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Today’s Devotional – July 12th

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Jeremiah & The Two Jerusalems,

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Part 2:

“Jesus Wept”

To read Part 1, click here…May 20th (Jeremiah & The Two Jerusalems)

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“Mine eye runs down

with rivers of water

for the destruction of

the daughter of My people.”

Lamentations 3:48

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The prophet, Jeremiah, is commonly referred to as, the “Weeping Prophet”.

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Well, of course, the Bible doesn’t call him that. But the fact is, Jeremiah actually did do a lot of weeping and mourning for his people.

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And that is because Jerusalem, the chosen city of God, had given herself over to idolatry, to the point that God was going to allow them to go into Babylonian captivity.

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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“Mine eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of My people.”

Lamentations 3:48

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This above verse from Lamentations refers to Old Testament House of Israel as “the daughter of My people”.

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And the Lord, through Jeremiah, reveals His (God’s) sorrow over His apostate congregation, who valued the things of this life more than the eternal things of Heaven…

…”Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery,

and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal,

and walk after other gods whom ye know not…?”

Jeremiah 7:9

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine”

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But today’s church-world is by no means impervious to this same condemnation which the Old Testament people of God were guilty of!

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No, just listen to Paul’s forecast of the end-time church-world…

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;

but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,

having itching ears;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,

and shall be turned unto fables.”

2nd Timothy 4:3, 4

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This above passage speaks of a church-world steeped in worldly pleasures, pursuits, earthly riches, and filled many unbiblical additions to the purity of the Gospel.

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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Well, this little article does not have time to enumerate all the many pollutions which have entered God’s house.

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But there is no shortage of articles on this website which do define exactly why God is unhappy with His professed people.

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And the Bible is extensively used to verify these matters.

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Magnifying Glass – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“Now all these things…are written for our admonition”

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But the focus of today’s devotional is to stress the sorrow which God has over this apostate condition.

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Yes, God established the local congregations to be His faithful army, throughout the New Testament era.

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The era of the churches was no small matter. It was a very important part of God’s Salvation plan!

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Listen to how we, the New Testament Church, are to relate to the Old Testament…

“Now all these things happened unto them (the Old Testament people of God) for ensamples:

and they are written for our admonition,

upon whom the ends of the world are come.”

1st Corinthians 10:11

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Yes, many or perhaps most Bible teachers today are unable to relate all those Old Testament stories and prophecies to today’s church-world, even though this above passage commands us to do so!

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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AS WITH THE OLD, SO WITH THE NEW

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And so, when reading such prophecies as Lamentations, the New Testament Bible student needs to understand that God is not only weeping for His apostate Old Testament assembly…

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…but also weeps for His apostate New Testament assembly, equally as much.

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Even the true worshipers of God have been so corrupted by all the antichrist deceivers within the walls of Sion, that we too have fallen from God’s approval.

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And He weeps for us as well as for them!

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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“As a shepherd…will I seek out My sheep”

Ezekiel 34:12

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But God will still seek out His sheep… “…and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.” Ezekiel 34:12

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But make no mistake! The time which is just before us will be a difficult experience, to put it mildly!

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Brooklyn Museum – The Good Shepherd – James Tissot – Wikpedia – US Public Domain

 

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A HAPPY ENDING FOR GOD’S FAITHFUL ONES!

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And though the days ahead may be difficult, we can rejoice along with the Psalmist…

“He that goes forth and weeps,

bearing precious seed,

shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,

bringing his sheaves with him.”

Psalm 126:6

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Yes, we may weep many tears in the coming days. And even though we will be… “As sorrowful, yet (we will be) alway rejoicing”, knowing that our Lord will, “Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”

2nd Corinthians 6:10 & Romans 12:15 (parenthetical comment by this website editor)

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Yes, every tear that we shed through the coming purifying trials will be met with manifold more sympathetic tears by our Lord, who will be with us all the way up that Narrow Pathway…

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“and, lo, I am with you alway,

even unto the end of the world.

Amen.”

Matthew 28:20

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Thomas Cole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to see the spiritual nature of the Bible. Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “November 22 – (The Greatest Jig-saw Puzzle Ever!)“…

…or you can also read… December 30 (A Supernatural Book!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

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THE HOLY-GHOST-RIDER CONSTELLATION

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“Gavest thou…wings and feathers unto the ostrich?….

What time she lifteth up herself on high,

she scorneth the horse and his rider.”

Job 39:17, 18

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Here in the above condensed passage is revealed a tremendous Bible prophecy!

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Here the ostrich (being a symbol of the Church-Apostate) is going to lift up herself and scorn the horse and his rider.

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Well, if we look in the winter-night skies, we might possibly have our eyes opened to see a most incredible constellation group, known as the “Horse and His Rider” Constellation Group.

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And so, this above passage speaks of the time of the end (which we are just now in).

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And sadly to say, there will be many in the Church who will scorn this last message!

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And these apostates, just as the wisdom-deprived ostrich scorns the Horse and His Rider, do the same!

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And these two heavenly figures symbolize God’s Church in battle, being ridden by the Spirit of Christ!

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Such a sad ending for the Church-Apostate, to scorn the Holy Spirit: the same Spirit that they so often exulted in praise, with their lips!

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This constellation group is made up of a number of smaller constellations: the horse’s head, made from the Perseus Constellation.

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The tail and rear end is partly of the Cassiopeia Constellation.

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The hind-leg is made partly of stars from the Andromeda Constellation.

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The Rider is made primarily from the very faint Camelopardalis Constellation.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation” or you can also read… “Goodly Horse in Battle Constellation”

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TOMORROW:

“July 13th (Jacob’s Trouble: Alone With God)”

However pressing his duties STM2-c James Lee Frazer always finds time to read a few chapters from his Bible each day. I – NARA – 520675 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH 

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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