Jeremiah 32 – 36
Verse 32:27 is obvious, but needs to be said:
Look! I am the Eternal, the God of all living things. Is anything too difficult for Me?
We tend to limit God and place Him in a box confined to our understanding of nature. God is above nature and therefore the Laws which are in place do not apply. Consider this the study of quantum mechanics is showing a realm in which the natural laws we know today don’t apply, therefore giving us a glimpse into God’s domain.
Verse 33:5 shows a Messianic Prophecy:
In those days, when the time is right, I will cause a righteous Branch to sprout from the old stump of David’s lineage; He will do what is right and just in the land.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and we can see this to be true. Unfortunately during the time Jesus walked the earth and even to today those that do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah are waiting for a king to save the nation like David did. We can easily see 2000 years later how this prophecy 700 or so years before Jesus was fulfilled by Jesus, it’s really cool!!
Verses 33:20 & 21 (note the Voice breaks this up funny, so I am just taking what is prevalent) gives Israel the strength of Gods bond to them:
Eternal One: 20 If you can figure out a way to break My covenant with the day and with the night so they do not always arrive on schedule, the very rhythm of life on this earth, 21 only then will My covenant with My servant David be broken and his son not rule from his throne. Only then will My covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before Me be null and void.
You will have to violate major laws of nature to have this happen, and that shows the love God has for his people. And the beautiful thing is I believe God has transformed those who follow Jesus and are not of Jewish descent.
Verse 36:23 is not only a problem then, but today also:
The king listened as Jehudi read column after column of the scroll. As soon as he finished reading three or four columns, Jehoiakim would take a knife, cut that section out of the scroll, and then throw it on the fire.
Somehow many think they can ignore portions of the Bible or just “cut that section out” of the Bible. I think homosexuality is one of those that people have a tough time with. I know I sure do, since I know many from an early age we obviously gay. I believe they were born that way, so how could God make a child who is loving, just to the same sex, and not be ok with God. Some argue the OT Law just applied to Jews and Paul’s NT writings are about “bath houses” and promiscuous behavior. Some also say the “thorn” in Paul’s side was his homosexual tendencies.
Me I don’t know and am not worried about it. My job is to share the love of Jesus with anyone who will listen and if they are gay not to judge. Figure at worse their salvation will be secure! I’ll let the Holy Spirit work in them if “natural” homosexuality really is a sin to God.