This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.’ Jeremiah 30:2 (Jeremiah 23:1-8, 30, 31, and 33)
The political winds of Babylon would soon change and God was going to work miracles in the world of His covenant people. He commanded Jeremiah to write down all His words so that coincidence and happenstance would not be credited for His purposeful work on man’s behalf.
The message given to the prophet is two fold. God plans to reestablish Israel as a unified nation, and the captivity and oppression the Judah is temporary. This new kingdom will last forever and be defined with perfect justice and everlasting peace. In detail it is described by Jeremiah and Isaiah. It is not the world power some are looking for, but it is the hope we all need, a new covenant made by the Creator that becomes the Savior.
While Jeremiah is writing the very breath of God for us to know, he is under house arrest in a besieged Jerusalem with false prophets maligning his every effort to direct the people back to God. God assures him there will be a day of reckoning for those who use God’s name to propel their personal agenda. Don’t use God’s name if you are not speaking clear Biblical truth and pointing people toward His hope and eternal life.
Love,
Gretchen