The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this disaster against this place. The LORD has brought it about, and has done as he said. Because you sinned against the LORD and did not obey his voice, this thing has come upon you.”
Jeremiah 40:2-3
God confirmed His word by sparing the life of His prophet, Jeremiah, even as Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzar and the rebellious leaders of the city were slaughtered. God spared the prophet to show the power of His word. The prophetic voice would still be heard even in the aftermath of the fall of a society and the chaos that came with the exile. Lives are uprooted, but God’s Word is still solid!
God’s Word is sure and steady, even when all else seems to be brutally uncertain. Thank God that He is true! We can trust the God Who never lies! We can believe that He will simultaneously judge sin and save those who will trust in Him. That is the lesson shown over and over in the narrative of Jeremiah as the fall of Jerusalem to the Chaldeans is told. God kept telling the city, through Jeremiah, that those who would surrender to God’s will of the exile would have their lives spared to live in exile. Those who resisted would die. The Lord made sure that those who did indeed obey His warnings were saved to go to captivity with their lives as prizes of war.
The God Who judges sin also saves souls. And this is ultimately shown for us at the cross. There Jesus was delivered over to the most brutal spiritual and physical warfare possible to pay the price of sin. And there all those who will surrender to His suffering mercy will find themselves made alive forever by His sustaining grace. Thank God that He is both righteous to judge sin and generous to save souls!
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