Transitory
Troubles
An enlightening series of events took
place in Jeremiah Chapter 28. In the previous Chapter, the Lord had
instructed Jeremiah to make a yoke and place it around his neck as
preparation for an object lesson to Israel (27:2). Jeremiah had been
prophesying Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would take many in Israel
into captivity for a period of seventy years. He did so “in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month”
(28:1).
It was in that same year “that Hananiah the son of Azur
the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me [while I was wearing
the yoke of wood] in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the
priests and of all the people.” He prophesied: “Within TWO full years [not
SEVENTY as you’ve been hearing from Jeremiah] will I bring again into
this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon”
(28:3).
In other words, God’s judgment upon,
his chastening of, Israel is going to be SEASONAL rather than
GENERATIONAL. What you’re now experiencing is TRANSITORY in nature.
Within two years all will be back to normal with all the temple
treasures restored.
Jeremiah responded to his fellow
prophet: “Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words [if indeed
HE gave to THEE a word overriding what HE gave to ME] which thou hast
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house [within two
years], and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this
place” (28:6).
But such was not to be the case.
Here’s what the Lord told Jeremiah to tell Hananiah: “Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to
trust in a LIE” (28:15). The Lord continued: “Therefore thus saith the
LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this
year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the
LORD” (28:16). So Hananiah the [false] prophet “died the same year in
the seventh month” (28:17).
There is no Jeremiah in America today
prophesying destruction for our national wickedness. If there was, our
leaders would likely be plotting his death even as the religious elites
in Jeremiah’s day plotted his.
But ALL signs are pointing to God’s
judgment upon America—inflation, alien invasion, supply chain woes,
energy crisis, COVID pandemic et all—facilitated and exasperated by the
election of a godless Joe Biden. (Could Biden be America's
Nebuchadnezzar?)
The architects behind the chaos tell
us it’s TRANSITORY. In other words, these troubles are SEASONAL rather
than GENERATIONAL. Well, are they? Or are our leaders LYING to us like
Hananiah of old when God is in the process of rewarding America for its
wicked rebellion?
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