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.