Jews and Gentiles Punished Together
August 20, 2005
Jews and Gentiles Punished Together
By Linda Sedrick Pearson
Copyright 2005 Linda Sedrick Pearson
Jeremiah 9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised.
The days are coming. Not one day, but days - plural. More than one day is coming. Something will happen on those days that are coming. God will punish all. He did not say a "few." He said, "All. "All them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised." The Jew (circumcised) and the Gentile (uncircumcised) will be punished together by God.
God made sure it was understood who the "all them" were. In the next verse, He names specific nations that will be under this punishment when the days come. He also names others for the punishment.
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, and Juday, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Specific nations named in Jeremiah 9:26 are: Egypt, Judah (part of GodÂs chosen Israel), Edom (South Jordan), Ammon (North Jordan), Moab (center Jordan).
God continues and tells others that will fall under His punishment: all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness. The utmost corners covers all nations. There is not one nation that will not fall under God's punishment if they do not listen to His words and commands. When God says to do something, He means for us to do it.
We all seem to want God's grace and mercy. Yet, are we willing to follow His commands that He gives us? If we don't, we fall under His punishment. People don't want to talk about the punishment. It's not nice to hear. To teach of God's punishment makes a person an outcast. Yet, when God says to teach it, we must teach it.
Remember when Jonah was sent to Nineveh? God sent Jonah to tell Nineveh that whole city would be destroyed unless they changed their ways and obeyed God's commands.
The first thing Jonah did was run away from the job God gave him to do. He (Jonah) was to warn a whole city that they were teetering on destruction from God. Instead, Jonah ran away and got into trouble. Because of Jonah's disobedience there were others that were put into danger. When God sent the tempest of the sea against the ship in which Jonah was hiding, the sailors of that ship were put in danger also. Finally, Jonah confessed that it was he who God was after. He told the sailors to toss him over the side and they would be safe. These sailors were more kind than Jonah. They didn't want to put Jonah in danger just so they would be safe. Jonah finally convinced them and he wound up in the belly of the "great fish." (Read Jonah Chapter 1.) Once those men obeyed and threw disobedient Jonah overboard, those men were saved. They called upon God and He saved them.
Meanwhile, the city of Nineveh was marked for destruction by God. But God withheld His hand from that city until one disobedient servant came to his senses and the city had a chance to repent. That servant had a job to do. Jonah's job was to issue the warning. What was Jonah's excuse for not going and following God's command? We don't find out his reason until chapter 4 of Jonah. This was after he did what God told him to do and the whole city repented and was saved. Here is what Jonah tells God:
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, "I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my own country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." (Jonah 4:1-3)
Because Jonah knew that God would not destroy the city if the people would repent and obey Him, Jonah ran away from the job God sent him to do. Then, as if that weren't enough, instead of rejoicing that those people were saved, he begged God to take his life because those people repented and obeyed God.
Has God given you a job to do? Are you running away? Are you sorrowful that people are saved? Maybe you have an enemy and God is sending you to that person to speak to him or her about salvation. Are you refusing to do that because you know if that person repents, God will save that person?
The salvation of a nation begins with the cities. The saving of the cities begins one person at a time. We can make a difference. It is up to each of us to do the jobs that God gives us. Please stop running away and get busy doing the job God has given you. Who knows, maybe our whole nation will turn from it's evil ways and be saved.
Copyright 2005 Linda Sedrick Pearson
Jews and Gentiles Punished Together
By Linda Sedrick Pearson
Copyright 2005 Linda Sedrick Pearson
Jeremiah 9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised.
The days are coming. Not one day, but days - plural. More than one day is coming. Something will happen on those days that are coming. God will punish all. He did not say a "few." He said, "All. "All them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised." The Jew (circumcised) and the Gentile (uncircumcised) will be punished together by God.
God made sure it was understood who the "all them" were. In the next verse, He names specific nations that will be under this punishment when the days come. He also names others for the punishment.
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, and Juday, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Specific nations named in Jeremiah 9:26 are: Egypt, Judah (part of GodÂs chosen Israel), Edom (South Jordan), Ammon (North Jordan), Moab (center Jordan).
God continues and tells others that will fall under His punishment: all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness. The utmost corners covers all nations. There is not one nation that will not fall under God's punishment if they do not listen to His words and commands. When God says to do something, He means for us to do it.
We all seem to want God's grace and mercy. Yet, are we willing to follow His commands that He gives us? If we don't, we fall under His punishment. People don't want to talk about the punishment. It's not nice to hear. To teach of God's punishment makes a person an outcast. Yet, when God says to teach it, we must teach it.
Remember when Jonah was sent to Nineveh? God sent Jonah to tell Nineveh that whole city would be destroyed unless they changed their ways and obeyed God's commands.
The first thing Jonah did was run away from the job God gave him to do. He (Jonah) was to warn a whole city that they were teetering on destruction from God. Instead, Jonah ran away and got into trouble. Because of Jonah's disobedience there were others that were put into danger. When God sent the tempest of the sea against the ship in which Jonah was hiding, the sailors of that ship were put in danger also. Finally, Jonah confessed that it was he who God was after. He told the sailors to toss him over the side and they would be safe. These sailors were more kind than Jonah. They didn't want to put Jonah in danger just so they would be safe. Jonah finally convinced them and he wound up in the belly of the "great fish." (Read Jonah Chapter 1.) Once those men obeyed and threw disobedient Jonah overboard, those men were saved. They called upon God and He saved them.
Meanwhile, the city of Nineveh was marked for destruction by God. But God withheld His hand from that city until one disobedient servant came to his senses and the city had a chance to repent. That servant had a job to do. Jonah's job was to issue the warning. What was Jonah's excuse for not going and following God's command? We don't find out his reason until chapter 4 of Jonah. This was after he did what God told him to do and the whole city repented and was saved. Here is what Jonah tells God:
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, "I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my own country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." (Jonah 4:1-3)
Because Jonah knew that God would not destroy the city if the people would repent and obey Him, Jonah ran away from the job God sent him to do. Then, as if that weren't enough, instead of rejoicing that those people were saved, he begged God to take his life because those people repented and obeyed God.
Has God given you a job to do? Are you running away? Are you sorrowful that people are saved? Maybe you have an enemy and God is sending you to that person to speak to him or her about salvation. Are you refusing to do that because you know if that person repents, God will save that person?
The salvation of a nation begins with the cities. The saving of the cities begins one person at a time. We can make a difference. It is up to each of us to do the jobs that God gives us. Please stop running away and get busy doing the job God has given you. Who knows, maybe our whole nation will turn from it's evil ways and be saved.
Copyright 2005 Linda Sedrick Pearson
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