Jeremiah 46 FSI - HEAR, O EARTH

> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 46 Notes** > [[Jeremiah 45 FSI|<Prev]]   [\[Bible\]](Bible%20Books%20Navigation.md)   [[Jeremiah 47 FSI|Next>]] [[Jeremiah 46|Verse list view]] > [Jeremiah 46:1](Jeremiah%2046.md#^1) note > > The word *Gentiles* refers to the *nations* of the world. So now God is expanding His judgments upon the nations as judgment begins with the house of God but is then passed on to the whole world ([1 Pet 4:17](1%20Peter%204.md#^17)). ^jer46-1 > [Jeremiah 46:2](Jeremiah%2046.md#^2) note > > For the first few years from the death of Josiah, Israel was under the heel of Egypt (representing the world), then Babylon took over (representing the wrath of God against them). Egypt represent the iron furnace of the world, or bondage to sin and Satan (the oppressive works of the brick-kiln) from which we have come out if we have become saved. ^jer46-2 > [Jeremiah 46:3](Jeremiah%2046.md#^3), [4](Jeremiah%2046.md#^4) note > > The buckler has to do with the soldier who is carrying a shield ahead of the warrior to give protection to the one who is fighting, like we see with Goliath in [1 Samuel 17:41](1%20Samuel%2017.md#^41). To furbish the sword means to polish it or to shine it up for the battle. And the brigandines is the armor that the warriors would wear. > > So God is saying here to get ready for the battle. ^jer46-3-4 > [Jeremiah 46:5](Jeremiah%2046.md#^5) note > > Fear, or terror, being round about is found several times, particularly in the book of Jeremiah. And every time it is pointing to when God has begun His judgment. Now, the world doesn't know yet the terror they are under, but nevertheless it is there while the true believers recognize the fact we are headed right for Judgment Day. The picture here can be summed up when looking at [Revelation 20:7](Revelation%2020.md#^7), [8](Revelation%2020.md#^8), [9](Revelation%2020.md#^9). The nations of the world are being prepared for their final battle, spiritually called the Battle of Armageddon, where Christ separates the sheep from the goats or the wheat from the tares during the Final Gospel Call. And all who are opposed to Christ will be under destruction as they witness the Truth of the Word of God through the elect who are in the army of Christ and are singing praises to God. And the nations will be angry, but they are doomed because they are under the wrath of God ([Rev 11:18](Revelation%2011.md#^18)). ^jer46-5 > [Jeremiah 46:6](Jeremiah%2046.md#^6) note > > God is speaking here about judgment, an aspect of His judgment process. And the river Euphrates is associated with Babylon, it flows right through the center of the city of Babylon. And yet, God identifies it with Israel, which typified the kingdom of God ([Gen 15:18](Genesis%2015.md#^18); [Deut 11:24](Deuteronomy%2011.md#^24)). So while it flowed through Babylon, in God's usage of the river Euphrates He identifies it with the farthest border of the kingdom of God, which is far larger than the border at the Jordan River. It encompassed a whole lot more. > > So here God is talking about people falling, and they're falling toward the north by the river Euphrates. And we wonder, when will this happen. If we look at the context of this chapter in [verse 26](Jeremiah%2046.md#^26), this is when Babylon conquered Egypt, which was four years after Judah had been brought under the rulership of Egypt at the death of King Josiah. > > In [Revelation 9:14](Revelation%209.md#^14), [15](Revelation%209.md#^15), [16](Revelation%209.md#^16) we read about the spiritual Battle of Armageddon when Christ comes riding on a white horse. Keep this in mind as we progress through the following verses and we'll see how this comes together a little more. ^jer46-6 > [Jeremiah 46:7](Jeremiah%2046.md#^7), [8](Jeremiah%2046.md#^8) note > > In [Ezekiel 29:3](Ezekiel%2029.md#^3) we read where Egypt, as a picture of the churches that have been overrun by the world, claim the river of the Gospel for themselves, as their own, designing it as they wish but using the Bible to give it authority (by giving lip service to the Bible). Each church has made it for themselves to be what they want. So it is not the Gospel of the Bible. And that's the import of Jeremiah 46:8 with Egypt rising up as a flood to cover the earth to destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. And that's exactly what has happened when they bring their own kind of gospel, it does not bring eternal Life, but death. ^jer46-7-8 > [Jeremiah 46:9](Jeremiah%2046.md#^9), [10](Jeremiah%2046.md#^10) note > > Verse 9 are all the nations that are related to Egypt. > > Verse 10 is the language of judgment day. And yet, God is still using the language of Babylon taking over Egypt. They're all intertwined, finally, where they all wind up in that final confrontation at the river Euphrates which identifies with the spiritual Battle of Armageddon (the day of judgment) when God brings finality of judgment upon the unsaved world. It is by the river *Euphrates* (see the [note to 6↗](Jeremiah%2046%20FSI.md#^jer46-6)). > > Now we must keep in mind, God has been warning and warning throughout the Bible that the churches must remain faithful or they would be cut off, like we read in Jeremiah and again later in Revelation 2 and 3. It's not like they were just going along and then suddenly, there's judgment. We read the warnings given to the Corinthians and the Galatians. Then we see the warnings in 2 Thessalonians 2 that God would send strong delusion for not receiving the love of the Truth. And there are the many examples throughout the Old Testament. True, we do see the great patience of God as well. He does not just rashly bring judgment, He allows things to go quite a long time. But finally, judgment falls. ^jer46-9-10 > [Jeremiah 46:11](Jeremiah%2046.md#^11), [12](Jeremiah%2046.md#^12) note > > In verse 11, we find a very pessimistic statement. It's similar to what we read in [Jeremiah 8:22](Jeremiah%208.md#^22). Gilead was known for its many medicinal herbs in those days. If they were going to seek for medicine it would come from Gilead. But here God is saying there is no cure. They're constantly rebellion no matter what, and as long as they rebel there is no cure. > > Then in verse 12, "The nations have heard of thy shame..." -- We see that God has disclosed in the Bible all of the ugly things that Israel (and the churches) have done. Imagine for a moment if you had a family that was involved in a lot of disreputable activity. Where would you want to put it? -- In the closet where no one could know about it. We would be ashamed for people to know about it all. And here God is talking about His people, those who were the special visible kingdom of God on earth. So God has shamed His people in the eyes of the nations. And this will go right up until the day of judgment as they are in full shame before the eyes of God. > > "...and thy cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, _and_ they are fallen both together." -- The mighty men are those who claim to be the great ones, for example, the most eminent theologians of any denomination. And they are both fallen together. ^jer46-11-12 > [Jeremiah 46:13](Jeremiah%2046.md#^13) note > > Verse 13 indicates how the world and then the wrath of God has ruled in the churches as false ministers have come in as ministers of righteousness. Satan has come as an angel of light. He comes looking like Christ as the deceptive anti-christ. And this adds to the shame of those who should hold the Gospel. ^jer46-13 > [Jeremiah 46:14](Jeremiah%2046.md#^14), [15](Jeremiah%2046.md#^15) note > > In verse 14, God is saying to declare in the cities of Egypt, "...the sword shall devour round about thee." And then in verse 15, He is saying if you had any mighty ones who were true believers, they were driven out. And if you have any mighty men that you're putting your trust in, they are being devoured by God. ^jer46-14-15 > [Jeremiah 46:16](Jeremiah%2046.md#^16), [17](Jeremiah%2046.md#^17) note > > Going back to their land of nativity refers to going back into the world of sin for safety. It is where they came from. And when Pharoah passes the time appointed it refers to the time when the sinful world has come to the time of judgment. He is but a noise, that is, his time of being in the spotlight is past. ^jer46-16-17 > [Jeremiah 46:18](Jeremiah%2046.md#^18), [19](Jeremiah%2046.md#^19) note > > "*As* I live, saith the King, whose name _is_ the LORD of hosts," -- In verse 18, we read that the LORD of hosts is THE King. The King of kings is the LORD Himself. "Surely as Tabor _is_ among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, _so_ shall he come." -- God is essentially taking an oath here. And just as those mountains to do exist in the mountains, so shall judgment be coming. > > "O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant." -- This is language of the final destruction. ^jer46-18-19 > [Jeremiah 46:20](Jeremiah%2046.md#^20), [21](Jeremiah%2046.md#^21) note > > Fair heifer, fatted bullocks -- this is what you see when all is going well. If you went by a pasture and saw beautiful heifers and fat steers, you'd think it was a successful ranch, that they are doing very well there. And that's how Israel and the churches look externally. But really they are completely under the wrath of God and judgment is coming. Another example we could look at is [Genesis 41:20](Genesis%2041.md#^20), [21](Genesis%2041.md#^21) where the lean and ill-favored kine ate up the fat kine, but even after they had eaten them they were still just as lean and ill-favored as before. That is, all that was left was leanness, a leanness that was so bad that it ate up the fatness until there was no fatness left. ^jer46-20-21 > [Jeremiah 46:22](Jeremiah%2046.md#^22), [23](Jeremiah%2046.md#^23) note > > And now we have a forest. In the previous verses there was a fair heifer and fatted bullocks, and now we have trees in abundance. And it's all going to go, it's going to be cut down. ^jer46-22-23 > [Jeremiah 46:24](Jeremiah%2046.md#^24), [25](Jeremiah%2046.md#^25), [26](Jeremiah%2046.md#^26) note > > In verses 24-26, again, we see the absolute certainty that God's plan for the churches is that they're under judgment. And this has happened as Satan has come in as an angel of light and his ministers as ministers of righteousness. They are under the wrath of God, God is bringing punishment for "going back to Egypt" -- a figure of being under the intense bondage again to sin. It represents those who are in rebellion against God, finding their solutions and living out their own lives in their own carnal minds ([Eze 29:29](Ezekiel%2029.md#^12)). They are being destroyed by the spiritual personification of the Law and judgment for sin seen through King Nebuchadnezzar. > > "...and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD." - We find the parallel to this in [Ezekiel 29:12](Ezekiel%2029.md#^12), [13](Ezekiel%2029.md#^13), [14](Ezekiel%2029.md#^14), [15](Ezekiel%2029.md#^15). After 40 years Egypt will return to their land to become a base kingdom. And the number 40 has to do with *testing*, such as when Israel was in the wilderness for 40 years. And this points to the hour or trial or testing in [Revelation 3:10](Revelation%203.md#^10), the final time of sifting at the very end of time where God separates the wheat from the tares. So the fact Egypt becomes the basest of kingdoms points to the fact it is brought low at judgment day, there is no relationship with God whatsoever (like it was in the days of old before God drew them out), they have been diminished (destroyed) as they have come to their end. ^jer46-24-26 > [Jeremiah 46:27](Jeremiah%2046.md#^27), [28](Jeremiah%2046.md#^28) note > > Jacob here is a picture of the true believers, and God's mercy is upon them so they are not to fear. God will save them from afar, that is, the Gospel will yet go out into all the world one final time for the final Gospel call completely apart from and outside of any corporate institutions, once Michael (Christ) stands up ([Dan 12:1](Daniel%2012.md#^1)), once the two witnesses of the pure Word are resurrected. Then shall Jacob (the believers) be at rest and at ease, that is, come into their eternal salvation Rest. And this is beyond our imagination just how wonderful this is going to be for the elect, where there's no sin, no suffering, no tears, no testing of any kind -- we'll be reigning with Him forevermore. And this is the marvelous inheritance that the unsaved have lost, the great penalty of the wrath of God upon them. > > "Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I _am_ with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee:" -- God will never leave us nor forsake us if we are His, according to His Promise. > > "I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished." -- Cp [Jer 10:24](Jeremiah%2010.md#^24), [Mic 7:9](Micah%207.md#^9). While Christ has already paid for our sins in eternity, before the foundation of the world, we nevertheless live in this world of sin. We don't live some glorious, easy life free from difficulties, from the temptation of sin, and so on (see also [2 Cor 4:16](2%20Corinthians%204.md#^16), [17](2%20Corinthians%204.md#^17)). In fact, many times we have many more difficulties than our neighbors who could not care less about the Bible and about God. So God does bring us into some of the characteristics of His punishment with all of life's hardships and aches and pains that eventually lead to death. And these serve as a correction in our life, causing us to draw nigh to God and to be closer to Him as we fall on our knees and pray to God for help and mercy to guide and to sustain us. > > So this doesn't actually serve as a full punishment for His people, but as a chastisement -- which is like a punishment but it's really something to help you grow spiritually. > > Looking at the phrase "full end," it is a word that means to consume or annihilate. In [Deuteronomy 25:1](Deuteronomy%2025.md#^1), [2](Deuteronomy%2025.md#^2), [3](Deuteronomy%2025.md#^3) we see that God limits punishment in His Law, He does not allow for a punishment to simply continue on indefinitely. And the same is true even in executing the death penalty. > > Study in progress 9.2026. > > ^jer46-27-28 Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI