Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
But Jeremiah was afraid..
Jer 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jer 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jer 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Notice:Jeremiah was set over Nations- more than one kingdom, He was a Jewish lad, living in Judah. He was set a prophet over Judah- but not Judah alone. Over nations- over kingdoms! He was set over these kingdoms to do two things: first, to "PLUCK UP", or "ROOT OUT" to "pull down" or to "overthrow" ; and second, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah was divinely commissioned to pull down and to overthrow that very throne of David in Judah-and then to build and to plant!
He was used in 'rooting out' that throne from Judah and then to plant and to build it elsewhere.
So far as the world knows, the last king to sit on that throne of David was Zedekiah of Judah. He was thrown down off the throne and the throne rooted out of Judah in the year 585 BC- nearly 600 years before Christ!
We know Jeremiah did not plan and REBUILD the throne in Babylon. God had promised that David's throne should rule over Israelites through all generations- not over Gentiles. We have the continuance of the Gentile throne in Babylon.
David's throne was never again planted of built among the Jews!
It was not reigning over the Jews in the time of Christ. The Jews were then under the Roman rule. Jesus did not ascent any such throne.
It is known that Babylon took Judah in three different stages. The first siege was in 604 BC, The land did not completely pass into the hands of the Babylonians, however, until 585 BC.
The last king recorded either in Bible or secular history as having sat on the throne of David was King Zedekiah of Judah.
2Ki 24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Jer 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Jer 39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
Jer 39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
Jer 39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Jer 39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
Jer 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
Jer 39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
1 The king of Babylon slew all the sons of Zedekiah who were heirs to the throne of David
2 He also slew all the nobles of Judah so as to leave no possible heirs for that throne
3 Finally, after putting out Zedekiah's eyes, the king who sat on David's throne was himself taken to Babylon where he died in prison
4 Thus, as it appears, and as the whole world has believed, the throne of David ceased, with no possible heirs, of sons, to keep the dynasty alive. Certain it is that from that day on, the throne never again has existed in Judah, in Jerusalem, or among the Jews!
2Ki 25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
2Ki 25:28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
2Ki 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
2Ki 25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
Former King Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), taken to Babylon is chains, was restored to honor 37 years after the captivity. He was even given the title "king" along with numerous other captive vassal; "kings"
One of Jeconiah's sons was Salathiel, who was the father of Zorobabel, the son of royal seed through who Yashua traced his royal ancestry back to David. And Zorobabel- Zerubbabet- was the man God caused Cyrus, king of Persia, to make a decree giving him the governorship- not the crown of a king_ to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the House of God, the Temple, seventy years after the captivity.
Yet neither Jeconiah nor any of his sons or grandsons reigned as king in Judah because God simply would not permit it!
God removed the crown of David from the ruling of Pharez and placed it on the head of a son of Zarah. Yet a royal line straight from David had to remain in the area so the Christ could be born of David's seed.
Jer 22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
God was removing the crown- not permitting Jeconiah's sons to reign on Judah's throne! God was turning over (overturning) the throne to another branch of Judah's family
Jer 22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
History was designed and done as God said! Jeconiah had children
1Ch 3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
Mat 1:12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
But as far as the THRONE of David was concerned he was childless- none of his children ever occupied that throne!
The crown had now been removed from the Pharez line, uprooted from Judah any immediate candidates to the throne killed, and Jeconiah incarcerated by the command of God!
Jeremiah had now accomplished the first part of his great commission...the throne had been rooted out, the kingdom torn completely down. Judah was now beginning her national punishment
Jeremiah was among the captive Jews. He had to be free...
Jer 39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
Jer 39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Jer 40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
Jer 40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jer 40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
now Jeremiah was totally free
Jer 40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
Now this Gedaliah had been made governor over a remnant of Jews in the land by the king of Babylon, and since Jerusalem was destroyed, he had made Mizpah his headquarters. But the king of Ammon plotted with a Jew named Ishmael to assassinate Gedaliah. The plot was executed; the governor and part of the Jews were slain. Jeremiah was among the survivors.
Jer 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Among these Jews were the king's daughters!!!Daughters of Zedekiah, king of Judah and of David's dynasty!
King Zedekiah had died in prison in Babylon
Jer 52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
All of the possible heirs of Zedekiah to David's throne had been killed- except the king's daughters!
Soon a man named Johanan replaced Ishmael as leader.And in fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army, Johanan and the captains appealed to the prophet
Jer 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
Jer 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah and He told them not to fear
Jer 42:15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jer 43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jer 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
Jer 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jer 43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
Jer 43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jer 43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
So they came in to the land of Egypt.
On reaching Egypt, God warned these Jews again through Jeremiah that they should die there by the sword and famine
Jer 44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Jer 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Jer 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
Yes, a few in this company are under divine protection
Jer 44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
So Jeremiah and his little royal remnant are to escape out of Egypt, return to Judah, and then-where?
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isa 37:32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
2Ki 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
2Ki 19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
This prophecy is so important it is recorded twice!
This remnant with Jeremiah- at least one of the king's daughters-shall take root downward! That is, be replanted!
And then bear fruit upward! Be built! Has God failed in His solemn covenant to keep alive David's throne? Where was this planting and building!?
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Hi Donna,
You've done great work here. There is one thing which causes me concern. It is the use of the word "Jew" or "Jewish". This word did not come into use until the 16th century AD and really does not distinguish between those living in Judea and those who were Judahites (pure bloodline of Judah/Israel) As the saying goes, "Texans are Americans, but not all Americans are Texans".
A study of the reign of John Harconus reveals that the Judahites and Benjamites had been at constant war with the Edomites and various Canaanites after their return from Babylonian captivity. To make a long story short, peace was reached but only under the condition that the Edomite/Canaanites agreed to be circumcised (thus becoming "bastard" Judahites). By the time Yahshua was born, the Edomites had taken over the leadership of Judea through intrigue and murder. You will recall that King Herod was an Edomite. This is important to understand because Edom was Esau and was also a descendant of Abraham, but he mixed his blood with Canaanite women which was strictly forbidden! (All Israelites were and ARE to remain racially pure.)
This is why the Pharisees could claim to be from Abraham, but also state that they had never been in bondage to any man. True Israel (all 12 tribes) had been in bandage to Egypt.
It was these Edomite/Canaanites who crucified Yahshua and it is this same lineage which claims to be "jews" today! This is why we must exercise care when using the word "jew". They are the ones who deny Yahshua The Anointed. And who is the Anti-Christ, but he who denies Yahshua! It is also these same people who are referenced in Revelation by Saint John; to wit: Those who SAY they are "jews" (Judahites), but lie and are of the synagogue of satan.
To use the word "jew" confuses much of Christiandom today and it is a primary reason why the CULT of Judeo-"Christianity" is such a twisted house divided against itself! While they say they worship Yahshua, they claim that the very murderers and very enemies of Yahshua, are YHWH chosen people!! That is pretty twisted, but not surprising considering the fact that the word "jew" is thrown about as if it magically transforms Canaanites into Sons of YHWH. (just 'cause they say so)
Yahshua was clear: HIS sheep hear HIS voice and follow HIM. "Jews" have never done this. Nor will they ever! In this respect, the "jews" are far more aware of who they are and who true Israel is than true Israelites (Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and related people) themselves.
I can only pray that with time and education, the sons of perdition will be revealed and the scales of blindness will fall from the Caucasian race. I know this will be the case because it was prophesied to be so.
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