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Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I
will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not
like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by
the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke
though I was their husband, declares the LORD. I will put the law within them,
and I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my
people. For I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sins no
more. Jeremiah 31: 31-32, 33b,
34c (ESV)
God never gave up on the
people of Israel or the people of Judah. He speaks through the prophet
Jeremiah. God speaks of the events in the future. What does He say?
The LORD speaks of the
people of Israel and Judah’s unfaithfulness. God looked on His relationship
with them as a marriage. (my covenant that
they broke though I was their husband.)
He reveals His plan to
present the law to them. His plan is to engrave His law on their hearts. What
the people had could be described as ‘head knowledge.’ God wanted His people to
have ‘heart knowledge.’ In today’s world, people know what the right thing to
do is but choose not to act on it, doing what they want over what God
wants.(Head Knowledge) God wants us to
believe and live out his commandments. (Heart Knowledge.)
God tells Jeremiah His
part of the outcome. All the people will know Him. He will forgive their
wickedness and will erase their sin from His memory.
One of my Sunday school
teachers told us that prophetic statements are either fulfilled in the Bible or
will be fulfilled in the future. As I understand this one, I believe part of
this one will be fulfilled in the future.
Yes, I believe that there are still some of Jeremiah's prophecies waiting to be fulfilled ...but I don't think it is very far off from being fulfilled. I really believe God is working very hard on the hearts of the people of Israel, as well as on the hearts of all people. Christ, The Messiah, will be returning soon...I really believe that...and then all eyes will see Him, and every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord...
ReplyDeletePam: Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Your thoughts confirm what I believe and have thought for some time now. Be blessed.
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