That day belongs to the Lord, and so does this one …
I have wondered on more than one occasion why I find these events that took place centuries ago and recorded in Scripture so comforting and fascinating.
- But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty …
- “As surely as I live,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty …
In the following text God declares his judgment on Egypt. So what speaks to me in passages like this (and there are many) that encourages and strengthens my heart? Am I simply mean-spirited and petty?
I believe that I get a hint from the two phrases from the Jeremiah text I have below.
- The day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty!
- The King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, lives!
The day I live in, even as I sit and write, this day, today, belongs to the Lord Almighty. The same King lives and rules.
It’s not the vengeance part; it’s the sovereign part.
Right now belongs to God! Always belongs to God. Then, now and forever belongs to the Lord! When I read my Bible, I am reading about my God, my Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord and King.
That’s my “Dad.”
God is righteous and just in his vengeance. He is God. But what speaks to me is – “That’s my God!” In control then and in control now. Since before the creation of our world in control; will still be in control after this world is destroyed in judgment.
In control of my world. Sovereign then, sovereign now!
Amen and amen!
- Jeremiah 46:10-18 (NIV)
But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—a day of vengeance , for vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour till it is satisfied, till it has quenched its thirst with blood. For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.[11] “Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt. But you try many medicines in vain; there is no healing for you.
[12] The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”
[13] This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:
[14] “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and get ready, for the sword devours those around you.’
[15] Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
[16] They will stumble repeatedly; they will fall over each other. They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back to our own people and our native lands, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
[17] There they will exclaim, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise; he has missed his opportunity. ’
[18] “As surely as I live,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, “one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea.
