Year 6, Day 98: Jeremiah 46

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Discipleship Focus: King

• King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle.  When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king.  Authority comes from Him.  Power comes through His authority.  He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.

Jeremiah now turns to prophesying about the surrounding nations.  Up until now, Jeremiah had only dealt with Judah.  Now that we’ve seen Judah fall in rebellion – as those who weren’t captured fled to Egypt – we turn to the rest of the world and see what God has in store for them.  It’s only fitting that Egypt goes first.  After all, Egypt has been the bane of God’s attempt to work in and through the Hebrew people.

What does God have to say to the Egyptians?  In a quick summary, God wants to tell them the following things:

• The Egyptians think they are powerful.
• The Egyptians have fled from the Babylonians, who are the people that God has raised up to judge the nations and bring His people into humbleness.
• The Egyptians will ultimately fall to Nebuchadnezzar, God’s chosen judge of the nations at this point in time.
• Basically, everything that the Egyptians think is wrong.  Everything God purposes happens.  God is far more powerful than the Egyptians.

This should absolutely sound familiar.  What was God’s point in the Exodus with Moses?  God is king, Pharaoh is not.  What is God’s point with the Hebrew captivity and Nebuchadnezzar as it pertains to Egypt?  God is king, Pharaoh is not.

God is consistent in His message.  He is consistent because He is king.

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