Ancient prophesy still speaks
Jeremiah was a bold, and extremely obedient, prophet for God Almighty in hard national and political times. While reading in the book that bears his name this morning I read a portion of ancient history that reads like current events. The Message version relates it this way:
(Jeremiah 36:22-26) The king (President) was sitting in his winter quarters in front of a charcoal fire. After (the Communications Director) would read three or four columns (of God's warning to the nation), the king would cut them off the scroll with his pocketknife and throw them in the fire. He continued in this way until the entire scroll had been burned up in the fire. Neither the President nor any of his officials showed the slightest twinge of conscience as they listened to the messages read. The Republicans tried to convince the President not to burn the scroll, but he brushed them off. He just plowed ahead and ordered Biden. Pelosi and Reed to arrest Jeremiah the prophet and his secretary Baruch. (editorial paraphrasing is mine, apologies to the Message.)
You can burn the message, deny the message, ignore the message or blame the message on your enemies but in the end God will not be denied His plan.


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