Presents
Pamphlet #7047
Jeremiah, with Royal Seed for Replanting, Escapes
Soon a man named Johanan replaced Ishmael as leader.
And in fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar and the
Chaldean army, they appealed to the prophet,
"and said unto Jeremiah the
prophet,
Let, we beseech thee, our supplication
be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God...
that the Lord thy God may show
us the way wherein we may walk" (Jeremiah 42:2-3).
The word of the Lord came to
Jeremiah, and he told them not to fear, that he would protect and deliver
them.
But the people wanted to flee to Egypt.
This the Lord warned them not to do.
If they did,
the sword of Nebuchadnezzar,
which they feared, would overtake them there and they would die (Jeremiah
42:7-16).
But, as people usually
do, they rejected God's warning.
"Thou speakest falsely," Johanan
answered (Jeremiah 48:2-3).
And so Johanan "took all the
remnant .......
even men, and women, and children,
and the king's daughters...
and Jeremiah the prophet, and
Baruch the son of Neriah, Jeremiah's scribe, or secretary.
So they came into the land of
Egypt" (Jeremiah 48:5-7).
Baruch was Jeremiah's constant
companion and secretary.
It is important to note here
God's promise of protection to him:
"Thus saith the Lord, the God
of Israel, unto thee, o Baruch...
Behold, that which I have built
I will break down,
and that which I have planted
I will pluck up,
even this whole but thy life
will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest" (Jeremiah
45:2-5).
His
life, like Jeremiah's, was under divine protection!
On reaching Egypt, God warned these Jews again through
Jeremiah
that they would die there by the sword and famine,
and "none
shall return but such as shall escape" (Jeremiah 44:12-14).
Yes,
A few in this company are under divine protection. A divine mission is
to be performed. They shall escape!
The Lord continues: "Yet a small
number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into
the land of Judah"
(Jeremiah 44:28).
Jeremiah, Baruch, and the royal seed for replanting and rebuilding David's throne, all under divine protection, were to escape, and return to the land of Judah.
Then Jeremiah and his company were to journey to a strange land which they knew not (Jeremiah 15:11-14).
Now let Isaiah complete this
prophecy:
"For out of Jerusalem shall
go forth a remnant,
and they that escape out of
Mount Zion:
the zeal of the Lord of Hosts
shall do this.
And the remnant that escaped
of the house of Judah shall again take root downward,
and bear fruit upward" (Isaiah
37:32, 31).
A
remnant of Judah survived the Assyrian onslaught in Isaiah's day,
as
did a remnant in Jeremiah's day.
This prophecy, like many, is dual.
This remnant with Jeremiah and
at least one of the king's daughters shall take root downward!
That
is, be replanted! And then bear fruit upward!
Be built!
Has
God failed in his solemn covenant to keep alive David's throne?
Where
was this planting and building?
Can
we find it in God's Word?
We
can!
The
place and the people, among whom the throne was reestablished, are clearly
identified!
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