My reading today, Jeremiah 33-34 can be summed up as 'With God the future is bright even if the present is bleak'.
In Jeremiah 33, a bright future is prophesied because of the righteous Branch, the Messiah. He is to be King of prosperity (Jer. 33:6), Priest of pardon (Jer. 33:8) and Prophet of purity (Jer. 34).
In Jeremiah 34, a bleak present is announced (at the time of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem) because of sin against God.
Application to us? Believers in the Jesus (the Lord or Righteousness, Jer. 33:16) are proclaimers of the bright hope and of the bleak consequences of sin against God.
Sin is mad and bad and dangerous to our health but God is merciful in our Lord Jesus Christ, our only hope!
Proverbs 25:25 ESV - "Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country."
We are people of the thirst quenching, life refreshing and restoring GOOD NEWS of the Lord Jesus Christ who came from the far country of heaven as the Lord our Righteousness, King of prosperity, Priest of pardon and Prophet of purity.
Help me to proclaim Jesus in deed and word today!
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