Open your Bibles with me to Jeremiah
46. Now we're in the last section of
the prophecy of Jeremiah given to him by God for the people
of Judah and Jerusalem and the days of the destruction of that
nation by the Babylonian army. And up to this point, there have
been 45 chapters of God's Word through Jeremiah against Judah
and Jerusalem. Now beginning at chapter 46 and
going over to chapter 51, we have, look at 46 and verse 1,
it says, The Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet
against the Gentiles. This is God's judgment against
the Gentile nations, those Gentile nations that plagued Israel throughout
their history in one way or another, or those Gentile nations in which
Israel, in unbelief and idolatry, trusted
in. And what you have here, it's
sort of like a progressive revelation. It kind of relates the history
of Israel. It begins with Egypt, verse two, against Egypt, the
first one that he goes to. That's where Israel's history
as a nation began. Now we know it began back with
Abraham as an individual, but they were not brought together
as a nation until God providentially brought Joseph down into Egypt
and the people came there and then they were in bondage and
God brought them out of bondage and he formed them as a civic
nation at Sinai. under the old covenant. And then
their 1,500 year history up until the time of Christ. And so these
nations, as we'll go through some of them, and you'll see,
it is a good history lesson and it has meaning. It's not just
history. It's not learning dates and names
and all that. It has some meaning. I'll show
you that in a moment. But these Gentile nations, God's working
in, it shows that God's workings in providence, it was over the
whole world, that God is sovereign in history. That even these Gentile
nations, unbeknownst to them, were subject to the sovereign
power and providence of Almighty God. God governs history. God is a God of providence. And then history sets forth the
glory of God in many ways. First of all, in his judgment
against all sin. That's what really is the subject
of these chapters. It's been the subject, really,
of the 45 chapters that Jeremiah prophesied against the people
of Judah and Jerusalem. God judges against all sin. And his wrath is upon all sin.
And that shows man the problem. in whatever nation you come from,
that the problem is sin. And the only way the problem
can be solved is for somebody who can take care of this problem
and remove sin. That's the issue. Whatever form it comes in, however
it manifests itself, whether it's religiously, immorally,
economically, whatever it is. That's why the Bible is clear
that God sent his son into the world to save us from our sins
And that's the issue not to save us from our poverty spiritual
poverty He didn't come to save us from disease spiritual disease
he did He didn't come to liberate us from the prison camps, but
he came to liberate us spiritually you say from the bondage of sin
And then secondly, history sets forth the glory of God in his
deliverance of a people of his choice, his elect people. And he does it freely and unconditionally. And that's why I've really entitled
the message from the last two verses here in Jeremiah 46, look
at verse 27. The title of the message is,
fear not my servant Jacob, fear not my servant Jacob. Should be comma. I don't know
if I put the comma in there, Ron, or not on yours. Should
be fear not, comma, thy servant Jacob. He's not telling us there
not to fear Jacob or his servant Jacob. He's saying fear not.
He's addressing Jacob. Fear not, comma, my servant Jacob. And that's what verse 27, but
fear not thou, O my servant Jacob. And we'll talk about that in
just a minute. But we're told that the whole purpose of the
history of Israel, and in essence, really the whole purpose of the
history of the world, ultimately, according to God's plan and purpose
for his people, is to save us out of this fallen human race
and appoint his people to God's righteousness, His righteousness
in the Lord Jesus Christ. And anytime I do this, I always
go to one of my favorite passages of Scripture over in Isaiah 46.
Turn to Isaiah 46. Now, verse 9. And of course you
know Isaiah prophesied about 100, some say even as much as
150 years before Jeremiah. He prophesied in Jerusalem, just
like Jeremiah. So this was about 700 years before
Christ came into the world. And so, he talks about in verse
9, remember the former things of old. That's the history of
the nation. And what God did in those former things, in that
history, he identified and distinguished himself as the one true and living
God. For I am God, there's none else.
There's no other God. Egypt had other gods, they were
idols. Moab had gods. They were idols. Babylon has
its gods. They're idols. He says, I'm God. There's none like me. Don't compare
God to anyone or anything. Don't do that. There's none like
him. And he says, declaring the end from the beginning. What's
that? That's predestination, folks. That's exactly what that
is. Think about it. Anytime I read,
I say, now we can declare the beginning from the end. I know
how this day started. I don't know how it's going to
end up though. But God declares the end from the beginning. And
he says, and from ancient times, the things that are not yet done,
saying my counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure.
God's going to do what he wants to do. And then verse 11 is a
prophecy. And it's a prophecy for the people
of Judah just after the days of Jeremiah. He says, calling
a ravenous bird from the east. Most scholars agree on this,
and I agree with them on this, that that ravenous bird from
the east is talking about a king named Cyrus of the Medo-Persian
Empire, and he's the one who came in and defeated Babylon
and freed up the Jews to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the
city under Nehemiah. are rubble it says that man that
executed my counsel from a far country in fact when Cyrus conquered
Babylon they read this passage to him they read the prophecies
to him they read from 2nd Chronicles to him also and he says he says
my counsel from a far country he God says in verse 11 yea I
have spoken it I will bring it to pass I've purposed it I'll
do it nothing's going to stop that is it Daniel said it that
way, none can stay here, or Nebuchadnezzar is the one who said it, but Daniel
recorded, none can stay his hand or say unto him, what doest thou?
Well, what's the purpose of that? Verse 12, hearken unto me, ye
stout hearted that are far from righteousness, you proud yet
unrighteous people. That's us by nature, none righteous,
no not one. Hear God. I bring near my righteousness. Now how's God going to bring
near his righteousness? He's going to send Christ into
the world to fulfill all righteousness. That's how he does it. And it
shall not be far off. What that means is it's not going
to be something you reach for and gain and think of in the
future. It's something you'll have. You
see, I'm right now. First John 4, 17. Hearing is
our love made perfect, and that we have confidence in the day
of judgment, for as he is, so are we now in this world. I'm
righteous right now in Christ. I'm not working to be righteous.
Now when I say that, understand I'm talking about my standing
before God. I want to be like Christ. You
want to be like Christ. And we're to strive to be like
him in our character and conduct. But when it comes to our standing
before God, our position before God, our salvation, we're already
righteous in Christ. That's not something far off.
Religion will tell you it is, because you've got to work for
it. And if you mess up, you'll lose it, and you've got to start
again. But see, God says it won't be
far off. And he says, my salvation shall not tarry. It's not something
you have to wait for. We wait on the Lord, but that's
the equivalent of believing in the Lord, believing God. It's
not like sitting in a waiting room. And then he says, I will
place salvation in Zion, that hill outside of Jerusalem, for
my glory. Now there's what it is, that's
Christ. That's what it's all about. Now Judah's destruction,
go back to Jeremiah 46, was due to pride. Their pride. Well, we're gonna see here that
the destruction of the Gentiles is due to their pride too. Judgment
of these nations due to the same. Judah's pride was their self-righteous
view of their covenant relationship with God. What was their self-righteous
view? Well, they had three basic things
that they boasted of that they thought proved that they were
children of God. Number one was their physical
connection with Abraham. Remember, that's what John the
Baptist addressed in Matthew 3 when he spoke to the Pharisees
and the Sadducees. He said, say not that we're Abraham's
seed. That won't do you any good. That
won't make you righteous before God. Being born a Jew will not
take care of your sin problem. And secondly, the right of circumcision. Paul said, God forbid that I
should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom
the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world. And he
said, for in Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
availeth a thing. Doesn't do you any good. Brings
you no closer to God. And the third thing they boasted
in was they kept the law of Moses. Well, they didn't keep the law
of Moses, but the Lord himself in John chapter 5, he says, Moses
in whom you trust will be your judge and he'll judge you condemned. That won't help you. None of
these things saved them. None of these things removed
sin. None of these things made them righteous. And this sets
forth the futility and the deadliness of seeking salvation by our works,
rather than by the grace of God in Christ. Now, Gentile pride,
a lot of it was due to their military power. And that's one
reason that Brother Bill reads Psalm 20, because that is talking
about Egypt. Starts out there about Jacob.
That's where this chapter ends up. But he talks about trusting
in horses. That was a symbol of war, a horse
was, and chariots. And that's why the remnant that
we've been reading about here in the last part of Jeremiah's
prophecy to Judah is those people who fled to Egypt because they
thought they would be safe in the power of Egypt, power of
horses, the power of chariots, the power of a big army. And
that Gentile pride was just puffed up over that power. Well, what
we see here too is that the destruction of all these nations, including
Judah, did not make God's purpose or God's intention or God's promise
to save his people, spiritual Israel, who is his servant Jacob. It did not. It did not thwart
or even hinder his purpose to save his people, his elect people
out of every tribe, kindred, tongue, and nation, Jew and Gentile.
Now it starts with Egypt. And the reason it starts with
Egypt is several things. Number one, that's where Israel
started. That's where their bondage started. That's where their deliverance
started as a nation. And secondly, because they were
continually warned by God not to trust in Egypt. Egypt represents
bondage. In verse two, he says against
Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Necho. That was the one whose
army killed King Josiah. King of Egypt, which was by the
river Euphrates in Carchemish. This is a battle that was fought,
Carchemish, a famous battle. And it says there that Egypt
fought Nebuchadnezzar, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
This is a battle that took place prior, where Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar,
defeated Egypt in a place called Carchemish. And that was God's
judgment against Egypt. And he's talking about here what
the Lord had already done in Egypt. You're trusting in Egypt,
but let me show you what God's already done. Let me give you
a little history. God already thwarted and put
down and defeated Egypt at Carchemish. And you know it's so. Look at
verse 3, order ye the buckler and shield and draw near to battle,
harness the horses, get up ye horsemen, stand forth with your
helmets. See they had all this equipment, they had all this
military power. And he says in verse 5, wherefore
have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? And their mighty
ones beaten down or fled apace, they ran. ran like rabbits, and
looked not back, for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
Egypt was defeated. And you're turning to them for
safety, for salvation, for protection, for sustenance? Look at verse
eight, he says, Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters
are moved like the rivers. And he saith, I'll go up, cover
the earth, I'll destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
Here again, these horses, look at verse nine, come ye up, ye
horses. Ragey chariots like Bill mentioned when he read Psalm
20 remember Pharaoh's chariots and Pharaoh's horses Why they
would have made havoc they would have wiped out They would have
made a bloodbath of the Hebrew children who were getting ready
to cross the Red Sea But what was Pharaoh's problem? He was
fighting against God And he didn't know it But here, these mighty
men, they came forth. The Ethiopians and the Libyans,
these were mercenaries. They had hired servants, you
see. He says, they handle the shield
and the Libyans, they handle the bend the bow. These were
master archers, this army. Verse 10, for this is the day
of the Lord of hosts, a day of vengeance. God's gonna do a work
here against this Egypt. that he may avenge him of his
adversaries, and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate,
and made drunk with their blood. For the Lord God of hosts hath
a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates." What
he's talking about there is God had an offering and that offering
was Babylon. And he offered them up as an
instrument of his vengeance against Egypt. And he says in verse 11,
now listen to this, he says, go up into Gilead and take Baam,
O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. There's several things, you remember
Baam in Gilead. Jeremiah had mentioned that before,
hadn't he? And he said, is there no Baam in Gilead? There he was
talking to Judah. And he said, there's no remedy
for your sin. There's no remedy at all for your sin. You see,
Gilead was known for this resin that was produced there that
was a healing agent. And he said, is there no balm
in Gilead? There's no way out, is what he's telling. There's
no healing in the land. The healing's got to come from
God. It's got to come from Christ. You see, Christ is the great
physician. And Israel, at that time, they were just like that
woman with the issue of blood. They went here, they went there,
they spent this, spent that, but they ended up worse off.
That's the way it is with man's religion. Well, here's what he's
telling Egypt. He says, go into Gilead and take
Baam, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. He's mentioned the
virginity here is not picturing spiritual virginity or spiritual
purity. It's talking about being open
to destruction, it's being a weakling. That's what he's talking about.
Well, here's what's going to happen when you go to Gilead
for your medicine. In vain shalt thou use many medicines,
for thou shalt not be cured. And that's our problem with sin.
There's no cure in Gilead. There's no cure in man. There's
no cure in religion. The waters of baptism will not
wash away our sins. What will? Nothing but the blood
of Jesus. And that's it. That's it. So
all through this time there were so many in Judah who thought
Egypt is the answer to our problems. We've got this Babylonian idolater
coming down upon us with his army. He's going to destroy us
and Egypt is the answer. Well, remember that was where
the remnant had fled to. Jeremiah spoke to him. And here
God opens up and he says through Jeremiah, well now look at what
I've already done to Egypt. Look at what's already happened.
Look at that bondage. Man, you know, I mentioned this
in one of the last messages on this. You know, man by nature
loves the way of bondage. You could say it this way, the
flesh loves bondage. You know why? Because that's
where it's born. That's where we're born. We by nature love
bondage because we're born in bondage. Man's way is always
a way of bondage and men are drawn to it like flies to a flame,
like a moth to a flame. God's way is a way of freedom
and liberty from condemnation, from death and darkness. The
Lord God is the only safe refuge. There's no refuge in Egypt. No refuge will be safe unless
the Lord builds it, except the Lord build the house. It's all
in vain. And that's why we need salvation
which is of the Lord. We need to do like Moses said
when they were standing on the shores of the Red Sea and Pharaoh's
army was coming after him and they were complaining and say,
well, you brought us out here just to die. And Moses said,
stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. The Lord will fight for you.
And this army of Egypt, you'll see them no more forever. Beginning at verse 13 and really
going down to verse 26, what you see there is that the destruction
of Egypt would come again. The first part, he says, look
at what God's already done to Egypt. Well, it's gonna happen
again, he says. The people of Judah would not
write off Egypt as help. Not on the basis of what God
had done and not on the basis of what God said He would do.
And they rejected God's testimony and history and God's word. What
God said, you see. That's the issue. Look at verse
13. The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, should come and smite the land
of Egypt. God said it. That's enough. And that's the way it is with
us in salvation. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the
word of God. How do we know God saves sinners by grace in Christ?
Because he said it. Look over it at verse 21. He goes down through here and
he talks about Egypt, how many are going to fall, how it's going
to happen. This is all God's word. All the
great cities, he mentions Tabor for one, Nof is another. These
are all great cities of Egypt. It's all gonna be wiped out.
And then it says in verse 21, look here, we'll look at verse
20. It says, Egypt is like a fair heifer, but destruction cometh. It cometh out of the north, that's
Babylon. And verse 21 says, also her hired
men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks. That's the mercenaries.
And when I saw that, I thought about false religion. That's
what it is. It's mercenary. Hired men. People working to
be religious or to be what they call good or better in order
to earn God's favor or to earn God's blessings. Hired men. They're not safe either. Now
you know. If Egypt was gonna hire them,
they had to be skillful in whatever they do, whether they shot a
bow and arrow, or whether they used a sword or a chariot. So
these fellows were good. They were earning their keep
in Egypt, but it would do them no good against God's wrath.
And he tells them, for they also are turned back and are fled
away together. They did not stand because the
day of their, and notice it's past tense. Do you notice the
tense of this? It hadn't happened yet, but it's going to. Remember
God said, my counsel will stand, I will do all my pleasure. Because
the day of their calamity was upon them and the time of their
visitation. What visitation? God's wrath
visiting them. So there it is. And he said they're
gods. He said, verse 24, he says, the
daughter of Egypt shall be confounded, she shall be delivered into the
hand of the people of the north, the Lord of hosts. God who cannot,
remember that's the invincible God. God who cannot be defeated. The God of Israel. And you know
what Israel means, that's significant here when we look at Jacob. All
right, it means one who has prevailed with God. Prince of God. And the God of Israel, he says,
behold, I will punish the multitude. That word multitude, if you look
in your concordance there, it says nourisher. And what he's
saying there is I'm gonna cut off Egypt's nourishment. their
supply. And then that word no, the multitude
of no, that's another word for one of the greatest cities of
Egypt, Thebes. That's another name for it. And
he said in Pharaoh, Pharaoh was Egypt's God and Egypt, that's
the nation, with their gods, their idolatrous, you see. This
is why we want to be certain that the God we worship is the
one true and living God and not an idol. that the Christ we trust
in and serve is the true Savior and not a counterfeit. That's
why we have to search God's Word to know who He is and what He's
like, what He will do, what He won't do. God will not share
His glory with another. And He says, even Pharaoh and
all them, look at it, and all them that trust in Him. Trust
in Pharaoh, trust in... You know, it's an amazing thing
to me when I think about the Old Testament. And I think about
Joseph. Joseph was second in command
to Pharaoh, and yet Joseph did not trust in Pharaoh. That's
amazing. That's grace, folks. That's not
because Joseph was a better guy than the rest of them. But he
did not trust in Pharaoh. He didn't trust in Egypt. He
didn't trust in horses. And then verse 26, he says, And
I will deliver them into the hands of those that seek their
lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the
hand of his servants. And afterward, now it says here,
afterward it shall be inhabited, that's Egypt, as in the days
of old, saith the Lord. Now there's two views of that.
Some say that that's referring to the remnant of God's elect
that are called out of Egypt later on. And you see a prophecy
of that in Isaiah chapter 19. You might mark that down and
just read Isaiah 19. And that could be what it's talking about
because God has a people out of every tribe, kindred, tongue
and nation. And in history, they say there was a great body of
believers, a church raised up there in Egypt. Later on, there
may have been. But that could be what it's talking
about. Others say that that's talking
about a prophecy of Ezekiel. I think it's Ezekiel 25, where
he talked about how there would people come back and inhabit
Egypt 40 years after Cyrus let Israel come back, but it'll never
return to its former glory. So either one of those. But I
know this, God's will, whatever it was, it was done. And it will
be done. But after that destruction of
Egypt, which represents bondage, here's what he says, But fear
not thou, O my servant Jacob. Be not dismayed, O Israel. Two names, isn't it? Two significant
names. There's Jacob. What a great type. What a great picture. of sinners
saved by the grace of God. Jacob. You know who Jacob was. Are you like Jacob? Am I like
Jacob in his character, his conduct, in his history, and how God dealt
with Jacob? Well, I know this about Jacob.
Jacob was chosen by God before he was ever born. Isn't that
right? Remember that over in Romans
chapter 9? It says here, they're talking about him and his twin
brother Esau. And it says in Romans 9, talking about Rebekah, and it
says in verse 11, for the children being not yet born, neither having
done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election
might stand, not of works. You know, people say, well, God
looked down through the telescope of time. Well, he didn't do it
here, did he? Not of works, but of him that calleth. It was said
unto her, unto Rebekah, the elder shall serve the younger. As it
is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Jacob
was chosen by God. to be an object of his grace
and his love and his blessing before he was ever born. Well,
if you're a sinner saved by grace, so were you. So was I. Secondly,
Jacob was chosen by God not because of any works done by him or in
him or through him. And if you're a sinner saved
by grace, so were you. So am I. Not of works lest any
man should boast. Another thing I know about Jacob,
he was born in sin. There's a great picture of that.
And the infants come out of Rebekah's womb. Jacob came out second,
holding on to the heel of Esau. And that was sort of a picture
of the supplanter. He was always at Esau's heel.
Now God had already determined that the elder shall serve the
younger. But Jacob was born in sin. And if you're a sinner saved
by grace, so were you. So am I. That's the way we were
born. Born dead in trespasses and sin.
That's what ruined by the fall means. It means we fell in Adam. The proof of it is we're born
in sin. We're born spiritually dead.
Just like Jacob. And then Jacob, I know this about
him. He was pretty much of a scoundrel,
wasn't he? You read his history. He was a cheater. He was a liar. He was a conniver. And really, if you think about
it, if we're sinners saved by grace, that's what we were in
some way or another now. I mean, you may not have tried
to cheat people out of money or do this, that or the other,
but that's the way we are by nature in the sense that we don't
know God. We don't know Christ. We're proud
by nature. But Jacob, he was pretty much
of a scoundrel. You know that. I think about the episode when
he was matching wits with another scoundrel, his father-in-law
named Laban. What a story it is. Two scoundrels
trying to outdo each other to get what they want. And that's
the way we are in false religion. That's what we are naturally.
Jacob was an infamous sinner in that sense. It didn't start
with Laban. It started way back, didn't it?
Another thing I know about Jacob, that all through his life, he
was protected by the sovereign hand and purpose of Almighty
God, in spite of himself. What I mean by that, in spite
of himself, I mean this. If God had let Jacob go, he would
have destroyed himself. Jacob didn't earn God's blessings,
and he didn't deserve God's blessings. And if we're sinners saved by
grace, So are we. Protected by God. Do you realize
how long God's had his hand on you, child of God? Well, your
name was written in the last book of life before the foundation
of the world, and the moment you were conceived in the womb,
God had his protective hand on you. And I don't know when you
came to a saving knowledge of Christ. That's not really that
important at this point. But I know this, that time period,
even that time period before you came to a saving knowledge
of Christ, God had his sovereign hand of providence on you. He
kept you. And then he brought you under
the preaching of the gospel. And by the power of the Holy
Spirit, he gave you life and brought you to Christ. Well,
that's what he did to Jacob. Jacob was brought to Christ by
the power of God. And you know the story about
Jacob's ladder, that vision in a dream, that ladder being Christ,
the way to God. He's the way, the truth, and
the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by Him. You know
the story of Jacob wrastling the angel, the messenger of God. That's a picture of a sinner.
Desperately seeking Christ and clinging to Him, holding on for
dear life. If you're a sinner, saved by
grace, you yourself were brought to Christ and you cling to Him. You hold on for dear life. You
will not let go, will you? That's the way it is, isn't it?
Look back here. He says, My servant Jacob, be
not dismayed, O Israel. Jacob, the supplanter. Well,
his name was changed. He has a new name. I remember
that old song, there's a new name written down in glory. That's
not scriptural. What they're saying in that song
is that when you believe that God writes your name in the book
of life, that's not so. That is not so. That is not scriptural. You say, well, I don't like that.
Well, you don't like scripture. Your name was written in heaven
before the foundation of the world, written in the Lamb's
book of life. But in your experience of things, In my experience of
things, I who was named Jacob, the sinner, lost in my sins,
got a new name, Israel, one who prevailed with God. Now how does
a sinner prevail with God? By clinging to Christ. That's
what happened when Jacob wrestled the angel. He clung to Christ.
It doesn't mean to get victory over God or defeat God. You prevail
with God because God said, this is my beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased, hear ye Him. You prevail with God when you
plead the blood of the Lamb. You prevail with God when you
plead His righteousness imputed as your only hope and ground
of salvation. And then he says, for behold,
I will save thee from afar off. It doesn't matter how far you
go, you cannot go far enough to where God cannot save the
ones whom he chose, whom he loved, for whom Christ died. And he
said, thy seed from the land of their captivity. And there
is a modified, limited fulfillment of this when Judah returned back
to to Jerusalem, but that's not the complete fulfillment of it
because that didn't last. He says, and Jacob shall return
and be in rest and at ease and none shall make him afraid. That
didn't even happen when they returned back to the land. They
weren't at rest and at ease and none make them afraid. They had
trouble all the time. But Jacob, they'll return. That's coming to Christ. That's
repentance. And you'll be in rest. What are you going to do?
You're going to rest in Christ. And none shall make him afraid.
You don't have to fear. Not man. You don't have to fear
Egypt. You don't have to fear Babylon. Verse 28. Fear thou
not, O Jacob, my servant, saith the Lord, for I am with thee.
We have Christ. We have the very presence, the
ever-abiding presence of God Almighty in Christ. I will make a full end of all
the nations which I have driven thee. The nations there represent
the world in opposition to Christ. But I will not make a full end
of thee. You know why? Because there's
a remnant. A lection of grace. He said, but correct thee in
measure, yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. That's
chastisement. That's the chastisement of God.
I want you to turn to one scripture, turn to Jeremiah 30. Somebody
asked me one time, well how do you relate all that? Well, we
have a prior prophecy from Jeremiah back in Jeremiah 30 that says
the same thing in connection with the promise, a direct promise
of the coming of Christ. Jeremiah 30, this, you remember
the book of consolation? This is part of the book of consolation.
Look at verse nine. Talking about in the last days.
He says, they shall serve the Lord their God. Now whoever he's
talking about, they're gonna be servants of God. He's talking,
this is the future now. And David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them. Now who's that talking about?
That's talking about Christ. the greater King David, the greater
son of David. Therefore, fear thou not, O my
servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O is the
same exact words in connection with the direct prophecy of Christ.
For lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land
of their captivity. Jacob shall return, and shall
be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For
I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee, though I make a
full end of all nations, whether I have scattered thee. Yet will
I not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure,
and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Same exact prophecy,
directly connected, not with the return of the nation from
Babylon to Judah, but with the coming of Christ. For he is our
salvation. He is our remedy for sin. He is our liberator. He is our
physician. He is the Lord, our righteousness.
You see that? Now you don't have to fear Egypt. Stand still and see the salvation
of the Lord, which he'll show you this day. All right.