Jeremiah 13:11
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For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’
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The belt was hidden in a rock crevice, and buried. Then it was later dug up in it's now ruined form. And that is what the Lord declared he was going to do with the tribes of Judah and with Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 13:8-10
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Then the word of the Lord came to me:
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“This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless.
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It is because they honor themselves, because wickedness in heavenly places feed their pride, and offer them knowledge of good and evil. And by this knowledge do they act against their God and their fellow man. Even what they consider charity; honors themselves. And what they consider love; only glorifies their existence.
These lesser heavenly hosts lead the childre of the tribes of Judah and Jerusalem by their reactions and their desires. Having replaced faith with belief and selflessness with self righteousness. A path that separates them from the truth evermore. Mercy is their only hope.
Jeremiah was a prophet. I find that, how the Lord spoke unto Jeremiah, is much like how the Holy Spirit can place words on the hearts of people who are in loving service of another.
But no longer does the Lord speak like he spoke to his prophets and kings.
We are not a righteous people, we are not under the curse of the law, no. We are saved because Jesus became a curse that broke that other curse the law had claim on us by.
Now, we walk in our trangressions, the temple of the law is empty, and instead the kingdom of heaven is available to us all. And by the kingdom of heaven the fruits of the Holy Spirit can work through us.
So no one is receiving word from the Lord. No. Any whom do not recognize the truth of the Christ Jesus, cannot even recieve through the kingdom that which once was available through the Holy of Holies. The path of the righteous was fulfilled in Jesus. And now all whom claim that path; without recognizing Christ Jesus, are useless.
Does a father stop loving his children when they go astray? No. So to is the love of the Father for those whom He has ceaselessly loved.
But the lesson of truth is not in them, and instead they are blinded by a false value they place in their flesh and their knowledge of good and evil. They only honor themselves and the wickedness in heavenly places that works against them, by enabling them here.
We are not the promised people. We are those chosen whom are grafted on to the vine. We hold belief in the truth. And faith works through us; perfection that is recognized as the righteousness of the Father. We by seeking by the kingdom of God, bring renown, praise, and honor to the Father. But only because of the truth we carry forward in the belief of His Son.
The doctrines of the two mediations cannot be combined. The Lord does not speak to us through prophets and kings any longer. No. The kingdom of heaven opens up, and the prophetic word that the Holy Spirit pours out on a heart becomes wisdom that serves lovingly one another in the moment. The gifts of the Holy Spirit honor the will of the Father, the do not honor the flesh of the path of righteousness like they did under old mediation.
No one can come to the Father except through His Truth.
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