Jeremiah 31:34a
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour,…"
Do you remember back when Moses gave the Law, what was the instruction to every Hebrew? Teach it, and teach it. Memorize it, memorize it. When you get up in the morning, think on the Law. When you go to bed at night, you think on the Law. And it was just constantly programmed into their thinking. But you see, when this becomes a reality, which will be, of course, when Christ returns and sets up that glorious Kingdom, then the Hebrew won’t have to constantly be reminded because it will just be implanted in their very being. Now I know this is the way that most materialistically minded people see this but I'm NOT of that mind set any longer. All has been changed by God and the book of Acts records its happening. In fact you can see it when you listen to Peter, James, John and Jude when compared to Paul. Looking at this verse again.
Jeremiah 31:34
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." What a promise! And this is just what happens for those who have chosen His Way. Remember the: "many are called but few have chosen" Now verse 35.
Jeremiah 31:35
"Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:"
In other words, the God of Creation. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the "Most High God" of Melchizedek, He’s speaking. And now look at the promise in light especially of the Middle East scenario today (in 2012). Many people think that Israel should be driven into the sea. But what does the Scriptures say?
Jeremiah 31:36
"If those ordinances (the sun, moon, and stars) depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever."
Oh man has tried to change these ordinances by changing our calendar from a Hebrew based system to a pagan based system of Julian origin. Wherein the names of the months and days are those of pagan deities or gods. Even the numbering of the years was changed not only to pagan but also the Hebrews changed theirs to hid Isaiah 53 and their having to deal with the Christ or Messiah therein revealed. They removed approximately 135 years by so doing. In their program we should be in the year 5912 or there abouts. In the Julian we have to allow for a 3-5 year variance because of the date of the birth of Christ is not set in concrete. Just as the day of birth is not correctly set because according to the language in the gospel accounts the shepherds were still in the fields tending their sheep which would mean Spring time or Autumn, not winter and under the pagan winter solstice of methodology. Alright now then, if the sun and moon would suddenly quit shining. If the stars would suddenly fall out of their position, then it’s possible Israel would cease to be a nation, but not until. Do you remember when Abraham was told to count the stars? What do they symbolize? The spiritual nation of Israel, the celestial, is not the sand of the sea which numbers the earthy nation of the Hebrews and mankind together as one in flesh. And to say that the nation of Israel is made up of the spiritual or celestial body is nothing short of tripe as it remains terrestrial.
Jeremiah 31:37a
"Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured,…"
And what did we just hear again in the news this last week? They found another galaxy of some billion-trillion years out into space. Well that’s just a guess, but what does that tell you? How vast the universe is. Human science can’t measure it. But God says:
Jeremiah 31:37b
"…and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD."
So if all that could happen then Israel might cease to be a nation, so it’ll never happen. Now I know most of us who are Biblically oriented are real concerned about the situation in the Middle East. It almost looks as though the life of the Nation of Israel is slowly but surely being snuffed out, the Jewish people actually think that. They think they’re about to lose their country. No, they are not. Now they’re going to be squeezed. They’re going to go through some terrible and horrific times and the Old Testament prophecies that it’s going to come to the place where they will stand totally isolated. All alone with no one to help them, but they’re not going to disappear. And so we can take comfort in that, that the Word of God is steadfast and sure. And they are there.
I trust they are there as a part of the end-time scenario now and it just tells us that the Lord’s coming is getting nearer. As is the end of the time of the Gentiles and their tromping under foot of this nation. I didn’t set it in concrete, but I shouldn’t have even said that much because we can’t even speculate. The end is nearer than it was yesterday and it’s certainly a lot nearer than it was when Israel first declared themselves an independent state in 1948. But we can see that - all the ramifications of the world, the turmoil, the perplexity, the wars.
But just think about it, fifty wars are raging. Forty-eight of them involve the Islam or the Muslim people. And so we find ourselves in a world that’s in turmoil. And it’s not just politics, it’s not just economics, it’s religious. If you’ll go back into history, you’ll find that most of the turmoil all the way back was usually, not always, but usually based on religious differences. But the Nation of Israel, the Hebrews in spite of all the pressure; in spite of all the gloom will never again cease to be a nation. So lets look at verse 37 again.
Jeremiah 31:37
"Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also search out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD."
But it’s not going to happen because the New Covenant which is a covenant set from the eternal Sovereign God and He will never go back on His Word. Alright, back to Hebrews chapter 8 verse 11.
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