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- Welcome to the Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. The book of Lamentations.
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- This is written by Jeremiah. This is dealing with a time where Jeremiah had been saying that there was a judgment that was going to be coming on Israel and that judgment has now occurred.
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- What we see in that judgment is that Babylon is coming in. Nebuchadnezzar is going to take over Israel and this is the lamentation, the crying out against this.
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- The main purpose of this book is about God's judgment because of Judah's sin.
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- However, there's always that silver lining because we also see God's faithfulness.
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- We see a hope. We see that there's still hope that if Israel would turn from their sin, they could be saved.
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- And we see that this Jeremiah is working through showing
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- God's sovereignty even through the judgment on the nation of Israel.
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- Think about this. This would be a very discouraging time for the nation as they are being taken over, as they are going to be enslaved to another nation.
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- And here is the lamentation from Jeremiah as he predicted it would happen. It happens and there is great distress.
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- But Jeremiah is also, even as he is weeping, he is known as a weeping prophet, he is giving through his tears hope for a future that as Israel repents, maybe they could come back to God.
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- This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org
