DAY 234 Read Jeremiah 32:26-44; Chapter 33; Ezekiel 24 and 25.
Memory gem: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3).
Thought for today:
The prophet Jeremiah was at one time shut up in prison by the king of Judah, while Jerusalem was being besieged by the armies of Babylon. It was a dark and terrible time. In this discouraging hour, the word of God came to Jeremiah in the prison where he was confined. Here is the message:
"Thus saith the Lord, the maker thereof [that is, the maker of heavens and earth], the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:2, 3). The original words for "great and mighty things" mean literally "incomprehensible" or "mysterious" or "hidden" things.
God did show wonderful things, hidden things, which the world did not yet know because these events had not yet happened. But God, who sees the end from the beginning, sees the future as well as He knows the past, better than we know it. The prophecies of Holy Scripture outline many of the events of the future in order to give us faith in the Word of God.
As was said by a wise men centuries ago, "Man proposes, but God disposes." There are many things contained in the Bible which skeptics have denied and held up to ridicule. But later on, after the excavation of some biblical site, the Bible statements have been proved true.
My friend, you can trust the Bible. You can lean hard upon it, and it will not fail you.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Ezekiel 24:6. "Scum"--better: rust. The words represent Jerusalem as an iron pot corroded with rust.
Ezekiel 24:17. "Bread of men"--probably meaning a funeral feast.
Memory gem: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3).
Thought for today:
The prophet Jeremiah was at one time shut up in prison by the king of Judah, while Jerusalem was being besieged by the armies of Babylon. It was a dark and terrible time. In this discouraging hour, the word of God came to Jeremiah in the prison where he was confined. Here is the message:
"Thus saith the Lord, the maker thereof [that is, the maker of heavens and earth], the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:2, 3). The original words for "great and mighty things" mean literally "incomprehensible" or "mysterious" or "hidden" things.
God did show wonderful things, hidden things, which the world did not yet know because these events had not yet happened. But God, who sees the end from the beginning, sees the future as well as He knows the past, better than we know it. The prophecies of Holy Scripture outline many of the events of the future in order to give us faith in the Word of God.
As was said by a wise men centuries ago, "Man proposes, but God disposes." There are many things contained in the Bible which skeptics have denied and held up to ridicule. But later on, after the excavation of some biblical site, the Bible statements have been proved true.
My friend, you can trust the Bible. You can lean hard upon it, and it will not fail you.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Ezekiel 24:6. "Scum"--better: rust. The words represent Jerusalem as an iron pot corroded with rust.
Ezekiel 24:17. "Bread of men"--probably meaning a funeral feast.
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