Dearest e-votees-
Day fifty-six of our cover to cover voyage through the Bible. If you want to see the readings for our trip through the Bible you can follow this link:
Peace,
Karl
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Day 56 Readings: Jeremiah 23:9-33:22
The flavor of today's texts is one of a reluctant warning with a deep, abiding promise attached.
God is clearly intending to send the people into Babylonian exile. There is talk of 70 years of being uprooted and living in a foreign land. But in the midst of those words:
Jeremiah 29:11-13 talks about God knowing the plans for the people, plans to prosper them and not to harm them, plans to give them a hope and a future
Jeremiah 31 has God putting the law in peoples minds and writing it on their hearts establishing a new covenant
Jeremiah 32 has Jeremiah buying a field as a symbol that the exiles will return and will buy and sell property again
Jeremiah 33 has the promise of the covenant with David being unbreakable and that his descendants (like those of Abraham) will be as countless as the beach sands and nighttime stars
Some call Jeremiah a prophet of gloom and doom but these chapters are full of hope and life. Even when God punishes or allows consequences to happen it is with the hope or healing and restoration. God's parenting is like ours on a good day. We want healing and life for our children even when we have to bring to bear something hard for them.
God, help us endure what you allow to happen in your parental wisdom. Help us trust and lean into all of your good and abiding promises. Amen.
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