Read: Lamentations 2:20-3:66; Hebrews 1:1-14; Psalm 102:1-28; Proverbs 26:21-22
Times were so bad that Jeremiah questioned God where they would get their next meal. Would they have to become cannibals? Daily they watched their young, old and strongest dies of famine and war.
It was too late to pray for deliverance. They were paying the price of their rebellion. Their life was so bitter, they couldn’t even remember the good ole days of prosperity. In the midst of all the devastation Jeremiah had a glimpse of hope. They were not all consumed because God is love and his compassions never fail; they are new every morning.
Jeremiah had to encourage himself in the Lord. He proclaimed that God was his portion and he would wait for him to move. God had a set time and then his blessing would flow once again. In the meantime, their enemies were making the most of their calamities.
I love Hebrews! No one knows who wrote Hebrews but I wonder if it didn’t come from the conversation Jesus had with the two men on the way to Amaeus. He had just died on the cross and risen when he met them and explained the scriptures from Moses till then. Hebrews is theology straight from heaven.
The writer starts out explaining how God spoke though the prophets in the Old Testament but now his spokesman is Jesus. God and Jesus created everything in the universe. Don’t you know they had fun doing that!
Jesus competed his work and was rewarded to sit on the right hand of God becoming more superior to all the angels. Jesus had to earn his inheritance and his right to reign.
What will it look like when the earth and the sky are rolled up like a garment and totally changed?
Hebrews talks much about angels. They are sent to serve us on earth as God’s children just as they served Jesus when he walked the earth.
When we read our Psalm today we see where Hebrews gets its quotes.
Lord, when we are in distress, help us to remember to wait on you to come because you are faithful.
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