Jeremiah
7 – 11
Verses 7:5 -7 is the start of God chastising His people:
5 But
if you genuinely change your ways and stop what you are doing; if you deal with
each other fairly; 6 if you don’t oppress foreigners, orphans,
and widows; if you don’t shed the blood of the innocent in this land; and if
you don’t practice the self-destructive worship of other gods; 7 then
I will let you live forever in this land I promised your ancestors long ago.
God
is giving the people a way out, over and over again throughout history we see
this happen. God is not one of shunning us away. Think about it, He could
easily commune with nature and enjoy peace on a mountain top but instead is an
integral part of this mess we call mankind.
Verse
8:5 may be another example of the Babushka Principle:
So why have these
people turned away from Me
and refused to come back?
They
hang onto lies that lead them further away
instead of embracing the truth and coming home to Me.
How
many times has he said this to His people? How many times have we seen them
drift away radically before “embracing the truth and coming home”? I see this
being the way again. Israel was restored after this before it happened again
and Rome demolished it. Now once again the nation is reunited after WWII, so
are we on a continuing cycle. In this case I don’t think the people will be
worshiping Baal, but rather just ignoring God with the distraction of
prosperity.
Verse
10:5 is talking about idols:
This is what
they worship? The idol just stands there—
lifeless, powerless like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch.
It
cannot speak. It cannot move. They must pick the thing up and bring it along.
Do you see why there’s nothing to fear from these dead pieces of
wood?
They
cannot harm you, and they cannot help you either.
To God these idols are nothing, but I get
concerned about possible “demonization” of these objects. We don’t think of
this much in the purchase of daily things for the house. I think of Monster
Energy Drink for one since I consume it often. The claim is the “M” logo is
three instances of the Hebrew letter Vav which is the 6th letter in
their Alphabet. So 3 of these make the M and the motto is “Unleash The Beast”
it MUST be a demonized product. Is it for real? No idea, but I can say it’s
suspicious. They sponsor a bunch of BMX and motocross riders and their gloves
with the M/666 logo is said to be the mark of the beast.
Dream catchers are another possible
“demonized” product. As with Osiris shoes which Devon is sponsored by, are they
demonized with the Egyptian God Osiris? Or are all these companies taking
advantage of a sensitive mindset to mock or get more publicity? You see “Illuminati
Symbolism” in many of today’s pop artists work. Is that to gain publicity or
are they tools of this ultra-elite to corrupt society for their ultimate take
over? Who knows there, but I tend to believe it’s just an example of us going
the way of Rome, where more and more become acceptable until persecuting those
who are faithful completes the demise of the society.
Read prophecies with the Babushka
Principle in mind, but don’t make that the sole focus.