Jer 13:15-27 Your Principalities Shall Come Down,\u00a0Even\u00a0the Crown of Your Glory<\/h3>\n

[Study Aired July 18, 2021]<\/h5>\n

Jer 13:15\u00a0 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:16\u00a0 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0make\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0gross darkness.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:17\u00a0 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:18\u00a0 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down,\u00a0even<\/em>\u00a0the crown of your glory.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:19\u00a0 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open\u00a0them:<\/em>\u00a0Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:20\u00a0 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the flock\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0was given thee, thy beautiful flock?<\/strong>
\nJer 13:21\u00a0 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them\u00a0to be<\/em>\u00a0captains,\u00a0and\u00a0as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?<\/strong>
\nJer 13:22\u00a0 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0thy heels made bare.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:23\u00a0 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?\u00a0then<\/em>\u00a0may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:24\u00a0 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:25\u00a0 This\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:26\u00a0 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:27\u00a0 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when\u00a0shall it<\/em>\u00a0once\u00a0be?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first verse of our study gives us the Lord\u2019s instructions. His instructions reveal what He desires that we do:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:15\u00a0 Hear ye, and give ear;\u00a0be not proud<\/u>: for the LORD hath spoken.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s desire for us is that we humble ourselves as little children and do the things He tells us to do:<\/p>\n

Mat 18:3\u00a0 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
\nMat 18:4\u00a0 Whosoever therefore shall\u00a0humble himself<\/strong>\u00a0 as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of\u00a0 heaven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our pride in our fabled free will is a foundation of sand which insures the destruction of our old man:<\/p>\n

Luk 6:46\u00a0 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord,\u00a0and do not the things which I say?<\/strong>
\nLuk 6:47\u00a0 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
\nLuk 6:48\u00a0 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
\nLuk 6:49\u00a0 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built\u00a0an house upon the earth<\/strong>; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;\u00a0and the ruin of that house was great.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The message of scripture from Genesis to Revelation is that, by the Lord\u2019s design, corruptible flesh and blood is \u201cmade subject to vanity\u201d, made subject to \u201cthe law of sin\u201d which the Lord Himself has placed within our\u00a0 members.<\/p>\n

Rom 8:20\u00a0\u00a0For the creature was\u00a0made<\/u>\u00a0 subject to vanity,\u00a0not willingly<\/u><\/strong>, but by reason of him who hath subjected\u00a0the same<\/em>\u00a0in hope,<\/p>\n

Rom 7:23\u00a0 But I see\u00a0another law in my members<\/strong>, warring against the law of my mind, and\u00a0bringing me into captivity to the law of sin<\/strong>\u00a0which is in my members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cain was very proud and was jealous of the appreciation the Lord had shown for Abel\u2019s obedience. The \u201claw of sin in [his] members\u201d led him to believe that if he killed Abel, then the Lord would have to accept his disobedience. It was at this point that the Lord revealed to Cain that he would be forced to acknowledge that \u201csin is at the door\u201d. What the whole Babylonian Christian church has no ability to perceive is that the Lord then tells Cain that in the end, he will be given dominion over the law of sin in his members:<\/p>\n

Gen 4:3\u00a0 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
\nGen 4:4\u00a0 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.\u00a0And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:<\/strong>
\nGen 4:5\u00a0\u00a0But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect<\/strong>. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
\nGen 4:6\u00a0 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
\nGen 4:7\u00a0\u00a0If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0if thou doest not well<\/u>, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee\u00a0shall be<\/em>\u00a0his desire,\u00a0and thou shalt rule over him<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As we have pointed out, the Hebrew word translated as \u2018unto\u2019 here in Gen 4:7 and in Genesis 3:16 is H413, \u2018el<\/em>\u2019, and is better translated \u2018against\u2019, as it is properly translated in the very next verse:<\/p>\n

Gen 4:8\u00a0 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up\u00a0against<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0[G413: \u2018el<\/em>\u2019]\u00a0Abel his brother, and slew him.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eve\u2019s curse for eating the forbidden fruit was to be given a desire to\u00a0not<\/u><\/strong> please her husband.\u00a0 \u201cYour desire shall be to your husband and he shall rule over you\u201d is not saying that Eve will just naturally desire to please her husband. Instead, it was quite the opposite. It was the same curse we have all been given as to how we relate to our spiritual husband, Christ (2Co 11:2). Eve\u2019s curse was the curse of being against her husband:<\/p>\n

Gen 3:16\u00a0 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;\u00a0and thy desire\u00a0shall be<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/strong>[H413: \u2018el\u2019, against] thy husband,\u00a0and he shall rule over thee<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notice closely that in both cases Eve and Cain are promised that in the end they would be victorious over \u201cthe law of sin in [their] members\u201d. Eve is promised that in time her husband would rule over her, and Cain is told that in time he would rule over sin in his life.<\/p>\n

The message of the scriptures is:<\/p>\n

Ecc 1:13 I applied my heart to inquiring and exploring by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens:\u00a0it is\u00a0an experience of evil Elohim has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it<\/u>.<\/strong> (CLV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Truth of scripture is:<\/p>\n

1Co 15:50\u00a0 Now this I say, brethren, that\u00a0flesh and blood cannot<\/u> inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption<\/u>\u00a0inherit incorruption<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What 1^{st<\/sup>\u00a0Corinthians 15:50 reveals to us is that flesh and blood were never designed to inherit the kingdom of God. Flesh was designed to have an experience of evil and to be humbled and destroyed by that experience of evil.<\/p>\n}

Adam and Eve did not become sinners by eating of the forbidden fruit. Rather, they ate of the forbidden fruit because they \u201cwere made subject to vanity, not willingly but by reason of Him who subjected [them to vanity] in hope\u201d. In other words, Adam and Eve became sinners because they were composed of corruptible flesh with \u201cthe law of sin\u201d already in their members (Rom 7:23)<\/p>\n

Rom 7:23\u00a0 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to\u00a0the law of sin which is in my members<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rom 8:20\u00a0 For the creature was\u00a0made subject to vanity<\/u>, not willingly<\/strong>, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This study is just another repetition of that message of the Lord\u2019s Words. It is a sad, yet an expedient Truth, that the words of this chapter are addressed to \u201cthe Lord\u2019s flock\u201d. \u201cThe Lord\u2019s flock is carried away captive\u201d (Jer 13:17) because they would \u2018not hear\u2019.<\/p>\n

Jer 13:15\u00a0 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This may sound like a longing and pleading of the Lord, and indeed that is exactly what it is. However, there is something more to the Lord\u2019s desires than our wistful desires, and this is the big difference:<\/p>\n

Job 23:13\u00a0 But he\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0in one\u00a0mind,<\/em> and who can turn him? and\u00a0what<\/em>\u00a0his soul desireth, even\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0he doeth.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What does the Lord \u201cdesire [for] His flock\u201d, and in His time for all of mankind? This is what He \u201cwill have\u201d:<\/p>\n

1Ti 2:4\u00a0 Who\u00a0will have<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, Job 23:13 tells us that if indeed 1^{st<\/sup>\u00a0Timothy 2:4 were to mean that the Lord desires for \u201call men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the Truth\u201d, then that is what He will do, and all the slanderous false doctrines to the contrary will not change the Truth that what He desires even that He does, and His desire is to save all men.<\/p>\n}

Every historical Christian denomination will tell you that what 1^{st<\/sup>\u00a0Timothy 2:4 means is that God \u2018desires for all of us to be saved\u2019 and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth, but because we have free will, most of mankind will choose to disobey God and will choose to be cast into the lake of fire, which they believe is a literal hell with literal eternal flames of fire.<\/p>\n}

Our Lord and His Father are no such monsters, however, and while He is indeed giving us an experience of evil, He is doing so because He is \u201cseeking an occasion against\u201d the law of sin and death which He has placed within [our] members\u201d:<\/p>\n

Rom 7:15\u00a0 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
\nRom 7:16\u00a0 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that\u00a0it is<\/em>\u00a0good.
\nRom 7:17\u00a0 Now then\u00a0it is no more I that do it<\/strong>,\u00a0but sin that dwelleth in me.<\/u><\/strong>
\nRom 7:18\u00a0 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but\u00a0how<\/em>\u00a0to perform that which is good I find not.
\nRom 7:19\u00a0 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
\nRom 7:20\u00a0 Now if I do that I would not,\u00a0it is no more I that do it<\/u>, but sin that dwelleth in me.<\/strong>
\nRom 7:21\u00a0 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
\nRom 7:22\u00a0 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
\nRom 7:23\u00a0 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me\u00a0into captivity<\/u> to the law of sin which is in my members<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe law of sin which is in [our] members\u201d is the \u201ccaptivity\u201d into which it is expedient that \u201cthe Lord\u2019s flock is carried away captive\u201d. It is for this reason that we are exhorted:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:16\u00a0 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death,\u00a0 and<\/em>\u00a0make\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0gross darkness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether we \u201cgive glory to the Lord [in] this present time\u201d is simply a work of the Lord which has nothing to do with what we will of ourselves to do or will of ourselves not to be done because:<\/p>\n

Php 2:13\u00a0 For\u00a0it is God which worketh in you\u00a0both to will and to do<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0his<\/em>\u00a0good pleasure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That statement is a simple constant Biblical Truth which we will do well to see, hear, and believe.<\/p>\n

Rom 9:16\u00a0 So then\u00a0it is<\/em>\u00a0not of him that willeth,<\/strong>\u00a0nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
\nRom 9:17\u00a0 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
\nRom 9:18\u00a0\u00a0Therefore hath\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0mercy on whom\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0 will\u00a0have mercy,<\/em>\u00a0and whom\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0will\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0 hardeneth.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The words of Romans 7 are worked out within the lives of every one of the Lord\u2019s elect. We want to do good and please the Lord, but what we want to do is\u00a0not<\/u>\u00a0what we end up doing. We \u201cgive glory to the Lord\u201d, but we \u201cfind\u2026 a law that when [we] would do good, evil is present with [us]\u201d, and our feet stumble upon the mountains and principalities of darkness which are within us:<\/p>\n

Eph 6:12\u00a0 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,\u00a0but against principalities, against powers,<\/strong> against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places [the \u201claw of sin in (our) members\u201d (Rom 7:23)].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When the Lord says \u2018if\u2019, He is not guessing what might happen. He is not wondering whether we will \u201chear it\u201d. He already knows quite well that He has given us eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:17\u00a0 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:18\u00a0 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down,\u00a0even<\/em>\u00a0the crown of your glory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe king\u201d signifies our old man, and \u201cthe queen\u201d is Babylon the great within us:<\/p>\n

Rev 18:7\u00a0 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart,\u00a0I sit a queen<\/strong>, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is what God already knows about our sight and our ability to hear:<\/p>\n

Rom 11:8\u00a0 (According as it is written,\u00a0God hath given them<\/u>\u00a0the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These words are quoted out of the prophet Isaiah, who preceded Jeremiah by about 70 years:<\/p>\n

Isa 6:8\u00a0 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here\u00a0am<\/em>\u00a0 I; send me.
\nIsa 6:9 \u00a0And he said, Go, and tell this people,\u00a0Hear ye indeed,\u00a0but understand not<\/u>; and see ye indeed,\u00a0but perceive not<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nIsa 6:10\u00a0 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;\u00a0lest<\/u>\u00a0they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Isaiah in turn is simply repeating what the Lord had told Moses many years prior to this prophecy:<\/p>\n

Deu 29:4\u00a0 Yet\u00a0the LORD hath not given you<\/u>\u00a0an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul\u2019s statement in Romans 11:8 is in accord with Christ\u2019s words in:<\/p>\n

Mat 13:10\u00a0 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
\nMat 13:11\u00a0 He answered and said unto them, Because\u00a0it is given<\/u>\u00a0unto you to know\u00a0<\/strong>the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,\u00a0but to them\u00a0it is not given<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nMat 13:12\u00a0 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
\nMat 13:13\u00a0 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
\nMat 13:14\u00a0 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith,\u00a0By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand<\/strong>; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
\nMat 13:15\u00a0 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their<\/em>\u00a0ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with\u00a0their<\/em>\u00a0eyes, and hear with\u00a0their<\/em> ears, and should understand with their<\/em> heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When we read the words \u201cIf they will not hear\u201d the Lord is not telling us that He has no idea what His creatures might do. Rather, He is prophesying exactly what He made us do to give Himself an occasion to judge and destroy our corruptible old man:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:19\u00a0 The cities of the south\u00a0shall be<\/u>\u00a0shut up, and none shall open\u00a0them:<\/em>\u00a0Judah\u00a0shall be<\/u>\u00a0carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe cities of the south\u201d signify our attachment to this world. Egypt lies to the south of Israel, and Egypt signifies the rebellious world of sin out of which we must all come. This world which is enslaved to \u2018the law of sin\u2019 is who we just naturally are by the Lord\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

This is what the Lord told us in of ourselves in:<\/p>\n

Isa 30:1\u00a0 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
\nIsa 30:2\u00a0\u00a0That walk to go down\u00a0into Egypt<\/u><\/strong>, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves\u00a0in the strength of Pharaoh<\/strong>, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
\nIsa 30:3\u00a0\u00a0Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame<\/strong>, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your<\/em> confusion.
\nIsa 30:4\u00a0 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
\nIsa 30:5\u00a0 They were all ashamed of a people\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
\nIsa 30:6\u00a0\u00a0The burden of the beasts of the south:\u00a0into the land of trouble and anguish,<\/strong> from whence come<\/em>\u00a0 the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that<\/em>\u00a0shall not profit\u00a0them<\/em>.
\nIsa 30:7\u00a0 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0to sit still.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pharaoh signifies our old man, the beast within each of us, and he certainly is our shame. \u00a0\u201cHis princes\u201d are the princes of the Lord\u2019s people who trust in their own flesh, their own beast, instead of their spiritual husband. Our \u2018beast\u2019 receives his power from the great red dragon.<\/p>\n

Rev 13:2\u00a0 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as\u00a0the feet<\/em>\u00a0of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:\u00a0and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much of our lives are spent as \u201cbeasts of the south\u201d living a life of \u201ctrouble and anguish\u201d under the dominion of \u201ca roaring lion seeking whom he may devour\u201d. Even after the Lord\u2019s chastening begins to do its work within us, we return to Egypt for safety and solace. This rebellious act gives the Lord the occasion He is seeking to continue His work of purifying us of our pride in our rebellion:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:20\u00a0 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the flock\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0was given thee, thy beautiful flock?<\/strong>
\nJer 13:21\u00a0 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them\u00a0to be<\/em>\u00a0captains,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look at what the Lord is telling us about ourselves through what He did with ancient Israel. He had delivered Israel from Egypt with many miracles and with great power. He totally destroyed Egypt in the process of delivering His people:<\/p>\n

Exo 10:7\u00a0 And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God:\u00a0knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deu 11:4\u00a0 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and\u00a0how\u00a0the LORD hath destroyed them<\/strong> unto this day;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As \u201ctypes of us\u201d (1Co 10:6 CLV), after being delivered out of Egypt, Israel goes back to Egypt to seek deliverance from the armies of Assyria and Babylon.<\/p>\n

Isa 30:1\u00a0 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit,\u00a0that they may add sin to sin:<\/strong>
\nIsa 30:2\u00a0\u00a0That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth<\/strong>; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
\nIsa 30:3\u00a0\u00a0Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame<\/strong>, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0 confusion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who among us has not attempted to fit back into the world even after the Lord showed us that we must come out of the world? We all go from Egypt, through all the trials of the wilderness, where the carcass of our old man begins to die. Christ within us strengthens our new man, typified by those of Israel who were under twenty years of age when Israel came out of Egypt:<\/p>\n

Num 32:11\u00a0 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every step Israel took typifies some part of our walk and our own \u201cexperience of evil\u201d (Ecc 1:13 CLV):<\/p>\n

Ecc 1:13 I applied my heart to inquiring and exploring by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens:\u00a0it is\u00a0an experience of evil<\/u>\u00a0Elohim has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1Co 10:11\u00a0 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples [Greek: \u2018tupos<\/em>\u2019, types of us (vs 6 CLV)]: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We must realize that entering the promised land is not entering into \u201cthe redemption of the purchased possession\u201d.<\/p>\n

Eph 1:13\u00a0 In whom ye also\u00a0trusted,<\/em>\u00a0after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with\u00a0that holy Spirit of\u00a0promise<\/u>,<\/strong>
\nEph 1:14\u00a0\u00a0Which is the earnest<\/strong> [Greek:\u00a0 arrhabon<\/em>, down payment] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are many giants and enemies within the land of promise who must be subdued and conquered before that blessed day of \u201cthe redemption of the purchased possession\u201d. The Lord has ordained that we begin entering the land of promise before we are carried away into Babylon by the Assyrians and the Chaldeans. Both Nineveh and Babylon were Chaldeans. It was the same people who carried away both the northern tribes and Judah. In that sense, both were carried away into Babylon, and both typify different stages of our own apostasy. Such is the depth of the rebellious pride and stubbornness of the Lord\u2019s very elect. It is all a work of God who works all things after the counsel of His own will. Nevertheless, that stubborn, self-righteousness, and self will is so deep and strong within us that we are helpless to deliver ourselves from it until we are brought to cry out to the Lord:<\/p>\n

Rom 7:24\u00a0 O wretched man that I am!\u00a0who shall deliver me from the body of this death?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The words of this prophecy of Jeremiah are the revelation of what the Lord has ordained we must endure before we are brought to cry out those words to the Lord in our desperation. The Lord has ordained that we are all typified by Job who made it clear that he certainly did not see himself as deserving of the trials the Lord had placed upon him. Job, typifying each of us, right in the middle of being judged of the Lord, accused the Lord of \u201ctaking away [his] judgment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Job 27:2\u00a0\u00a0As<\/em>\u00a0God liveth,\u00a0who\u00a0hath taken away my judgment<\/strong>; and the Almighty,\u00a0who<\/em>\u00a0hath vexed my soul;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Elihu, speaking for the Lord, reminded Job of those words:<\/p>\n

Job 34:1\u00a0 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
\nJob 34:2\u00a0 Hear my words, O ye wise\u00a0men;<\/em>\u00a0and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
\nJob 34:3\u00a0 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
\nJob 34:4\u00a0\u00a0Let us choose to us judgment<\/strong>: let us know among ourselves what\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0good.
\nJob 34:5\u00a0\u00a0For Job hath said,\u00a0I am righteous<\/u>: and God hath taken away my judgment<\/strong>.
\nJob 34:6\u00a0\u00a0Should I lie against my right? my wound\u00a0 is<\/em>\u00a0incurable without transgression<\/strong>.
\nJob 34:7\u00a0 What man\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0like Job,\u00a0who<\/em>\u00a0drinketh up scorning like water?
\nJob 34:8\u00a0\u00a0Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity<\/strong>, and walketh with wicked men.
\nJob 34:9\u00a0 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By proclaiming his own righteousness, Job was \u201cin the\u00a0company of the workers of iniquity\u201d, all the while thinking and saying to himself:<\/p>\n

Rev 3:17\u00a0 Because thou sayest,\u00a0I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We all do just what Job did when we wonder why the Lord\u2019s judgments are so severe upon the kingdom of our self-righteous old man, and we presumptuously contend with, reprove and condemn our own Maker:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:22\u00a0 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity [our self-righteousness] are thy skirts discovered,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0thy heels made bare.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is our nature to play down our self-righteous rebellion and condemn the Lord for His judgments against our rebellion. The reason we do so is that we do not yet see the depth of the law of sin within our members:<\/p>\n

Rom 7:20\u00a0 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
\nRom 7:21\u00a0 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
\nRom 7:22\u00a0 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
\nRom 7:23\u00a0 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to\u00a0the law of sin<\/u>\u00a0which is in my members<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Lord is in the process of bringing us to see just how evil He has made us to be:<\/p>\n

Isa 63:17\u00a0 O LORD, why hast\u00a0thou made us to err<\/u>\u00a0from thy ways,\u00a0and<\/u><\/em>\u00a0hardened our heart<\/u>\u00a0from thy fear<\/strong>? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our flesh is flesh, and we must come to see that it will always be just that:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:23\u00a0 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?\u00a0then<\/em>\u00a0may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This, therefore, is the fate of our carnal-minded old man:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:24\u00a0 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:25\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0thy lot<\/u>, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD;\u00a0because thou hast forgotten me,\u00a0and trusted in falsehood<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is our trust in falsehood which emboldens us to contend with, reprove and condemn of Lord. We see ourselves as righteous \u201cand in need of nothing\u201d. We see ourselves as spiritually healthy and without the need of a physician. Physicians are for the weak and sickly who are somewhere far below us. We see ourselves as superior to others who are lazy, weak, and sickly and in need of a doctor:<\/p>\n

Luk 18:11\u00a0 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that\u00a0I am not as other men\u00a0are,<\/em>\u00a0extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This Pharisee is like each of us when we ask the same question both Job and King David asked while enduring their own judgment:<\/p>\n

Psa 73:3\u00a0 For I was envious at the foolish,\u00a0 when<\/em>\u00a0I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
\nPsa 73:4\u00a0 For\u00a0there are<\/em>\u00a0no bands in their death: but their strength\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0firm.
\nPsa 73:5\u00a0\u00a0They\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0not in trouble\u00a0as other<\/em>\u00a0men<\/strong>; neither are they plagued like\u00a0 other<\/em>\u00a0men [The Lord\u2019s elect].
\nPsa 73:6\u00a0 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them\u00a0as<\/em>\u00a0a garment.
\nPsa 73:7\u00a0 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
\nPsa 73:8\u00a0 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning<\/em>\u00a0oppression: they speak loftily.
\nPsa 73:9\u00a0 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
\nPsa 73:10\u00a0 Therefore\u00a0his people<\/strong>\u00a0return hither:\u00a0and waters of a full\u00a0cup<\/em>\u00a0are wrung out to them.<\/strong>
\nPsa 73:11\u00a0 And\u00a0they [His people] say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is because of that contentious, self-righteous spirit within us that we must yet have our own shame revealed to us:<\/p>\n

Jer 13:26\u00a0 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.<\/strong>
\nJer 13:27\u00a0 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom,\u00a0 and<\/em>\u00a0thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when\u00a0shall it<\/em>\u00a0once\u00a0be<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christ is building His church, and it will be \u201cmade clean\u201d:<\/p>\n

Mat 16:18\u00a0 “Now\u00a0I<\/u>\u00a0also say to you, that\u00a0you<\/u>\u00a0are Peter [“a stone”],\u00a0and on this solid rock\u00a0I will build<\/u>\u00a0my Assembly [or Church]<\/strong>,\u00a0and [the] gates of the realm of the dead [Greek: hades] will not prevail against it. (ALT)<\/p>\n

Rev 19:7\u00a0 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
\nRev 19:8\u00a0 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,\u00a0clean and white<\/u><\/strong>: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe righteousness of saints\u201d is not a natural condition. It is a supernatural condition which is achieved only through the fiery trials of our judgment in this present time:<\/p>\n

Rom 8:17\u00a0 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,\u00a0and joint-heirs with Christ;\u00a0if so be<\/u>\u00a0that we suffer with\u00a0him<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0that we may be also glorified together.
\nRom 8:18\u00a0 For I reckon that the sufferings\u00a0of this present time<\/strong>\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0not worthy\u00a0to be compared<\/em>\u00a0with the glory which shall be revealed in us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember, the word \u2018if\u2019 coming from our Lord is a prophecy of what He is working in us. Our suffering with Him is predestined, and it is not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us who are His firstfruit bride who will bring forth much more fruit:<\/p>\n

Rom 8:19\u00a0 For the earnest expectation of the creature\u00a0 waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1Pe 4:12\u00a0 Beloved, think it not strange concerning\u00a0the fiery trial\u00a0which is to try you<\/u><\/strong>, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
\n1Pe 4:13\u00a0 But rejoice, inasmuch as\u00a0ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings<\/strong>; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When we fall for the falsehood of \u201csubstitutionary atonement\u201d instead of the Biblical doctrine of us as \u201chis body\u2026 filling up in [our own] bodies that which is behind of the afflictions of the Christ for His body\u2019s sake, which is the church\u201d\u2026 when we believe the lie that Christ\u2019s death on the cross means that we do not need to die with Him, we distance ourselves from Him and His suffering, and we are robbing ourselves of the glory of the calling we are given:<\/p>\n

Php 3:10\u00a0 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,\u00a0and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death<\/u><\/strong>;
\nPhp 3:11\u00a0 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Christ did not die for us so we would not have to die. The insidious false doctrine of a \u201csubstitutionary atonement\u201d has been used by the Lord to blind the eyes of \u201cthe multitudes\u201d (Mat 13:2 and 10-11) to \u201cthe mysteries of the kingdom of heaven\u201d which teach that we are to \u201cpresent our bodies as a living sacrifice (Rom 12:1), [to] die daily [and be] crucified with Christ\u201d (1Co 15:31 and Gal 2:20). It is Christ Himself who tells us in no uncertain terms:<\/p>\n

Joh 20:21\u00a0 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace\u00a0be<\/em>\u00a0unto you:\u00a0as<\/u>\u00a0my<\/em>\u00a0Father hath sent me,\u00a0even so<\/u>\u00a0send I you.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His Father sent Him into the world to be the savior of this world, and He sees us as being Himself who must fill up that which is lacking of His afflictions for His body\u2019s sake, which is the church:<\/p>\n

Joh 3:17\u00a0 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;\u00a0but that the world through him might be saved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mat 25:40\u00a0 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0unto one of the least of these my brethren,\u00a0ye have done\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0unto me<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Act 22:7\u00a0 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul,\u00a0why persecutest thou\u00a0me<\/u><\/strong>?
\nAct 22:8\u00a0 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,\u00a0I am Jesus of Nazareth,\u00a0whom thou persecutest<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Col 1:24\u00a0 Who now rejoice in\u00a0my sufferings for you<\/u>, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ\u00a0in my flesh for his body’s sake<\/u>, which is the church:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAs He is, so are we in this world\u201d:<\/p>\n

1Jn 4:6\u00a0\u00a0We<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0are of God:\u00a0he that knoweth God heareth\u00a0us<\/u>;\u00a0he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby<\/u>\u00a0know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1Jn 4:17\u00a0 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment:\u00a0because\u00a0as he is, so are we in this world<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God sent His Son into this world that the world through Him might be saved. His Son has sent us \u2018as His Father has sent Him\u2019 that through Him within us this world might be saved, and what He desires even that He does; performing the thing that is appointed for me.<\/p>\n

Job 23:13\u00a0 But he\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0in one\u00a0mind,<\/em> and who can turn him? and\u00a0what<\/em>\u00a0his soul desireth,\u00a0even\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0he doeth<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nJob 23:14\u00a0\u00a0For\u00a0he performeth<\/u>\u00a0the thing that is<\/em> appointed for me<\/strong>: and many such\u00a0things are<\/em>\u00a0with him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe thing that is appointed for [us]\u201d as [the Lord\u2019s elect] is to show to all of mankind, the same mercy the Lord has shown toward us through \u201cHis wonderful works to the children of men.\u201d Those wonderful works are the fiery trials of Psalm 107 and Revelation 16, which are the unfathomable \u201cway of His judgments\u201d:<\/p>\n

Isa 26:8\u00a0 Yea, in\u00a0the way of thy judgments, <\/strong> O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of\u00a0our<\/em>\u00a0soul\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
\nIsa 26:9\u00a0 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0in the earth<\/u>,\u00a0the inhabitants of the world\u00a0will learn righteousness<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rom 11:30\u00a0 For as ye in times past have not believed God,\u00a0yet have now obtained mercy\u00a0through their unbelief<\/u>:<\/strong>
\nRom 11:31\u00a0 Even so have these also now not believed, that\u00a0through your mercy<\/u>\u00a0they also may obtain mercy.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is our calling, and there are very few who can receive it in this present time.<\/p>\n

Mat 22:14\u00a0 For many are called, but\u00a0few are<\/em>\u00a0chosen<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That completes our study for this week, and these are the verses for our next study in Jeremiah 14:<\/p>\n

Jer 14:1\u00a0 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
\nJer 14:2\u00a0 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
\nJer 14:3\u00a0 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
\nJer 14:4\u00a0 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
\nJer 14:5\u00a0 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook\u00a0it,<\/em>\u00a0because there was no grass.
\nJer 14:6\u00a0 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because\u00a0there was<\/em>\u00a0no grass.
\nJer 14:7\u00a0 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
\nJer 14:8\u00a0 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0turneth aside to tarry for a night?
\nJer 14:9\u00a0 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0cannot save? yet thou, O LORD,\u00a0art<\/em>\u00a0in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
\nJer 14:10\u00a0 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
\nJer 14:11\u00a0 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for\u00a0their<\/em>\u00a0good.
\nJer 14:12\u00a0 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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