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Day 33 Jeremiah 33 33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus says the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou know not. 4 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. 10 Thus says the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, says the LORD. 12 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that tells them, says the LORD. 14 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. 17 For thus says the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus says the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Consider thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. What is life without hope? You see the world around you and you shake your head at all that is happening, as trouble and chaos happen everywhere. Yet, you do hope. You hope that the next time you turn on the television, open a newspaper, turn on your computer and search the Internet, that you won’t hear any bad news from anywhere, but good news. God told Jeremiah the end had come for all the trouble he was bringing against his people because of their wickedness. He told him he would cleanse their hearts and make them new, and he would be their God and live in their land. God told Jeremiah he would save his people, and would cleanse the land so it would produce for them. No more trouble or heartache. Yet, you still see trouble and chaos in the Middle East. You hear of terrorists who want to destroy and tear down. And you wonder, when this promise is going to be fulfilled. It has already been fulfilled in part. Israel and Judah did return to their land. Before 1948 Jews had been scattered around the world, longing to go home, and they did. In 1948 Israel became a recognized nation and Jews returned home. However, there isn’t a king sitting on a throne in Israel. Instead, Israel has a president and prime minister. One day all that will change. God has never failed to keep his promises. As Christians, you know the day is coming when the trump will sound and Jesus will call all his people to himself, and then the seven years Tribulation of the world will begin. In the end of the Tribulation, in the final war of Armageddon, Satan, will be cast into the Lake of Fire and all those who rejected Jesus as Savior and Lord will be judged. Then, Israel will be saved completely, and Jesus will sit on the throne as KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS. Then there will be a new era of peace such as the world has never known. In the meantime, we are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, to pray for God’s chosen people, as we pray for Jesus’ soon return. Let’s pray: Father, I come before you, thanking you for your promises, which are yea and amen. I pray for Jerusalem and your holy people. I ask for favor on your people and the violence taking place would cease. Father, I look for the clouds to part, to hear the trump of God, and for Jesus’ soon return. Amen, come Lord Jesus. Copyright © 21 November 2017 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay