Today, I am reading and commenting on Jeremiah 26-27.

The prophecy recorded here in chapter 26 is an interesting one.  Jeremiah prophesied in the temple to those who came to the temple to worship the Lord and to the priests and prophets who led that worship.  He told them that if they did not turn from their evil ways and begin following God’s commands, God would destroy Jerusalem and the temple.  The response of these religious people, who thought they were worshiping God, was to try and have Jeremiah killed.  Jeremiah was not prophesying to the political elites or the general populace, rather he was prophesying to the equivalent of the people in Church every Sunday, and every other day there is a service.  Additionally, it was the people who were “too busy to go to Church” who prevented Jeremiah from being killed.  Additionally, when God sent Jeremiah to make this prophecy, He told Jeremiah that perhaps each of them would listen to Jeremiah’s message and change their ways.  Jeremiah’s message about turning from evil was not directed to “the Church”, not even to “the people”, let along to “Society”.  Jeremiah’s message was directed to individuals.  So, if you read the Book of Jeremiah and see our society going in the same direction as led to God passing judgement on Jerusalem in Jeremiah’s day, as I do, Jeremiah’s message is not directed to our society, it is directed to you, it is directed to me.  Let us examine our lives for where we are failing to live as God desires us to live.  Then, let us change ourselves to conform to His will.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.