Jeremiah 33:1-3 ~ Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known †

 

Jeremiah 33:1-3

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah 

a second time,

while he was still shut up in the court of the guard

“Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name: 

 Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."

We will walk by faith. And then the Lord begins to reveal clues, many found in this century, to shine a light on the path of walking by faith. Was Jeremiah saved?  Most people would certainly and deeply want to know. What clues will we find? 

Jeremiah's story is one I particularly feel great admiration, interest and deep respect for the historic and turbulent time Jeremiah carried this weight with the Living God. So incredibly recorded by the Word of God and the Babylonian Chaldean Empire of Nebuchadnezzar II.

We all raise our hands and hearts, Jeremiah, Servant of the Lord, to remain in God's Promises of safety and comfort. Thrive Jeremiah, thrive. 

Jeremiah did very much, indeed, did see great and hidden things, he did not know. And he said, "Oh, Lord, no, thank You, but I am just too young to do this." 

Not what we would want broadcast on our lives or resume. 

God tends to show us, all the people of the Bible say words - have emotions, tremendous upset, rudeness, laziness, selfishness, and attitudes they prefer the Lord not to show. The Mother of God told Jesus to get home immediately, He looked crazy, ill. And she lost Him, on several occasions, on various levels. Jesus even refused to bless Mary for feeding Him as an infant and saving His Unborn self. Saying, Blessed instead are those doing the Word of God. When Mary told, all the world, she would be blessed, she might not have realized The Lord meant shown as an actual, errant, frail, foolish and selfish human being with great bravery and warmth.  Mary shows us, the Shepherds went home. The birth in a barn, no real invitation to warmth. Even Christmas, for this Amazingly Blessed Event, had discomfort.

Mary is the chosen Mother of God and, probably, is the one, having saved Jesus' life more than twice and going the entire distance - Mary, most likely, is the one who sits at the Right Hand of Jesus Christ in Heaven. And God has shown her to be flawed and needing Jesus for Salvation. We are worthy to be loved, in His Heart and His Steadfast Love. 

No human being will be the golden example of God. Do not look to humans to be saved.

Salvation is the work of God. 

The Gift of Salvation is His redeeming and forgiving Grace.  Moses did not enter the goal of the Exodus. Because this was a work of the Lord's. St. Jerome was never the Pope.  John, The Beloved Disciple, his life wasn't considered to be Vatican. David did not wear a Halo.  Evah. Mary, had a marriage, a husband and children. And Mary's twice reported, stellar and seamless family in the Gospels, did not follow Jesus or carry signs saying, "Good Job, Jesus." Or even wait beside the lines of people with a glass of water. 

Discomfort.

Where was Baruch's Bulla found?

In the stone prison pit, in David's Palace

dropped into Jeremiah's time in the Court of the Guard.

A stone hole in the ground.

Reminds us of ? !

To find Greater Joy and Comfort. 

In the Realm of God, 

Forever unto Eternity.

 I will answer you, 

and will tell you great and hidden things 

that you have not known.

Jeremiah 1

18 And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, 

an iron pillar, and bronze walls, 

against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.

What did Jeremiah think of God's Offer?

Metal was not a product of Judea.  A product of the U.K. during the Bronze Age. Not many metal Pillars. Not a building material. Which was probably a point the Lord was making, about sinking or building. Not how we would want our lives to be explained, as our goal.

Jeremiah 30:10

'Fear not, 

O Jacob My servant,' 

Declares the LORD, 

'And do not be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, 

I will save you from afar 

And your offspring from the land of their captivity. 

And Jacob will return 

and will be quiet and at ease, 

And no one will make him afraid.

11'For I am with you,' 

Declares the LORD, 

'to save you

For I will destroy completely all the nations 

where I have scattered you

Only I 

will not destroy you completely. 

But I will chasten you justly

 And will by no means leave you unpunished.'

The Remnant

Jeremiah is shown to have been writing to the Judean captives, Nebuchadnezzar had proclaimed them not to be called slaves, not captives, but exiles. Emperor Nebuchadnezzar II hoped to learn from the ways of God and bring them to the Babylonian Chaldean Empire. Jeremiah 25 is encoded to hide Babylon from those not entirely familiar with the Ascending Hebrew Alphabet. To Rise Up To The Lord.   

And Jeremiah 29 discusses with the exiles their problems and struggles living in captivity. Jeremiah was in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39

Freedom of the Captives from the 2nd Exodus

17 But I will deliver you on that day, 

Declares the Lord

And you shall not be given 

into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. 

I discussed Jeremiah one day with a friend of ours, who has been to Seminary. And he said, this is one of the mysteries of the Word of God. What happened to Jeremiah? According to the Word of God, He leaves Jeremiah being hauled off, against his will, to see what the ancient Egyptian enemy of Israel and Judea, will do with the remnants. And it's an unwise, regrettable, extreme and foolish idea to travel to do this, but he is taken by force to Egypt. By the people who are arrogant to have ignored Jeremiah for years, but suddenly feel that Jeremiah should live or die with them. Not a congenial invitation. And this is where the Word of God's Holy Spirit concludes the life of Jeremiah.

History, of course, continues. And what is history? The victors write history, yes, but. And then you find the Ipuwur, of Ancient Days, explaining the Exodus from the view point of the everyday journalist explaining fear and politics. Not ever hoping for the Pharaoh to return. That Pharaoh had no plan, whatsoever, about frogs, blood of the Nile, Hurricanes that are a pillar of fire. Letting the servants/slaves go with expensive gifts from their masters. Plague. Hail on fire, killing all the crops and livestock. Surely, if man had a plan for the Hand of God's Plan. The utter and complete devastation of the known world. The end of water, food, health, weather, crops, livestock, enslaved population carried off by the weirdest weather ever known. Flaming hail from the sky. And what happens? The army is utterly taken, but in rolls the Pharaoh as the last survivor. And you find this in the tomb of Setti II. Who was not quite the victor. And history records what it was like to have grown up with Mose. Mosie. Moses. (Bob. Bobbie. Salt Papyrus 124)

Salt Papyrus 124 Up Close - Very Clear

The Papyrus discussing Moses.
British Museum EA 10055, if only this was still displayed. And not put in the vault by the judgement of men. Who write explanations about the "cartoons" of Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini. 

Late 19th dynasty, c. 1200 BC 1200 BC 1200 BC 1200 BC 1200 BC 1200 BC
From Deir el-Medina
The papyrus contains the petition of problems of Amennakhte = Mose

Seti II - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seti_II

What would David and Michelangelo say to the word, "cartoon."

The judgement of men. Who write explanations about the "cartoons"  of Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini. Can this even be fathomed? This new term of 'cartoon'. As if this isn't cynical and sinister.  No, of course not a judgmental word, spit it out ....."cartoon."

18 For I will surely save you, 

and you shall not fall by the sword, 

but you shall have your life as a prize of war, 

because you have put your trust in me,

Declares the Lord.

When the Babylonian Captivity was released, we discovered in the 1960s, the remnant God specifically promised, left the DNA of the Tribes. As much DNA as found today of the tribes of Israel. The Remnant left in Jerusalem after the 3 raids of Nebuchadnezzar II carrying off Judah, was not total. People lived and worshiped, in the remains of Jerusalem. Fulfilling His Word.

What these people survived!  

And then you have to ask yourself       why would God end the story of Jeremiah doing a work of God 

That museums used to hope to glimpse and endlessly discuss how to see?  And possibly take from the country of origin? And, then acquire to own. Then decades, later, label as cartoons? Or hide in a library hidden from view.

So you have to ask yourself .....    Why would God end the story of Jeremiah doing a work of God and taken to Egypt.

Back to the comparison we gave of Mary.  

Mary is pregnant, taken on a life ending, probably, donkey ride of 80 miles to Bethlehem to give birth, where women end their lives in childbirth, into a stable.  And she endures the waiting to see if Joseph will divorce their betrothal and she will be stoned to death. And then the Shepherds arrive to tell her, no, really, they saw the Angels too. 

Smile. So you are a Jewish, girl, teenager, who made the best marriage possible. 

You are the poor, side of the descendants of David.  Who has been taken to enough gatherings as a descendant of David to see the lofty disdain of the ultra king, king, king, king 14 generations of Davidic kings' nobility. And your father's name is ... Heli. The "hell of I"? Remember, this IS the Bible and names are important! Heli succeeded in linking his daughter and his lineage back to the king side of the Davidic Line.  And Mary knows, time to get out of Nazareth fast, "with great haste" and visit Elizabeth. 'Dad, today I saw an Angel and he said, I'm pregnant.' And that ends ....the building Joseph has been doing on the family house. Yes, you bet, the building stops.  And Mary "leaves with haste" to visit the more understanding family. And then, no marriage, to the hugely Pregnant Mary, just 'a good luck on that donkey, hussy. ' And the barn first birth. Yeah, good luck. Hussy.

Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you sit in wonder on that Stable in Bethlehem with blood, umbilical cord, straw. Animals and what they drop on the floor. Feed, and the critters who want to eat the animal feed. Possibly, a barn cat and all the cat equipment.  And sitting next to Joseph, who probably got you out of Nazareth - to save your life from Heli, good reason. And Joseph says, says, says he believes you, but there has not been a marriage ceremony. Did I see Gabriel? Wow, that's a lot of blood on the floor. What's going to happen next?

And you... the Jewish girl... sitting next to Heli's ideal marriage catch. With this Baby, called Jesus. And, thankfully, Shepherds rush in to confirm - yes - Angels are Announcing.  And Mary pondered these things in her heart. Yes. Thank You, Lord God. Thank You, Jesus. A fair and realistic response to - what in the world - just happened.  

Exodus. The Exodus of Mary's life, Mary's entire LIFE, when Jesus is born.

What would Mary say to us at this precipice?  Wouldn't she have trepidation? Her soul would be vastly blessed and vastly hormonal and vastly troubled? Thank God for the Shepherds confirming her vision.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.  “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. 

Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

The Voice of Scripture isn't just the man writing down ideas. 

There is far more going on even in the lack of punctuation.

What happened to Jeremiah? 

“I've read the last page of the Bible, it's all going to turn out all right.” 

― Billy Graham

History of the Jews, not Scripture, provides the information the delegation arrived at the gates of the Great Hall of Egyptian Governing. And as they waited on the steps, like the Vatican being struck by lightning, an earthquake struck the delegation and many were killed. No list of names is provided, we can be quite sure. Not even Nebo-Sarsekim, who rescued Jeremiah during Nebuchadnezzar II's war invasion of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 39:3. And in the Babylonian

Cuneiform. 

History does not tell us Jeremiah perished in Egypt!

Hebrews 11:6 

And without faith it is impossible to please him, 

for whoever would draw near to God 

must believe that He exists 

and 

that He rewards those who seek Him.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, 

the conviction of things not seen.

Mark 11:22-24 

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 

‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ 

and does not doubt in his heart, 

but believes that what He says will come to pass, 

it will be done for him. 

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, 

believe that you have received it, 

and it will be yours.

2 Corinthians 5:7

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Proverbs 3:5-6 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 

and do not lean on your own understanding. 

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Luke 1:37 

For nothing will be impossible with God. 

What happened to Jeremiah? 

Hebrews 6:18 

God cannot lie when He makes a promise, 

and He cannot lie when he makes an oath.

Hebrews 6

17 So when God desired to show more convincingly 

to the heirs of the promise 

the unchangeable character 

of His purpose, 

He guaranteed it with an oath, 

18 so that by two unchangeable things, 

in which it is 

impossible 

for God to lie, 

we who have fled for refuge 

might have strong encouragement 

to hold fast 

to the hope 

set before 

us.

  

Terrace gardening was started after the Exodus,

to find areas catching the rainfall.

And can be seen today in Israel.

Jeremiah 46

27 “But fear not, O Jacob my servant,

nor be dismayed, O Israel;

for lo, I will save you from afar,

and your offspring from the land of their captivity.

Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,

and none shall make him afraid.

Abba, Father,

Jacob knew the Blessings of God

are for ALL his children. 

The House of the Lord

is where You dwell. 

Both the Church and the soul

asking Jesus Christ to dwell.

The Psalm 122 

is for Israel

and for Jeremiah

and for you

and for me

in Jesus Christ.

To Believe in our heart

and declare

Jesus is the Lord.

I was glad when they said to me, 

 “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” 

Our feet have been standing within your gates, 

O Jerusalem! 

 Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, 

to which the tribes go 

up,

 the tribes of the Lord, 

as was decreed for Israel

To give thanks 

To the Name of the Lord. 

There thrones for judgment were set, 

 the thrones of the house of David. 

 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! 

 “May they be secure who love you! 

Peace be within your walls 

 and 

security within your towers!

For my brothers and companions' sake 

 I will say, “Peace be within you!”

 

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, 

 I will seek your good.

 The Lord,

The Lord

The Lord!!!

 A God merciful and gracious, 

slow to anger, 

and Abounding 

in steadfast love and faithfulness, 

keeping steadfast love for thousands,

forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, 

but who will by no means clear the guilty.

He Likes us,

He Really, Really Likes us

Like Sally Field, in the 4th Row.

Thank You, Father,

Dwell in me,

Dwell in those I love and fill them with Your Love and

Hope and Glory.

All Your Promises.

Help us to Seek You First.

We pray strongly and diligently for the child in Wilmer, Texas,

the child abduction,

the 10-year-old boy

to be returned

unharmed to his family.

Let Psalm 122 be theirs.

And in Jesus Christ, we will finish well.

Please Lord,

I want to stop coughing now

and run on Joy.

The Lord 

The Lord

The Lord

Jesus Christ is His Holy Name.

AMEN.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Genesis 2 10-12

A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, 

and there it divided 

and became four rivers. 

The name of the first is the Pishon. 

It is the one 

that flowed 

around the whole land of Havilah, 

where there is gold. 

And the gold of that land is good 

Roads of Heaven

Thank You, Lord Jesus

You are God 

Psalm 100 ~ With Gladness

 

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, 

all 

the earth!

2 Serve the LORD with gladness!

Come into His presence with singing!

3 Know that the LORD, he is God! 

It is He who made us, not we ourselves and we are His

we are His people,

and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving,

and His courts with praise!

Give thanks to Him; 

Bless His name!

5 For the LORD is good;

His Steadfast Love endures forever,

and His faithfulness to all generations.

When we put Scripture on Shirts, bumpers, photos and art, we have to stop and Capitalize the Words referring to God. Jesus told us He has humility and did the Father's Plan. As Easter approaches, I am again amazed at how willing God our Father is to have us near Him. He had Aaron throw blood around the Holy of Holies. Father God has an earnest and all-seeing understanding to the mess of humanity. John 21. I stand in perpetual awe Jesus is abandoned by the men who have seen what the Prophets and so very, very many longed to look. And His response is to make them breakfast. Where they promptly squabble and ask positions and favors and the taking of favors from others.

Solomon in all his Glory was praised for not wanting harm but blessing. Oh, the Glories of Spring Break and the work of being on a vacation with the ones you love. My Reverend Step-Grandfather would say, "Hell is going on vacation with the ones you love, in a small car."


Now let's step back and say - the Glory of Jesus. Not just anyone - Jesus Christ, our Messiah and Savior, making breakfast for errant people.

The Joy of getting up on Sundays and going to Church to praise God. 

For wellness. For people to love. For errant people. To experience the joy of messages many years old - Living - to experience and feel and be blessed by God our Father for His Lavish Love.

This week, I'd like your prayers, I have fever, rattling sinus, cough and intestines. A Virus. Had a small fever. And in this time, I am feeling some strong gratitude. This is just a virus. A passing thing. My back is on the mend and was painful. I've had allergies before and felt much more miserable. And headaches. Blessedly Free. Time to rest and see my backyard green, mild orange, to yellow up by the minute. The birds flying. The dog sitting happily next to my whooping cough. Ah, to live in the era of menthol cough drops.

I like Sermons and with this internet age, I am blessed to hear a Sermon any time I want one. Lent is a particularly good time to listen to Sermons. Sermons from the good believers I'm blessed to hear - are from the heart. And are like a good conversation around a table.


And as you listen to souls revealed - my heart is profoundly touched. My soul blessed. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

Thanksgiving, Holy Days Travel are not just little children and families. It's college and grad school. It's vacation while things are hopping. Solving of puzzles on how to connect. Overcoming and overcoming and overcoming - Just Like the Gospels Jesus has given us. 

We can plod along, or we can raise up our eyes, deal with all the realities with vim and vigor and Jesus. We can Shine. Pivot - give, good measure running forward. Not indiscriminately, not unwisely. But with Love.

I heard a great and realistic Sermon on families and the joys and sorrows of being in a family.
The Scriptures have this exact message, with Paul and Peter getting good and glum. Mary is announced to have a baby and Matthew 2 tells us this is Said He will be a Nazarene - a strict look at diet and ways of God - named before Jesus arrived - of the town Jesus would live in. Nazareth. God has unique coincidences, He calls a Plan. Remember with me - real life - real Scripture - Mary complained. The Bible is GOOD. And after Mary complained - she lived in Nazareth. Wow. Then again, Mary complained Jesus needed to come home pronto. Wow.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For everything there is a season, 

and a time for every matter under heaven.

Two of my college roommates moved as children to live in Hawaii. You know, some grandparents were jim-dandy-thrilled. They had to move home, Hawaii was just too routine. Too lush. Too much of the same. One of our favorite and godly late 20s and early 30s told us he really, really, really did not like his parents from about age 20 to 30. Yada yada yada, tell me how I'm different than you. Explain my life. And he is the Prodigal Son.

My father and his mother did not get along. She tried excessively and he enjoyed being plain snotty. Her life consisted of listening to us and trying to solve a problem. Daddy moved on after 25 years of good marriage. Grandmother did not. 3 of 4 of her great-grandchildren are named after her. Daddy said some very, very unbecoming things about Grandmother. He did not win the argument, in the long run.

Look at Psalm 100.

Rejoice. Glory to God for teaching us where we are Blessed and being Blessing Finders.

There are plenty of people who make life better for their participation.

Sometimes, like my "Grandmother", they are unsung. My father was her only child.

God assures us this.

Again

Again

Again

Again

Again

Again.

Troubles will arrive. 

Overcoming is a process just like the incredible amount of physical time and seasons in the Prodigal's Son Return.

Our Glory arrives from our Promises from God. Himself. Our Father who abundantly, lavishly, unendingly is going to arrive and fix breakfast while we moan at the Face of God in Victory of the Eternal Kingdom where we Live - today.

Our identity is fixed. 

Our salvation in belief is Secure. 

Our eternity is not our knee, our foot, our brain. 

Our Eternity is present today in our temporary body. 

Your Soul is a gift to you from our Father God the Almighty. Eternal property

 - I'd hazard a guess is shaped like this:

Our willing hands work and we will see the Blessings of God Himself.

God's Mercies Renew each day. 

It's grand when this is the early morning - but sometimes we find this Wind of the Holy Spirit any time of Day. It wouldn't surprise me - knowing Jesus - to know this Upsweep of Mercy - is always available in Jesus.

God is a Father, Himself. He tells us in Ephesians - families live together.

Abba, Father,

Because of Jesus,

His Life,

His Love,

His Glory,

We know You, Father.

In Jesus Christ, we will

Take firm hold 

of 

Your Faith.

Cover any problem you have with the Rock 

the people carried around in Exodus for water. 

A Giant Rock being carried around in the desert. 

Get happy. 

We are the Easter People 

and 

God has allowed us the Extreme Mercy 

of placing our Rock by prayer. 

And upon this Rock, I will climb to pray. 

The rock has stairs and is open for all. 

Jesus Christ, Living Water and Rock of our Foundation. 

Waters perpetually flowing. 

God Abundantly being God Almighty Father God 

- doing more than we could ask or even - - - imagine. 

These waters do not turn off. 

Our Prayers are welcomed by our Father

 - and yet - 

Expressly Written - 

God is the Spirit who Answers 

and has the Kingdom, 

the Power 

and the Glory 

to answer prayers better than we know.

The Spirit gives Life

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Thank You Lord Jesus