{"id":7458,"date":"2016-03-14T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2016-03-13T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T06:30:59","slug":"i-reject-your-reality-and-substitute-my-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/03\/14\/i-reject-your-reality-and-substitute-my-own\/","title":{"rendered":"I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own"},"content":{"rendered":"

They said to Jeremiah, \u201cLet God be our witness, a true and faithful witness against us, if we don\u2019t do everything that your God directs you to tell us. Whether we like it or not, we\u2019ll do it. We\u2019ll obey whatever our God tells us. Yes, count on us. We\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ten days later God\u2019s Message came to Jeremiah. He called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers with him, including all the people, regardless of how much clout they had.<\/p>\n

He then spoke: \u201cThis is the Message from God, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your prayer. He says, \u2018If you are ready to stick it out in this land, I will build you up and not drag you down, I will plant you and not pull you up like a weed. I feel deep compassion on account of the doom I have visited on you. You don\u2019t have to fear the king of Babylon. Your fears are for nothing. I\u2019m on your side, ready to save and deliver you from anything he might do. I\u2019ll pour mercy on you. What\u2019s more, he will show you mercy! He\u2019ll let you come back to your very own land.\u2019(Jeremiah 42:5-12)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zedekiah, the last descendent of David was blind and living in Babylon. The city of Jerusalem had been destroyed. Most of the rich and powerful of the land had been taken away to captivity. But Jeremiah and the rest of the people of Judah were still there. Nebuchadnezzar had appointed Gedaliah as governor over those who remained. <\/p>\n

Both Gedaliah (see 2 Kings 25:24) and God, through Jeremiah, told the people to settle down and relax, that all would be well for them if they didn\u2019t resist the Babylonians. <\/p>\n

A group of concerned citizens came to Jeremiah pretending to seek God\u2019s will. But what they really wanted was for God to bless their will. So they rejected what God said through Jeremiah. It wasn\u2019t what they wanted. They wanted to fight. They wanted to rebel against the Babylonians. They wanted to go to Egypt. So they did. They murdered Gedaliah (see 2 Kings 25:25-26) and then fled to Egypt, dragging Jeremiah with them. People usually want God to bless their decisions. They don\u2019t want to be blessed by God\u2019s decisions, because they don\u2019t trust God as much as they trust themselves.<\/p>\n

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