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Jeremiah 2:23-5:19
We have the details
of Israel’s and Judah’s sins of idolatry and spiritual prostitution from God’s
perspective. The Lord is just – He is
righteous; and while He owes us nothing, yet in grace He lays out the whole
case against us. This reminds me of the
powerful case that Paul lays out to the Romans.
One of the most
striking things is the wishy-washiness of the people, because at times they
seem to be repentant, but it is short-lived [unless I am just misunderstanding
the chronology]. Perhaps at times I am
reading a prophecy of the people’s future repentance and restoration. God does promise to restore.
I am always amazed
by texts such as Jeremiah 3:19-20 which is an open theist’s dream (even though
he ignores the context). The open theist
(or process theologian) says if God knows all of the future absolutely, then
the verses like this would have no meaning.
But the context shows once again man sinks into error when he tries to
master all the mysteries of God.
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