always have some representation because this
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is what Bible prophecy says. So it says who was speaking here
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when it talks about? Jeremiah interjected his
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feelings of anguish in verses 10 through 11 in the middle of
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God's pronouncement against Judah.
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Jeremiah's use of different voices produced an effect like a
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drama, which heightened the emotional impact.
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Why did the people listen to a prophet of doom?
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Actually, the people did not listen repeatedly.
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The book of Jeremiah notes that the people preferred the
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deceptive messages of the false prophets who promised peace and
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reminded the people of their privileged position.
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The straightforward message of Jeremiah's prophecy fell on
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closed ears. Who were these prophets who
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proclaimed peace? They were false prophets who
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ignored the people's greed, deceit, and other sins.
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These false prophets promised that all would be well, thereby
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building false hopes of peace again.
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That's that itching ears. People will listen to what they
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want to hear, but it may not be the truth, and they're deceived
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by that. They don't change their way
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because they don't listen to, hey, if you live like this,
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you're not going to be in the Kingdom of God.
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If you don't have the Holy Spirit, you can't enter the
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Kingdom of God. So people, you know, want to
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think that they're good enough or they might be good enough to
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get there. But the reality is Scripture
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tells us what people need to do. Like Jesus is the way.
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He provided the way by his sacrifice on the cross.
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He made it possible for us to be in the Kingdom of God.
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If Jesus hadn't died on the cross, then it would not be
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impossible for our sins to be forgiven.
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Like in Hebrews, it says that without the shedding of blood,
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there is no forgiveness of sins. So it was required.
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And Jesus was the only one who was perfect, unblemished,
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because he was the Son of God. So that's the only reason, the
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only way that he could make it possible for us because of his
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perfection. So then when it talks about now
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I've kind of lost my place, we're here.
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I guess it's the peace and security.
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So I'm going to go back to verse 16.
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This is what the Lord says. Well, I think I need to go back
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to 15. OK.
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After that they say they dressed the wound of my people as though
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it was, it were not serious peace.
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Peace, they say when there is no peace.
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Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
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No, they have no shame at all. They do not even know how to
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blush. So they will fall among the
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fallen. They will be brought down when I
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punish them, says the Lord. So that's, that's a really scary
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position that we could be in. We could be doing things against
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God and just I don't feel bad about it.
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I feel it's OK. But if God says it's wrong, then
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we have this false sense of security.
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If God says don't do this and we're actively doing that, we
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we're in the same position as what he's talking about with the
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people of Jerusalem. They have no shame at all.
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They do not even know how to blush.
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So what were these ancient paths?
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This is what is actually we're going to talk about that next.
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So verse 16, this is what the Lord says, stand at the
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crossroads and look, ask for the ancient paths.
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Ask where the good way is and walk in it so and you will find
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rest for your souls. So again, this is you know our
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obedience to God is important. Our repentance, our rejection of
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sin to say we agree with you God, you know we are changing
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our minds. We don't want that sin in our
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life. This is the instruction that is
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was given to the people of Jerusalem at this time and is
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given today to us as well. And we have a lot of that where
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people are still in rebellion and not turned to God.
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And do you think if God did it to his chosen as elect people,
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do you think he would not do that to us as well?
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So what were these ancient paths?
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These were the tried and true ways of people's godly
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ancestors. Instead of following the proven
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ways of the Lord, the only paths that could bring rest for their
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souls, the people were straying into ways of idolatry.
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So he says, going back to what Jeremiah and ask where the good
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way is and walk in it and you will find rest for your souls.
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But you said we will not walk in it again.
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That's that continual rebellion. I appointed Watchmen over you
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and said listen to the sound of the trumpet.
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Those are the warnings. You know, God gives prophets to
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warn people. God puts people in people's
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paths to give warnings, and people either listen to them or
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they ignore them. And then it goes, here's what
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Jeremiah says. But you said we will not listen.
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So that's no different than today.
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Therefore, here you nations, you who are witnesses, observe what
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will happen to them. So this is here you earth.
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I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their
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schemes. Then he says, why?
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Because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my
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law. So we do need obedience.
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And, you know, there's a lot of people who teach that, you know,
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this, this grace covers everything.
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And there's, you know, no, you know, like obedience isn't
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important, but God is very and people say, oh, that's the Old
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Testament. Well, Jesus also said that, you
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know, these words will remain. He has not come away.
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He did not come here to change anything or to take away
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anything that any of the prophets said, but he came to
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fulfill it. So it doesn't, it's not that it
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goes away. The only thing that goes away is
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the animal sacrifices because those are not necessary because
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of what Jesus did. But the rest of this stuff, yes,
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we still need to obey the Mosaic laws, the 10 commandments.
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We still need to obey those. And actually it, you know, in
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Scripture, I mean, it does say like the Feast of Tabernacles is
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actually going to still be celebrated.
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That's this fall harvest festival that is I think is just
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ended or is just beginning. We're right in the midst of it
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right now. But the Feast of Tabernacles,
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Feast of Trumpets, that that festival is actually, no, it's
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not. I think that's Yum.
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I'm getting mixed up. So the Feast of Tabernacles, I
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believe that is that comes later.
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And that is like a happy gathering.
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Sukkot, I believe is what it's called.
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And that will be celebrated throughout the Millennium after
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Jesus returns. So even some of those festivals
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are going to be celebrated after Jesus returns, which I just
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think is interesting. And there were three that God
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said, you know, basically want you to do these, remember these
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festivals all the time. The first was Passover.
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The second was the festival of weeks, which ended with the
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that's also called Shavuot in Hebrew or Pentecost in Greek.
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And that was when the Holy Spirit came.
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So on Passover was when Jesus died on the cross.
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So that was one significant festival that he always wanted
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everybody to remember. And then the second one was the
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festival of weeks. And that's when the Holy Spirit
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came. But and now we have the festival
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of Tabernacles, and that is where people are in temporary
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shelter. And I just wonder if that's
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going to be like the gathering that Jesus comes to gather those
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people who are prepared. There's a lot of people that
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draw that conclusion. And it really does seem like
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Scripture supports that theory that during this time, this fall
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time, some year in the future, that Jesus will be gathering his
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people who are prepared. So anyway, but there's a word of
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warning to the people who are unrepentant.
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He says here you earth, I am bringing disaster on this
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people, the fruit of their schemes because they have not
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listened to my words and have rejected my law.
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What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from
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a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not
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acceptable to me. Your sacrifices do not please
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me. So he he only gave the
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sacrifices as a means to avoid death originally because it was
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a substitution instead of the person dying.
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They were able to sacrifice an animal, but it never truly
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atoned for them. It was a temporary thing until
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Jesus came and became the sacrifice that atoned for all
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mankind's sins. So what was special about
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incense from Sheba and sweet Calamus from a distant land?
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The incense was probably frankincense which was important
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from the imported from southern Arabia.
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Calamus was a type of read from India that was used to
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manufacture anointing oil for temple use.
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These were costly goods showing that people spared no expense to
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worship God properly. None the less, God was not
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pleased with their mere outward show, no matter how extravagant,
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for their hearts were corrupt. So again, it's like people can
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be in church, they can be participating, they can be
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serving, they can be glory to God, they can be doing Bible
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studies, they can be doing all these things.
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But if their hearts are not turned to God, He sees through
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all that. And that's just like, I guess
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that's like the whitewashed wall on the outside.
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It looks good, but it's crumbling on the inside.
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And God's looking at the inside and he knows what's happening on
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the inside of people. Therefore, this is what the Lord
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says, I will, I will put obstacles before this.
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People, parents and children alike will stumble over them.
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Neighbors and friends will perish.
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This is what the Lord says, look, an army is coming from the
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land of the north. A great nation is being stirred
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up from the ends of the earth. Now this is either an
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exaggeration to make a point or this is also like a double
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fulfillment kind of a thing where it's alluding to something
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in the future as well as the Babylonian conquering of
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Jerusalem. And they are armed with bow and
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spear. They are cruel and show no
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mercy. They sound like the roaring sea
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as they ride on their horses. They come like men in battle
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formation to attack you, Daughter Zion.
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I just think that's interesting that it says they come like men
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in battle formation. Like, are they not men?
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I don't know. We have heard reports about
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them. And our hands hang limp.
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Anguish has gripped us. Pain like that of a woman in
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labor. So again, the hands hang limp.
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This is something that I've noticed repeated and there are
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just 4 phrases that have including three exacts, so I'll
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read those in Jeremiah 6. We have heard reports about
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them. Our hands hang lip.
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Anguish has gripped us. Pain like that of a woman in
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labor. In Jeremiah 50, it says the king
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of Babylon has heard reports about them and his hands hang
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limp. Anguish has gripped him.
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Pain like that of a woman in labor.
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So later on, not only is a Jerusalem whose hands hang limp,
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but the king of Babylon, his hands hang limp.
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And that's like just showing this, this great fear.
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Then Zephaniah 3 verse 16. On that day they will say to
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Jerusalem. Do not fear Zion.
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Do not let your hands hang limp. And then what continues in that
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chapter? The Lord your God is with you,
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the mighty warrior who saves. He will take great and light
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delight in you, in his love. He will no longer rebuke you,
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but will rejoice over you with singing.
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I will remove from you all who mourn over the loss of your
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appointed festivals, which is a burden and reproach for you.
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At that time I will deal with all who opposed you.
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I will rescue the lame. I will gather the Exiles.
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I will give them praise and honor in every land where they
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have suffered shame. At that time I will gather you.
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At that time I will bring you home.
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I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the the
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earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes.
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So again, this still has not happened yet because Israel is
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not looked upon like that. So this is something future and
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Jeremiah 47 says at the sound of the hoods of galloping steeds,
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that the noise of enemy Chariots and the rumble of their wheels,
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parents will not turn to help their children.
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Their hands will hang limp. So this is just showing like
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great fear over what is coming. And then the woman in labor,
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that is often. I mean, there's a lot of them.
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There are actually 50, it says woman in laborers 59 times and
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17 verses, including fourteen exact phrases.
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So in Psalm 4048, it says trembling sees them, their pain,
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like that of a woman in labor. Isaiah 13.
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Terror will seize them, Pain and anguish will grip them.
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They will writhe like a woman in labor.
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They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
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Isaiah 21. At this, my body is wracked with
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pains, pangs. Pangs.
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Sees me like those of a woman in labor.
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I am staggered by what I hear. I am bewildered by what I see.
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Isaiah was a prophet and he's seeing this devastation that's
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coming. So lots of prophets have talked
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about this. I have seen this in visions and
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reported this to people, but it didn't seem to make a whole lot
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of difference to people. Jeremiah 4 I hear a cry as a
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woman of Labor and a groan as one of one bearing her first
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child. The cry of daughter Zion gasping
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for breath, stretching out her hands and saying, at last I am
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fading. My life is given over to
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murderers in Jeremiah 6. We've heard reports about them.
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Our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, a pain
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like that of a woman in labor. Jeremiah 13.
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What will you say when the Lord sets over you those who cult who
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those you cultivated as your special allies?
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Will not pain grip you like that of a woman in labor?
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That's really interesting. What will you say when the Lord
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sets over you those you cultivated as your special
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allies? Will not pain grip you like that
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of a woman? So this almost sounds like a
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deceit of somebody who's considered an ally that the Lord
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is going to set over Israel. Jeremiah 22, you who live in
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Lebanon, who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will
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groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in
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labor. So again, this is Lebanon's
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going to have this pain of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah, 30, says ask and see. Can a man bear children?
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That's kind of interesting today to say that then why do I see
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every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in
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labor, every face turned deathly pale?
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So Jeremiah is seeing this vision of something he said like
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every strong man like this is going to be something that, as
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Jesus said, there's going to be great distress that has never
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happened before nor will ever happen again.
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When this happens in the future, Jeremiah 48 says Carioth will be
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captured and strongholds would be taken in that day.
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The hearts of Moabs warriors will be like the heart of a
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woman in labor. So what this is I you know when
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God has his wrath and Jeremiah 49 says, look, an eagle will
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swore and swoop down, spreading its wings over Basra.
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That's an important town to remember in that day.
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The hearts of Edoms that's Jordan warriors will be like the
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heart of a woman in labor. Damascus has become feeble.
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She has turned to flee and panic has gripped her.
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Anguish and pain have seized her.
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Pain like that of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 50 says the king of Babylon has heard reports about
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them and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him.
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Pain like that of a woman in labor.
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So just like God said before you destroy or when you stop
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destroying, you will be destroyed.
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Micah says. Why do you now cry aloud?
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Have you no king? Has your ruler perished?
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That pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor.
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So there's this panic. Micah 4 also says writhe in
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agony, daughter Zion, like a woman in labor.
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For now, you must leave the city to camp in the open field.
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You will go to Babylon. There you will be rescued.
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There the Lord will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies.
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So let's go back to Jeremiah. So about the hands we talked
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about hands hang limp and woman in labor and that's very much
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like the end days that similar. You know it's like a double
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fulfillment of prophecy. Do not go out to the fields or
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walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword.
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That's the same thing that Jesus says when he talks about what's
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going to happen. Like all of the all of the
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nations will surround Israel, and we'll get into that too.
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But this is very much similar to what is prophesied for the
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future. Put on sackcloth, my people, and
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roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing.
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As for an only son, I thought that was interesting because
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Jesus is God's only son, so mourn with bitter wailing.
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As for an only son, I mean, I just that just came to mind.
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Like literally, that's who Israel needs is the Son of God
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to give them forgiveness and to enable them to enter the Kingdom
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of God. But you know, they the belief is
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they don't believe that Jesus was the son of God and but
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that's who they need. So it's really interesting.
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And then for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
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And I did talk about this in another chapter about the
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destroyer. When you look at at Scripture
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and it talks about this destroyer, it tells us that in
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Revelation Chapter 9 verse 11, this destroyer could be
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spiritual because they had here's what it says they had as
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a king over them the Angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew
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is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon, that is destroyer.
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So this is some Angel destroyer. And remember there was an Angel
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destroyer who killed the first born back in the book of Exodus
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that went about. And those who were not covered
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by the blood of the Lamb and today would be those who are not
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covered by the blood of Jesus. They were destroyed.
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So again this history repeats itself, and we can learn from
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things like that. I have made you a tester of
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metals, and my people the oar, that you may observe and test
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their ways. They are all hardened rebels
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going about to slander. They are bronze and iron.
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They all act corruptly. The bellows blow fiercely to
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burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in
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vain. The wicked are not purged out.
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They are called rejected silver because the Lord has rejected
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them. So it says the wicked are not
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purged out. And you know, all this fire, all
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this testing, all these bad things that God allows, this
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punishment is not giving the result that God wants.
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God wants people to turn to him to repent of their ways, and
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it's just not happening. So who is this great nation from
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the north? Babylon, along with her allies.
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Although Babylon was actually located east of Judah, the
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normal military route from Babylon to Judah was not a
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straight east West line. Instead, the Babylonians had to
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travel around the expansive Arabian desert that lay between
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Babylon and Judah, the attacker. Attackers from the east would
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therefore enter Judah from the north.
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So it says. Why put on sackcloth and roll in
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ashes? Putting on sackcloth and ashes
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had long been a sign of mourning in Israelite culture.
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Sackcloth, which was made of goat or camel hair, was likely
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worn because it was coarse and black.
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This was yet another expression of God's call for the people to
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repent. He was looking for them to
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display a sign of deep remorse and sorrow for their sins.
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How was Jeremiah like a tester of metals?
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A tester of metals took samples of silver and melted them,
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hoping to discover the value of the of the silver ore by
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separating out the less valuable metals.
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When the silver content was too low, it was considered worthless
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and was rejected. In testing the metal of Judah,
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Jeremiah concluded that Judah had too many impurities and
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would therefore be rejected. No matter the intense or
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duration of the fire. The refining of Judah would be
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in vain because the wicked would, would, could not be
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purged out. So that's the end of chapter 6
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in Jeremiah. It there was something else that
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I had noticed here. Oh yeah, in verse 25, it says
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for the enemy has a sword and there is terror on every side.
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So terror on every side is something that is again repeated
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throughout Jeremiah. And he says do not in chapter 6,
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like we read, do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads
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for the enemy has a sword and there is terror on every side.
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In chapter 20 he says the next day when Pasha released him from
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the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, the Lords name for you is
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not Pasha but terror on every side.
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In Jeremiah 20 verse 10, he says I hear many whispering, terror
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on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce
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him. All my friends are waiting for
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me to slip, saying perhaps he will be deceived, then we will
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prevail over him and take our revenge on him.
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And then in Jeremiah 46, what do I see?
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They are terrified, terrified. They are retreating.
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Their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without
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looking back, and there is terror on every side, declares
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the Lord in Jeremiah 49. It says the tents and their
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flocks will be taken, their shelters will be carried off
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with their goods and camels. People will shout to them,
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terror, people who shout to them, terror on every side.
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So that's something else that Jesus talks about too.
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And I, I will read, I will read that too.
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There's so in Luke chapter 21 verse 20, it says when you see
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Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that it's
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desolation is near. Now this is the for the future.
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And then similar to the past of Babylon, then let those who are
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in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those in the city get out
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and let those in the country not enter the city, for this is the
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time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been
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written. So again, this is what Jesus
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said and he's he said he came to bring fulfillment when he comes
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again, this is going to bring fulfillment of all that has
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written. It says how dreadful it will be
54:08
in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers.
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There will be great distress in the land and against in the
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land, and wrath against this people.
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They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to
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all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by
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the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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So there is a time, the way that I'm reading this, I mean,
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there's a lot of discussion in in prophecy people right now
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that talk about, you know, we are in the times of the
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Gentiles. I don't know that we necessarily
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are I reading this right now. I'm thinking that, you know,
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when Jerusalem is, I think that sounds like there's going to be
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a future point when their Gentiles will basically take
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over this area. And again, we're seeing this
54:59
like peace and safety message. So how long will Israel have
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peace? How long will this peace
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agreement that they're working on and expanding?
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How long will it last? Because there is going to be a
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point in time, according to Bible prophecy, when sudden
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destruction comes on. I just don't know how long it's
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going to be, but this is a time for all people to watch because
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of what? And not just watch, but be
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prepared because if this is fulfilling Bible prophecy right
55:30
now, who knows? We don't know how much time it
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is, but Luke talked about this. He talked about that and Matthew
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also said this, He said, So when you see standing in the holy
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place, the abomination that causes desolation spoken of the
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through the prophet Daniel, let the reader understand.
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Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, the same
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thing. So in Matthew, Jesus actually
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talked about the abomination that causes desolation.
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So we haven't yet seen that, but that's something to pay
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attention to. And it says let no one on the
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housetop go down or take anything out of the house.
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Let no one go to the no one in the field go back to get their
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cloak. How dreadful it will be in those
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days for pregnant women and nursing mothers.
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Just like what Luke said, that your flight will not take place
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in winter or on the Sabbath, then there will be great
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distress unequalled from the beginning of the world until
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now, and never to be equaled again.
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We have not seen that or experienced it that yet.
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If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive.
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But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened at
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that time. If anyone says to you, look here
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is the Messiah or there he is, do not believe it.
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For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform
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great signs and wonders to deceive if possible, even the
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elect. See I have told you ahead of
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time. So if anyone tells you there he
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is out in the wilderness, do not go out or here he is in the
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inner rooms, do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from
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the east is visible even in the West, so will be the coming of
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the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass
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there the vultures will gather. Now listen to this.
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Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be
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darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall
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from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
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Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then
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all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son
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of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great
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glory. And he will send his angels with
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a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the
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four winds from one end of the heavens to the other.
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So there's that gathering it also, you know, and, and Luke
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it, you know, Luke warns, people will tell you, there he is, here
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he is. Do not go running after them,
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for the Son of Man in his day will be like lightning with flat
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which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
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People are going to see when Jesus returns.
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Where Lord? They asked.
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He replied, Where is the dead body where the vultures will
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gather? When you see Jerusalem being
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surrounded by armies, you will know that it's desolation is
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near. Then let those who are in Judea
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flee to the mountains. Let those in the city get out.
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Let those in the country not enter the city, for this is the
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time of punishment in fulfilment of all that has been written.
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How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant and nursing
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women. There will be great distress in
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the land and wrath against this people.
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They will fall by the and will be taken as prisoners to all the
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nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by
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the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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There is in Revelation it talks about that time is 3 1/2 years
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that it says don't measure the outer courts because it has been
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given to the Gentiles for 1260 days or times time and half a
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time. So there's 3 1/2 years that that
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is going to occur. And then this, the thing about
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the darkening of the sky before Jesus returns is repeated with a
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lot of prophets in Isaiah chapter 513, in Joel chapter 2,
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Joel chapter 3, Matthew chapter 24, Jesus says it.
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Mark chapter 13, Jesus says it. And then the interesting thing
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is in Revelation Chapter 9 talks about this happening.
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When the abyss is opened up. So again, you know, everybody
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talks about this seven-year period.
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Is this like at the midpoint? I don't know.
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We'll just have to look like we'll just have to watch and be
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aware of what it says in scripture.
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So I will read these verses from the various prophets and Jesus
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who talked about in that day. They will roar, roar over it
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like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land,
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there is only darkness and distress.
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Even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
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Well, actually I'll skip that one because that's not really
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necessarily applicable. It's not.
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Let's go to Isaiah 13. The stars of heaven and their
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constellations will not show their light.
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The rising the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not
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give its light. Joel 2.
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Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and
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moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
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Joel Chapter 3 The sun and the moon will be darkened, and the
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stars no longer shine. Matthew 24 Immediately after the
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distress of those days, that's that time that is worse than
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ever on earth or will be in the future.
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So immediately after the distress of those days, the sun
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will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars
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will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
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Mark chapter 13. But in those days following that
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distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give
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its light. In Revelation Chapter 9, when he
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opened the abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a
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giant gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened
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from by the smoke from the abyss.
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So maybe it is, maybe it isn't at that time, but it does talk
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about similar things. If we look at chapter 6 of
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Revelation, listen to what it says when the 6th seal is
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opened. I watched as he opened the 6th
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seal. There was a great earthquake.
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The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair.
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The whole moon turned blood red and the stars in the sky fell to
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the earth as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong
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wind. The heavens receded like a
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scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was
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removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the
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Princess, the generals, the rich and the mighty, and everyone
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else both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the
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mountains. They called to the mountains and
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the rocks fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits
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on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
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For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand
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it? And so it sounds like this
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happens like the sun and the moon growing dark and the stars
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falling from the sky. Like how many times can that
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happen repeatedly? If they already fell from the
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sky, they can't fall again. So to me it sounds like at the
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6th seal is when Jesus has seen. That's probably when he gathers.
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People just read those scriptures really carefully.
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So I think paying attention to the seals and what happens
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during the seals is really important.
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So I think that covers everything that I was going to
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talk about. Again, this is a long one, but
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there's a lot in here. I just think we all need to be
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prepared and need to, you know, be right with God because these
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God gives lots of warnings. Are we going to listen to them?
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Are we going to ignore them? And again, even if we are not,
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if this is still like many, many years ahead of us, like away
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from us, like right now in the future, we still don't know like
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when or if our days are numbered by God.
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God decides when we will die. We don't we could have some, you
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know, unexpected thing happen to us if we are not prepared, if we
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are not right with God, we it, it gives us warnings that we'll
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probably not be in his Kingdom. So it's really important our
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relationship with God. I mean, just ask God to show you
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what you need to do. It's that personal relationship
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with God, that conversation with God about I don't want to be
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sinning anymore. I don't want to be rebellious.
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I want to be your child. I want to be in your Kingdom.
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Show me what I need to do to to, to make things right with you.
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I mean, that's where all of us need to be if we want to be in
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the Kingdom of God. We can choose to live life any
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way we want. That's each of our choices.
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Nobody's going to force us and it's a choice, but we just have
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to remember that our choice brings about the end result of
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where we will be.