Did you know that a nation can get so far from God that God knows there is no hope of them coming back? That is exactly what happened to Judah during the time of Jeremiah the Prophet. I pray that our nation is not here yet!
At least three times God instructed Jeremiah not to pray for Judah!!!! Wow!
Jeremiah 7:16
16 “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 11:14
14 “So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.
Jeremiah 14:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good.
Judah had not obeyed God or responded to His correction. Whom the Lord loves He chastens and gives a chance to repent! But God told Jeremiah to lament for the dead nation because they would not repent!!!
Jeremiah 7:29-30 New King James Version (NKJV)
29 Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’ 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. “They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.
Is our nation too far gone? Will our nation turn back to God and repent? Or is judgement on our doorstep?
Tom
If it isn't it must be getting close. Let us keep sending up our prayers until God declares He is finished. Amen
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