“At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;’” (Jeremiah 32:2-3)
The Babylonians are beating on the door of Jerusalem, and the king has jailed Jeremiah! Why? Because Jeremiah spoke the word of the Lord concerning Babylon. This touches so closely these days.
- Unbelievers think they can stop the word of the Lord by imprisoning or killing the Lord’s spokesperson. Wrong. Imprisoning Jeremiah had no bearing on the Babylonians. None.
Imprisoning or killing God’s spokesperson doesn’t prove the message wrong. We still have Jeremiah’s words, and what he said came to pass.
- Unbelievers seem not to understand how the word of the Lord works. They seem to think the messenger has the option to change the word or decide for themselves what to say. However, the faithful spokesperson will say exactly what God said. And it doesn’t matter if he received the word directly from the voice of the Lord, as did Jeremiah and Isaiah, etc, or directly from his book as we do today. Shame on anyone who changes God’s words.
Moses said, “You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2)
John said, “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19)
Father, please help me be faithful to your word. Help me never change your word to suit sinful desires, mine or anyone else’s. Amen.
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