Jeremiah
12
– 16
Verse 12:1 opens a huge question:
Jeremiah:
Eternal, You always do what is right
when I bring a complaint Your way.
So
now let me put a case before You:
Why do the wicked prosper so much?
Why do all the untrustworthy have it so easy?
Or why do bad things happen to good people
and good things happen to bad people? First we have to look at the overarching
factor of nature. We see good people crushed in earth quakes or swept away in Tsunamis’.
Why is that? Nature just is. God designed it that way, if not we would not have
the purple mountains majesty or our swamps would be toxic and not swarming with
life. It’s just unfortunate that people die when things happen.
As for evil prospering, what would you
expect? God is not of this world and is above nature. If we determined our
standing based on our bank account what would that mean? It would mean God is
of this world. Who is of this world? Satan! So sure evil will succeed in the
world, he wants us to divert from God. So what’s the best way to say there is
no God? Have success without Him. Satan loves success for that reason!!
Verse 13:10 has God saying why He is upset
at Israel:
I will ruin
these haughty and wicked people who ignore My words, who follow their
own stubborn hearts, who run after other gods, who bow down to lifeless
idols. They will end up like this rotten undergarment in your hands—completely
worthless!
The analogy God had Jeremiah do was wear
his underwear for a while, then burry it and then get it back to see the filth
and rot. This is how God viewed Israel. They were once pure, then became
corrupt, then walked away and buried themselves from God. It’s a great analogy
when you look at it in detail. Now I on the other hand would probably was the
undergarment and still find use for it and that is what God eventually does.
Again read this with the perspective of
short term prophecies with a potential longer term one embedded. We need to
know and see this as a potential flashing red signal for today.
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