JESUS IS COMING BACK
Jeremiah 23:1-8
GOD CHASTISES THOSE HE LOVES
V:1. "Woe to the
shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!"
declares the Lord . 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says
to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my flock
and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow
punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the Lord.
A. The word “woe” is an
expression of God’s dissatisfaction with the
Kings of Israel
1. After the death of King Solomon, the
nation of Israel
divided.
2. A series of kings came into power who
led God’s people astray.
3. They worshipped idol gods which angered
the true living God.
B. The kings led the people
away from God, with their evil practices.
1. God sent the king of Babylon Jerusalem
2. The
people of Israel Babylon
3. The kings died in captivity
C. This is a lesson to each of us who teach
the Word of God to others.
1. We must be careful to teach the
truth.
2. We cannot ignore the true meaning of
the Word to present our
own ideas.
3. If we misuse the responsibility God
has given us, we will answer
to Him.
Mark 9:42
"And if anyone causes one of these little
ones who believe in me to sin,
it would be better for him to be
thrown into the sea with a large
millstone tied around his neck.”
4. Those who teach the Word must spend time studying
the Word.
2 Tim 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.
JESUS WILL RESCUE US
V:3. "I myself will
gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven
them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and
increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and
they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,"
declares the Lord.
A. God’s plan of redemption
was designed for Jesus to be borne in the
the flesh through the nation of Israel
1. The attitude we have and the sins we
commit does not change God’s
divine plan.
2. Notice, God plan for you includes the
good time and the bad time
3. Your sins may cause you to stray away
from God, but His
plan for you remains the same.
B. God chastises those that
He loves. Jeremiah 25:9
1. The nation of Israel
because of their failure to obey God’s
commands.
2. For 490 years the nation of Israel
during the Sabbath years.
3. The 70 year captivity was a punishment to
Israel
the promise land to rest its Sabbath
years. 2 Chronicles 36:21.
C. Once the punishment was
completed, the Lord Himself brought
2 Chron 36:22-23
22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia
of the Lord
spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord
moved the heart of Cyrus
king of Persia
it in writing:
23 "This is what Cyrus king of Persia
"'The
Lord , the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the
earth and he has appointed me to build a
temple for him at Jerusalem
with him, and let him go up.'"
1. It
was the Lord who took Israel
brought
them out of captivity.
2. The Lord knows what you need, how long
you need it, and when to
take
you to the next step of your spiritual growth.
3. Your enemy is designed by God to
strengthen you and bring
you closer to Him.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
V:5. "The days are
coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will raise up to
David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right
in the land.
6 In his days Judah
and Israel
This is the name by which he
will be called:
The Lord Our Righteousness.
7 "So then, the days are
coming," declares the Lord, "when people will no longer say, 'As
surely as the Lord lives, who brought
the Israelites up out of Egypt,' 8 but they will say, 'As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel
up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had
banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."
A. This prophecy will not be
fulfilled until the second coming of Christ.
1.
The righteous, shepherd Jesus Christ, was placed in charge
of Israel
2. Matt 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth.
3. However,
the nation of Israel
Rom 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not
convenient;
4. Even though Israel
God’s plan of redemption did not change.
Rom 11:26-27
And so all Israel
"The deliverer will come from Zion
Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with
them when I take away their
sins."
5. This prophecy will be completely
fulfilled at the second coming of
Christ during His 1000 year reign on earth.
Rev 20:6
Blessed
and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection.
The second death has no power
over them, but they will be priests
of God and of Christ and will
reign with him for a thousand years.
This 1000 year reign of
Christ is not for the Church.
The 1000 year reign was
designed by God to raise up a new Israel Israel
Christ will rapture the
Church at His second coming.
1 Thess 4:16-17
16 For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
When Christ comes back for
His Church, only none believers will be
left to go through the 7-year
tribulation prior to His 1000 year
reign on earth.
The reason we can have joy
during this pandemic is through the knowledge
that God planned this out
before the foundation of the earth.
Ephesians 1:4
GOD IS IN CONTROL OF OUR
PRESENT SITUATION
Amen
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
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