Friday – Prophets

Reading – Jeremiah 19-21

Highlight Verse:

“Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭19‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

This chapter was harsh.

First God tells Jeremiah to take a new pot out to the dump.

In his day, the dump was considered “unclean.” Only the unfortunate souls assigned to work there would go there.

On top of that, he has to declare that all the bodies of the unclean people will be dumped there when Jerusalem is attacked.

I bet he ruffled a few feathers.

In fact, I know he did since he landed in jail over it.

Why did God use such harsh imagery in this chapter?

To give people reason to repent.

God didn’t want the kind of outcome that was prophesied.

God wanted people to repent and escape that kind of disaster.

Sadly, his prophesy came true and many perished.

But the nation survived.

We were rescued.

I don’t know how effective such harsh prophecies would be today.

I do know that people still need to hear the Gospel and sometimes God calls us to do unusual things to bring people to Himself.

Has God ever had you preach the good news of the Gospel in an unusual way?
What were the results?