Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 49:23-50:46. Before Jeremiah was born, he was commissioned by God to prophesy to the nations (Jer 1:5). In Chapter 46, the first of the prophecies to the surrounding heathen nations was recorded regarding Egypt. This...
Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 48:1- 49:22 Jeremiah prophesies ‘woes’ to the Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites. ‘Woe’ is a Biblical term for announcing deep suffering from affliction, calamity, or ruinous trouble. Like Jerusalem of Judah, the proud...
Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 44:24- 47:7 The Judean remnant, the people who deceived themselves (Jer 37:9), and deceived Jeremiah into thinking that they were sincere in their intentions to find out the will of God and to do it (Jer 42:2), once...
Oct 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 42:1-44:23; You would have thought that the indisputable fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecies would have convinced everyone that he was a true prophet of God. But no. They ask for his counsel but refuse to heed it....
Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 39:1-41:18 Today’s reading covers the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians and the aftermath. Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, came to the throne after his two older brothers, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, and his nephew...
