> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 47 Notes**
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> [Jeremiah 47:1](Jeremiah%2047.md#^1) note
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> God uses the Philistines as a nation that is very *close* to Israel. When we look at Edom in Mount Seir, which is another name for Esau, we understand that he was a full, twin brother to Jacob. So he was in the genealogical line of Abraham. Also close to Abraham was Lot who had two sons, Ammon and Moab. So they are also very close to Israel. In [2 Chronicles 20:23](2%20Chronicles%2020.md#^23), [24](2%20Chronicles%2020.md#^24) we see language of Ammon and Moab warring against Seir where they all destroy themselves, and when Judah (a remnant of Israel) came to the watchtower, they saw only dead bodies fallen to earth. And this is a picture of judgment day when the true believers (represented by Judah here) are victorious over the unsaved world, including those who claimed to be true believers (represented by those *close or related to* Israel).
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> Now, the Philistines weren't related by blood line to Israel. But insofar as their locale and impact and interrelated with them they were very much like Ammon and Moab and Edom (Seir). So God addresses them here before Pharoah smote Gaza of the Philistines.
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> In [Ezekiel 29:3](Ezekiel%2029.md#^3), [4](Ezekiel%2029.md#^4) we see where God calls Pharoah the *dragon*, pointing to the spirit of rebellion of the world and of the churches near the end. He proudly claims and declares his own kind of a gospel (river) instead of the Gospel of God. And the kind of gospel he brings is a corrupt mixture of the True Gospel that is designed to please himself but leads to bondage in sin, as Egypt is the house of bondage (to sin and works) and the fiery furnace. ^jer47-1
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> [Jeremiah 47:2](Jeremiah%2047.md#^2) note
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> When God speaks about an overflowing flood of waters rising up out of the north, He is speaking of their enemy coming in judgment (cp [Rev 12:15](Revelation%2012.md#^15)). In the first instance, these are not the waters or the rivers of the Gospel, but the poisoned water of lies that are against the Truth, through worldly philosophies and false doctrines that blind them from Truth ([Eze 29:3](Ezekiel%2029.md#^3)). But in the second instance, this flood represents the unyielding waters of the Law of God that comes against them for sin during the final Gospel call, when the two witnesses are resurrected, that is, when Michael (Christ) stands up to deliver His people and bring trouble (judgment) upon the earth ([Dan 12:1](Daniel%2012.md#^1)). In either case, it is coming as a flood to destroy them, typified by the flood of Noah's day. And when this overflowing flood comes against them to overflow the land then they shall cry and howl, it is the day of judgment ([v4](Jeremiah%2047.md#^4)). ^jer47-2
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> [Jeremiah 47:3](Jeremiah%2047.md#^3), [4](Jeremiah%2047.md#^4), [5](Jeremiah%2047.md#^5) note
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> This again is language of judgment day. The Philistines are a picture of the world in our day, and God uses Gaza -- one of the major cities of the Philistines that has been constantly harrassing Israel, and Ashkelon, who are really a picture of those who do not want the Truth. And they are going to be destroyed.
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> Baldness has to do with mourning. It's a sad time when God is about to cut them off. And they are actually cutting themselves by their rebellion. ^jer47-3-5
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> [Jeremiah 47:6](Jeremiah%2047.md#^6), [7](Jeremiah%2047.md#^7) note
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> Verse 6 is like a plea: "Oh LORD, please don't bring Thy judgment upon us. It's too awful even to think about." Most people are hoping there won't be a judgment, that they can just live out their lives and go to the happy hunting grounds or utopia or whatever they think is after death. Think about the Egyptians, for example, how they prepared so many things for their dead for the afterlife. It's a reflection of the fact man was created in the image of God, and in the image of God we don't die -- we live forever. And that shadow or that reflection is still there in the lives of people. But, unfortunately, that has disappeared. When we sin we end up being completely annihilated if we are not saved.
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> And Ashkelon, again, points to the world in rebellion against God. And how can God do anything except carry out His Law? It is because it is His eternal Law, it cannot just be set aside. God has to carry out His judgment plan with meticulous care according to His Word. ^jer47-6-7
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Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI