Read: Jeremiah 31:15-41; 49:34 - 51:14:16-17
If you are praying for a wayward child Jeremiah has some great promises to pray. “Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you. Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy. Their is hope for your future. Your children will come again to their own land.” Jeremiah 31:16.
God had used Babylon to punish the nations for their sin and now it was time to punish Babylon, the great whore. He was going to send the Medes from the north. Mede means “my garment”. The Medes were the garment God was using to cover the earth with his glory and power. This is a picture of God’s end-time judgement when he will judge Mystery Babylon in Revelation 17. Both Jeremiah 51:7 and Revelation 17:4 talk about a golden cup full of abominations and filthiness that made the nations drunk. Jeremiah promises that the Lord will fulfill all his plans against Babylon. In Revelation 18 it says that Babylon will fall because it had become the habitation of devils. To the people of Israel, Jeremiah tells them to get out of Babylon and flee back to their own land. In Revelation 17:4, God tells his people to come out of her and to not partake in her sins. So we see that the days of Jeremiah parallel the end times.
God does this over and over. He repeats history to give us something to relate to. The end judgment will supersede any judgment that has gone before but it is God’s way of preparing us and letting us know he is serious. We need to wake up to what is going on in the world and in the heavenly realm. God is speaking loudly to his children to repent and turn to them with their whole heart. Nothing we do should be done without asking him first. Our life is his and we are his. We need to live like we believe that. I am speaking to myself.
Lord, help us be mindful of the things you are mindful of. Forgive us of our pettiness and selfishness. Awaken your Bride! Awaken your Church!
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