Jeremiah 37 FSI - HEAR, O EARTH

> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 37 Notes** > [[Jeremiah 36 FSI|<Prev]]   [\[Bible\]](Bible%20Books%20Navigation.md)   %%[[Jeremiah 38 FSI|Next>]]%% [[Jeremiah 37|Verse list view]] > [Jeremiah 37:1](Jeremiah%2037.md#^1) note > > Now there is a new king reigning, Zedekiah. But notice who's ruling -- King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. It is a time of great tribulation. Babylon is deciding who will be king, they are in charge. ^jer37-1 > [Jeremiah 37:2](Jeremiah%2037.md#^2), [3](Jeremiah%2037.md#^3) note > > This is an interesting set of verses. In verse 2, God says that Zedekiah, his servants and the people of the land did not listen to Jeremiah. But then in verse 3, Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for them. Isn't this typical? People don't want to listen to God, they don't want to serve and obey Him. Yet they realize that somehow God is in charge, that somehow He can make a difference. And so they go to someone they despise like Jeremiah and ask him to pray for them. And this happens commonly today where some will ask for prayers for this situation and that situation, but they aren't about to bow down before God with a broken and contrite heart themselves. They think that this man (Jeremiah in this case) has some kind of an "inside line" or a special case with God. So way back in their mind they still recognize that God is on the Throne. And they're right about that. ^jer37-2-3 > [Jeremiah 37:4](Jeremiah%2037.md#^4), [5](Jeremiah%2037.md#^5), [6](Jeremiah%2037.md#^6), [7](Jeremiah%2037.md#^7), [8](Jeremiah%2037.md#^8), [9](Jeremiah%2037.md#^9), [10](Jeremiah%2037.md#^10) note > > What God is teaching is the most fundamental principle that we should ever know. And that is that God is the Ruler, He is the Governor, He is the Judge, He is the King over all the earth. And when the Bible speaks about God as the supreme Ruler we know that He is the Judge. And when we think about a judge, we think about a person sitting on a judgment seat, making decisions about whether a person was right or wrong and passing sentence on that individual. But in the Bible, the word Judge encompasses all that God does as the supreme Ruler of the world. He has established all of the laws by which He governs. He is in charge of *everything*, and every human being stands before the judgment seat of God -- because He Is God. > > We know, for example, that God determined that Christ would be the High Priest. He also determined that Christ is the Lamb of God, as we see Christ praying that the cup might pass from Him, yet "Not My Will, but Thine be done." This is all a mystery in the Godhead and we don't really understand it, of course. But when God as the Judge set up His whole salvation program He is the supreme Authority. He set up the plan where the Word of God, the message of the Bible itself, would be the Law of God that would serve to condemn those who rebel against the Law of God. That was established by God the Judge. In [Revelation 20:11](Revelation%2020.md#^11), [12](Revelation%2020.md#^12) we find a tableau, that is, a 3-dimensional illustration of God sitting on the Throne as King and Judge of all the earth and is in control of the whole universe that will flee away (see also [Ps 9:19](Psalm%209.md#^19), [20](Psalm%209.md#^20), [67:4](Psalm%2067.md#^4), [72:1](Psalm%2072.md#^1), [2](Psalm%2072.md#^2), [3](Psalm%2072.md#^3), [4](Psalm%2072.md#^4)). > > So when we go back to Jeremiah 37 we find that God is moving the pieces around. Babylon has already come and destroyed many of the cities of Judah, and it looks like they're about to finish off Jerusalem. But then God raises up Egypt. They're coming to help Judah which relieves some of the pressure on Jerusalem while Babylon repels Egypt. So God tells them that He is in charge and even if there were just a few wounded men left in the Babylonian camp they would still destroy Jerusalem. God is going to accomplish His Will according to His Plan. > > Study in progress 6.2026. > > ^jer37-4-10 Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI