Devotion 848
“Because They Have Forsaken The Covenant Of The Lord Their God”
Reference Jeremiah chapter 22
He is the God of covenants. There is no way to have a relationship with God unless through a covenant. The Abrahamic covenant was the beginning of the new covenant. The end of the new covenant is Jesus Christ and His blood shed on the cross of Calvary. The old covenant was the covenant between God and the first Adam. Every man or woman on Earth is either in the old covenant or the new covenant. There is no in-between. Israel was in the new covenant, the beginning, with Abraham, a seed of Abraham. That covenant was supposed to bring Israel to the end of the new covenant in Christ. But because of their unbelief of the Word of God, Israel lost their way, and missed Christ. Israel did not recognize Jesus Christ when He stood in their presence because they were so far removed from the Word of God.
Today, we are either in the old covenant or the new covenant. The choice is ours, and it's based on Who we believe or not believe.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 22:1-9 “Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, [2] And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: [3] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. [4] For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. [5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. [6] For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. [7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. [8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? [9] Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”
The covenant was promised to Abraham and his seed, which is Israel, but Judah and Jerusalem became a desolation because they forsook the covenant, and God forsook them. Today, if we forsake the new covenant, God forsakes us.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 22:10-21 “Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. [11] For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: [12] But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. [13] Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; [14] That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. [15] Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? [16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. [17] But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. [18] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! [19] He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. [20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. [21] I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.”
This has been the manner of Israel from their youth. Since they came out of Egypt in the wilderness, they walked in unbelief. They would not hear the voice of God. Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, entered the Promised Land through faith. The rest died, and their bones bleached in the wilderness.
Numbers 26:64-65 “But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. [65] For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
Today, if a man or woman remains in the blood of the first Adam, they die in that wilderness because of the same unbelief.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 22:22 “The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.”
When the leaders, shepherds, and rulers are lost, the followers are also lost. This was the condition of Israel. The rulers were lost because they heeded not the Word of God, to go the Way of God.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 22:23-30 “O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! [24] As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; [25] And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. [26] And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. [27] But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. [28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? [29] O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. [30] Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”
One covenant is the Word of God. It is the new covenant. It's a blessing. The other covenant is unbelief in the Word of God. It is the old covenant. It's a curse.
Choose you this day which covenant you want to live under. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the blood seed of the new covenant, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam, the blood seed of the old covenant. It's always a choice of faith, in Christ!
Reference Jeremiah chapter 22
He is the God of covenants. There is no way to have a relationship with God unless through a covenant. The Abrahamic covenant was the beginning of the new covenant. The end of the new covenant is Jesus Christ and His blood shed on the cross of Calvary. The old covenant was the covenant between God and the first Adam. Every man or woman on Earth is either in the old covenant or the new covenant. There is no in-between. Israel was in the new covenant, the beginning, with Abraham, a seed of Abraham. That covenant was supposed to bring Israel to the end of the new covenant in Christ. But because of their unbelief of the Word of God, Israel lost their way, and missed Christ. Israel did not recognize Jesus Christ when He stood in their presence because they were so far removed from the Word of God.
Today, we are either in the old covenant or the new covenant. The choice is ours, and it's based on Who we believe or not believe.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 22:1-9 “Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, [2] And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: [3] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. [4] For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. [5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. [6] For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. [7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. [8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? [9] Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”
The covenant was promised to Abraham and his seed, which is Israel, but Judah and Jerusalem became a desolation because they forsook the covenant, and God forsook them. Today, if we forsake the new covenant, God forsakes us.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 22:10-21 “Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. [11] For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: [12] But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. [13] Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; [14] That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. [15] Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? [16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. [17] But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. [18] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! [19] He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. [20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. [21] I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.”
This has been the manner of Israel from their youth. Since they came out of Egypt in the wilderness, they walked in unbelief. They would not hear the voice of God. Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, entered the Promised Land through faith. The rest died, and their bones bleached in the wilderness.
Numbers 26:64-65 “But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. [65] For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
Today, if a man or woman remains in the blood of the first Adam, they die in that wilderness because of the same unbelief.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 22:22 “The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.”
When the leaders, shepherds, and rulers are lost, the followers are also lost. This was the condition of Israel. The rulers were lost because they heeded not the Word of God, to go the Way of God.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 22:23-30 “O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! [24] As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; [25] And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. [26] And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. [27] But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. [28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? [29] O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. [30] Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”
One covenant is the Word of God. It is the new covenant. It's a blessing. The other covenant is unbelief in the Word of God. It is the old covenant. It's a curse.
Choose you this day which covenant you want to live under. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the blood seed of the new covenant, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam, the blood seed of the old covenant. It's always a choice of faith, in Christ!
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