Read: Lamentations 4:1-5:22; Hebrews 2:1-18; Psalm 103:1-22; Provers 26:23
Jeremiah describes the condition of Jerusalem. The city is dying from starvation, the once rich are destitute and homeless, children beg for food and no one gives them any, loving mothers have cooked their own children for food. It couldn’t get any worse. No nation would come to their rescue because God was against them. Their sin and wickedness was being exposed and there was no more hiding or hoping. One day, their punishment would be over and God would be able to bless them once again.
Hebrew warns us to pay attention to what God has told us in the past because if God punished his angels, he will punish us. One third of heaven’s angels rebelled with Lucifer and fell. They were banished to earth until creation. That same punishment will be given to all who refuse to accept the great salvation God sent through his son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus, who was so much higher than the angels humbled himself to come down and become a man. God sent him to do his works on the earth and made everything subject to him. He was to experience death so he could destroy the devil who had the power of death, and deliver us who were in bondage to death. He also chose to become a human so he could experience temptation and pain so he could one day be a merciful high priest who understands the frailty of man.
Our trials are not a punishment from God but a way for us to learn our frailty and learn to have compassion on others when they go through trials. Jesus experienced all the pains of life that he might be merciful to our weaknesses. He is the perfect high priest.
Lord, help us to be compassionate towards others going through difficult times remembering our own experiences. You are the one who can comfort and help us in our struggles.
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