Verse 48:7 follows a theme for the next few chapters:<\/p>\n
\nYou depended on your own works and your own wealth,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and now you will\u00a0be humbled and<\/em>\u00a0taken captive.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your so-called god,<\/em>\u00a0Chemosh, will go\u00a0with you<\/em>\u00a0into exile
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0along with his priests and officials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe next few chapters are the destruction of various nations who drifted and worshiped other Gods. God is a jealous God in so much as He want acknowledgement for all that transpires on the earth. These lesser gods like Chemosh may be just statues or fallen angels with limited powers. Either way God does not like misdirected worship and praise.<\/p>\n
We see it today with \u201cThe Secret\u201d or the law of attraction. You give something up to the universe and the universe then aligns itself to make it happen. Suddenly God is completely out of the equation and we have people tapping into this power without acknowledging the source. Much in the same way the people of Moab worshiped Chemosh, many today are worshiping this cosmic universal energy that gives them stuff.<\/p>\n
Verse 48:26 got my attention:<\/p>\n
\nMake Moab\u00a0drink deeply from this cup until he is<\/em>\u00a0drunk, for he has exalted himself above the Eternal.\u00a0Make him drink<\/em>\u00a0until he wallows in his own vomit; then he will be ridiculed\u00a0by all who see him<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
When you think about this it\u2019s a very sad place to be. I know I have been there a few times and am not proud of them. People tend to get upset at you or take advantage of you in the process. It\u2019s very sad and ugly.<\/p>\n
Verse 48:35 talks about ending the idol worship:<\/p>\n
\nI will put an end to\u00a0idol worship in<\/em>\u00a0Moab, to those who make offerings on shrines in high places and burn incense to\u00a0so-called<\/em>\u00a0gods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
When God says He is putting an \u201cend to idol worship\u201d that is a very final statement. Ironically, He ends it one place and it pops up another. Over and over again our rebellion against an authority keeps us searching for powers without responsibility. Hence why people end up worshiping gods, idols or the universe.<\/p>\n
Interestingly chapter 51 ends with \u201cthe messages of Jeremiah end here\u201d yet it continues with another chapter. The final chapter is more a history chapter than anything else, it just tells what happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jeremiah 47 \u2013 52 Verse 48:7 follows a theme for the next few chapters: You depended on your own works and your own wealth, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and now you will\u00a0be humbled and\u00a0taken captive. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your so-called god,\u00a0Chemosh, will go\u00a0with you\u00a0into exile \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0along with his priests and officials. The next few chapters are the destruction of various nations who … Continue reading “Are You Worshiping Idols Or The “Universe”?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}