Read: Lamentations 2:20-3:66; Hebrews 1:1-14; Psalm 102:1-28; Proverbs 26:21-22
Jerusalem wails in anguish because of the siege. They are starving to the point of eating their own children. They finally realize their prophets have lied to them, except God’s prophets. Jeremiah is suffering with them but his hope is in the Lord’s love. He is living one day at a time through the power of what he knows of God’s compassion. He encourages others to examine their ways and return to the Lord. He reminds them that God’s anger will last for a while, but his compassion for ever.
Jeremiah uses his own experience as a picture of hope for the people. He retells when he was thrown into the cistern and given up for dead. But in that pit he cried out to the Lord and the Lord heard him and delivered him out of it. God will do the same for them if they would cry out to Him. And, God will do the same for us when we cry out to Him for help.
I love Hebrews! In the Old Testament, God is revealed, but he can’t stop talking about his son, Jesus; but in the New Testament, Jesus is revealed but he can’t stop talking about his Father. Hebrews comes along and melts both of them together. Jesus is the glory of God exalted as his son. No angel has ever been called this intimate name of “son”. Jesus is the exact representation of God. Hebrews explains how Jesus and God created the heavens and the earth together and one day it will be time to roll them up and create new ones.
Hebrew also says much about angels. They are to minister to the ones God has chosen to inherit salvation. That is us!
Hebrews draws scripture from all over the Bible to bring it all together. Even our Psalm today is quoted in Hebrews.
Lord, help us to be your representation on earth as Jesus was when he walked the earth.
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