by Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News:
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
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I appointed watchmen over you and said, “Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But you said, ‘We will not listen.’
Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will happen to them.
Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law. (Jeremiah 6:14-19)
by Brian Shilhavy
Two years ago I wrote and published an article about how the United States of America is in the same moral state today as the nations God judged and destroyed in 722 B.C. See:
What Happens When a Holy and Righteous God Gets Angry? Lessons from History and the Prophet Jeremiah
God called Jeremiah to testify to the truth about what was about to happen, that Jerusalem and many of the surrounding nations were about to be destroyed, and he warned Jeremiah that the opposition would fight back hard against him.
But God promised to be with him during those difficult times and rescue him.
He was told that the days were so evil, that he was not to take a wife and raise a family.
“You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” (Jeremiah 16:2)
When Jeremiah began to tell people the truth, he was opposed by his own family, and by the religious leaders of his time, including other prophets, who tried to silence him.
Your brothers, your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you. (Jeremiah 12:6)
I will smash them one against the other, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them. (Jeremiah 13:14)
“Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:4-6)
Does this sound familiar to anyone reading this? Do you see any parallels between what Jeremiah suffered, and how people telling the truth today are suffering also, even from their own family members?
Jeremiah was so distressed, he regretted the day he was born.
Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth, a man with whom the whole land strives and contends! I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
The LORD said, “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of disaster and times of distress.” (Jeremiah 15:10-11)
There is No Peace for the USA
The reason why so many people opposed Jeremiah was because they did not think it was possible that God would judge them, because they believed that they were the “chosen people” and that they were better than all the other nations around them. They continued to believe that God would favor them over their enemies.
As the USA celebrates its “Independence Day” this week on July 4th, the parallels between the people of Jeremiah’s day and the people living in the US today, particularly the “Christians” who are the dominant religious group in the culture today, are stunning.
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