The Boiling Pot

Jeremiah 1 - 16

I will utter my judgements against them touching all their wickedness.

Because they have forsaken Me,

Burned incense to other Gods,

And worshipped the work of their own hands.

Ouch, a prophet's warning as relevant today as in his lifetime 626 - 586 - B.C.   Failure to repent will lead to destruction.

We no longer worship a golden calf, our idolatry is the pursuit of wealth, talent, position, different names but the sin remains the same.   The corruption of innocent minds continues unabated as children  in the state school system are educated in the values of this world in direct opposition to God's Holy Word.

Matthew 18  - 6

Yeshua (Jesus) warned - "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 

People don't like the Jeremiah's of this world they are uncomfortable to be around.
They say "isn't he the eternal pessimist, obviously suffering from depression or has mental problems?   we don't want gloom and doom,  we only get one chance in life, there's no second time around, once you're dead that's it.    REALLY!!

Jeremiah 1 - 13 - 14

And the word of the Lord came to me the second time,

saying "What do you see? And I said, "I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north"

Then the Lord said to me: "Out of the north calamity shall break forth.

(study note:  the boiling pot - judgement and calamity)

If you disturb the hornets nest there are consequences.   The outcome in the Middle East was written centuries ago and those who take the time to study the bible or historical records cannot deny the fact that most prophesies regarding this region have been fulfilled, few remain.   

The "head in the sand" mentality remained very much alive until the events of this week.   Maybe now, with the merciless butchering of a young soldier on a street in London people will realise the enemy is amongst us and we are paying the price for "poking a stick" in that particular nest of hornets.

And we are surely not without historical blood on our hands.   This country is guilty of equally appalling cruelty.   Centuries ago many suffered imprisonment,  decapitation, were hung, drawn and quartered, burnt at the stake in the name of monarch, state or religion or in the equally heinous act of murdering indigenous people as this country built an empire.   NOT IN MY NAME.   The blood of the innocents cries out to God.    Lyrics of a popular song suggest " God is watching us from a distance". 

God is outside our concept of time but there is a sense that the end game is finally being played out, time is short.   

But it's not too late, there is Hope.   Time to bow the knee. 

2 CHRONICLES 7 - 14

IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES,

AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS,

THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN

AND HEAL THEIR LAND.

SHALOM.