Date: 11 Jun 2002
Time: 09:42:58
Desperate times require deperate measures. More often than not God has to use inticements and set ups of sorts to get His would be prophets into the place where he can place His burden on them and use them to speak to a backward people.
Looking at Jeremiahs heart cry to God, we can be assured that when the Lord sets us up and puts us in an impossible situation with a burdening message of impending doom, we can know that inspite of the oppostion, the reproaches, the threats of death, and even brutal attacks, that God is with us, even being our dread warrior.
Once all the deals are done and the trials are past, it's the Lord who has the final say. He upholds those who stand for Him, giving an inheritence in the land and brings fierce retrobution to the wicked.
In these last days the Lord is raising up Jeremiahs, men, women and children, showing them the abominable deeds that men do in the secret chambers of their dark world, giving them a powerful message of rebuke and calling them to repentance and faith in Christ, with great signs and wonders.
Those of us who are part of the body who may not see or fully understand these burdens must not be so judgemental and critical, rather must uphold and pray for these oracles, because Lord knows they need it.
So praise the Lord you who carry these burning fires in your bones, be bold and speak the words of the Almighty, khowing that the Lord upholds you.
El Gallo in So cal
Date: 16 Jun 2002
Time: 17:44:45
In my translaton of this passage, the word "terror" jumps out at me. I love Jeremiah's passionate involvement in God's will for him, that continues even though he is reviled. But I hate the terror words and the terror acts, by Jeremiah's enemies and by God in retribution. They are too close a parallel to today's international terror. If Jeremiah can talk back to God in his desperation, can we? bpa,N.Y.State
Date: 17 Jun 2002
Time: 09:16:03
It seems to me that Jeremiah feels like he's stuck in a no win situation. On the one hand, if he's obedient and speaks God's word to the people, the people, including his friends, think he's an idiot and make fun of him. On the other hand, if he doesn't speak out in obedience he feels as if there's a fire in his bones. He's miserable in either case.
To speak or not to speak, that is the question. What is the answer? Look at verse 11. Jeremiah looks to God to take care of those that are treating him bad. It seems to me that he's come to peace with the fact that God will deal with those who ridicule him. They will get theirs. His concern is to be faithful to the One who is unwaveringly faithful to him.
eb in KY
Date: 21 Jun 2002
Time: 11:46:34
"It seems to me that Jeremiah feels like he's stuck in a no win situation."
Do you suppose he was in parish ministry?
Date: 22 Jun 2002
Time: 21:17:13
Someone needs to find a hippo that Leo can spank.
Date: 14 Sep 2003
Time: 01:37:14
the word translated here as "enticed" is a misnomer. In the original texts, it is translated from the original word for "fooled" or "decieved" Indeed this is how it is translated in most biblical versions. This would indicated Lord Yahweh's role as the great deceiver - who Jesus had tried to warn the people about.