Read: Jeremiah 49-50
Reading today’s reading reminds me of WW2. So many nations that were once mighty and strong toppled and weak America immerged the strong nation. In a moment, God can bring down the mightiest of nations and raise up a new one in its place. Today we read the fall of
Rabbah of the Ammonites. Rabbah means “great”. It was great and I’m sure no one could see it every falling, but it did. Others that fell were Heshbon which means “reason” and Ai which means “heap of ruins”. The Edomites had been long enemies of Israel but they were to be overthrown.
Jeremiah even spoke against Babylon and the Chaldeans. This is a picture of the end times. Revelation 18 speaks of the fall of Babylon in the end. She had lived deliciously and boasted that she would see no sorrow. Bel and Merodach were names of the gods they served. They will be broken to pieces. A nation out of the north will come and take her. The next verse tells who that nation is. it is the children of Isreal and Judah. In the last days it will be Jesus with his army coming down from the north of heaven. The king of Babylon will be punished as Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and the children of God will inherit the land. Sin and iniquity will not be found.
Lord, you are our Redeemer and you are strong!
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