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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 24

Like most of Father’s Word, Jeremiah 24 is another important Chapter in His Word. Why is this Chapter so important? Because, in Matthew 24:32 and Mark 13:28 our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ commanded us to “…learn the parable of the fig tree….” Knowing and understanding the parable of the fig tree is part of having the “key of David” of Isaiah 22:22 which reads: Isaiah 22:22 And the key^H4668 of the house^H1004 of David^H1732 will I lay^H5414 upon^H5921 his shoulder;^H7926 so he shall open,^H6605 and none^H369 shall shut;^H5462 and he shall shut,^H5462 and none^H369 shall open.^H6605 and Revelation 3:7 which reads: Revelation 3:7 And^G2532 to the^G3588 angel^G32 of the^G3588 church^G1577 in^G1722 Philadelphia^G5359 write;^G1125 ‘These things^G3592 saith^G3004 He that is holy,^G40 He that is true,^G228 He that hath^G2192 the^G3588 key^G2807 of David,^G1138 He that openeth,^G455 and^G2532 no man^G3762 shutteth;^G2808 and^G2532 shutteth,^G2808 and^G2532 no man^G3762 openeth;^G455. What is the “Key of David?” Knowing and understanding the Lineage of Father coming in the flesh as His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ. That Lineage began with Adam, through his son Seth, down to David, through his son Nathan not Solomon, to Jesus Christ.

The Key of David and the fig tree also teach us who those are who claim to be of The House of Judah, but do lie of both Revelation 2:9 which reads: Revelation 2:9 I know^G1492 thy^G4675 works,^G2041 and^G2532 tribulation,^G2347 and^G2532 poverty,^G4432 (but^(G1161) thou art^G1488 rich)^G4145 and^G2532 I know the^G3588 blasphemy^G988 of them which say^G3004 they^G1438 are^G1511 Jews,^G2453 and^G2532 are^G1526 not,^G3756 but^G235 are the synagogue^G4864 of Satan.^G4567 and Revelation 3:9 which reads: Revelation 3:9 Behold,^G2400 I will make^G1325 them^G3588 of^G1537 the^G3588 synagogue^G4864 of Satan,^G4567 which say^G3004 they^G1438 are^G1511 Jews,^G2453 and^G2532 are^G1526 not,^G3756 but^G235 do lie;^G5574 behold,^G2400 I will make^G4160 them^G846 to^G2443 come^G2240 and^G2532 worship^G4352 before^G1799 thy^G4675 feet,^G4228 and^G2532 to know^G1097 that^G3754 I^G1473 have loved^G25 thee.^G4571.

In this Chapter, Father, through His Prophet Jeremiah will show us through the parable of the fig who was in Jerusalem claiming to be of Judah.

With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “ Father, I come to You right now and ask that You Oh LORD Lead me and Guide me as I try and teach Your Word, don’t allow me to mis-teach or mis-lead Your Children. We, Father, also come to You as a group who desire to Learn Your Word, to thank You for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”

Jeremiah 21:1-35:19 HISTORY,
    JEHOIAKIM. (Not Chronological.
       (Introversion.)
24:1-10 CAPTIVES. REMNANT.
    (Figs.) (Alternations.)
24:1 Symbol. Two baskets of
    figs.
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Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD^H3068 shewed^H7200 me, and, behold,^H2009 two^H8147 baskets^H1736 of figs^H8384 were set^H3259 before^H6440 the temple^H1964 of the LORD,^H3068 after that^H310 Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 (may Nebo protect the crown; and, Nebo, protect the boundry) (neb-oo-kad-rets-tsarי) king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 (confusion; and, confusion) (baw-belי) had carried away captive^H1540 ^(H853) Jeconiah^H3204 (YAH will establish; and, whom YHVH establishes) (yek-o-neh-yawי) the son^H1121 of Jehoiakim^H3079 (YHVH will raise; and, whom YHVH sets up) (yeh-ho-yaw-keemי) king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 (celebrated; and, praised, celebrated) (yeh-hoo-dawי) and the princes^H8269 of Judah,^H3063 with^H854 the carpenters^H2796 and smiths,^H4525 from Jerusalem,^H4480 ^H3389 (founded peaceful; and, the habitation of peace) (Yer-oo-shaw-lahי-im) and had brought^H935 them to Babylon.^H894   —>   Every one of the verses in this chapter are for both the current time of Judah’s captivity in the year 600B.C. and also in the future sense, future even to our time; but, some of the events will take place during the last—our, the final—generation.

This portion of the parable unfolds with Father YHVH showing Jeremiah and us His temple in Jerusalem; however, Nebuchadrezzar had already carried the House of Judah away from Jerusalem to Babylon and into captivity. Notice the House of Israel is split into two separate Nations: the “House of Israel,” — the ten northern tribes which were taken into captivity over 200 hundred years prior by the Assyrians, and the “House of Judah,” — the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. All of Jeremiah’s prophesies deal with the House of Judah — the two tribes. We know the people of the House of Judah are in captivity because of the name of Judah’s king, Jeconiah. Jeconiah in the Hebrew means “one who Yah will establish.” It was Father YHVH Who sent the House of Judah into captivity and established Jeconiah as their king while in captivity.

So what is transpiring here? Father is showing His prophet Jeremiah His temple in Jerusalem, and in front of it are two baskets of figs. Why is this significant? We’re about to find out.

The LORD=This Title of Father as used here in this verse, is Father in His Role of יְהֹוָה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”.
Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuchadrezzar= Nebuchadrezzar or Nebuchadnezzer was the king of Babylon who Father used to take the House of Judah into captivity because of their turning their back on Him in order to honor, serve and worship false gods and idols. Nebuchadrezzar, being the Babylonian king, was not a “man of God,” he served the false god called nebo, the “god of knowledge and learning;” but, Father got his attention and he became His Servant. Nebuchadrezzar ransacked Jerusalem and destroyed Father’s Temple, removing all the gold and other precious items when he did so. † For the etymology of the name Nebuchadrezzar, we read the following in Abarim Publications, “The name Nebuchadnezzar is foreign and shouldn’t be expected to mean anything in Hebrew. But to a creative audience, it could be construed as a compound of three parts. The first part is the same as Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom and writing. In Hebrew this name Nebo looks like it has to do with the root נבא (nbי), having to do with prophesying: The second part of our name looks like the noun כד (kad), meaning jar: The third (imaginary) part of our name could come from the verb נצר (nasar), meaning to watch, guard, keep: The name Nebuchadnezzar is said to mean Nebo, Protect Your Servant, but its (edited) transliteration into Hebrew appears to convey a willful reverence to this man and what he inadvertently meant to the preservation and evolution of Jewish theology and Scriptures. In Hebrew the name Nebuchadnezzar means something like A Prophet Is A Preservative Jar.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5019, - נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרi, נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרi, or נְבוּכַדְרֶא ַצּוֹר, - nebûkadneיtstsar, nebûkadreיtstsar, or nebûkadreיtsôr, - pronounced: neb-oo-kad-nets-tsarי, neb-oo-kad-rets-tsarי, or neb-oo-kad-tsoreי, and means: Of foreign derivation; Nebukadnetstsar (or retstsar, or retstsor), king of Babylon: - Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar. Total KJV occurrences: 60.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary: The description in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is too long to post here; so, I’ll just post the link to it instead: Nebuchadrezzar.
Babylon
Babylon=Nothing good comes when we hear the name Babylon in Father’s Word. Our first association with Babylon can be found in Genesis 10:10, where it is called Babel. Babel was where Nimrod, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham and his own mother, established his kingdom. The second time we read of Babylon is in the very next Chapter Genesis 11, where we read that the descendants of Noah’s sons, fearing Father could bring another flood upon His earth, built a city and a tower which reached to heaven—obviously, this tower did not reach heaven; as, no building could be that tall, and should one be build that tall, at some point it would collapse, the point was, they were trying to create their own salvation which Father was not going to allow—so that, should Father flood His earth again, they would be saved from that flood. Father saw this tower which they had built, and came from heaven and confused their language and scattered, or dispersed the peoples. Just how morally bankrupt and corrupt were the people of Babel? We only need to read II Kings 17:30—(click here)—to get our answer to this question: II Kings 17:30 And the men^H376 of Babylon^H894 made^H6213 ^(H853) Succoth-benoth,^H5524 and the men^H376 of Cuth^H3575 made^H6213 ^(H853) Nergal,^H5370 and the men^H376 of Hamath^H2574 made^H6213 ^(H853) Ashima,^H807   —>   We know the word Succoth means booths; so, let’s check out this word benoth in our Strong’s Concordance, when we do, we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5524, - סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת, - sûkkôth benôth, - pronounced: sook-kohthי ben-ohthי, and means: From H5523 and the (irregular) plural of H1323; booths of (the) daughters; brothels, that is; idolatrous tents for impure purposes: - Succoth-benoth. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. I like how Biblical scholar Adam Clarke describes this benoth; so, let’s read what he says: All the bolding and underlining for emphasis is this author’s not Mr. Clarke’s: “The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth. We have here an account of the idols which were consecrated by the different nations, transplanted by the king of Assyria to Samaria. It is difficult, however, and has afforded a large field for conjecture, to give any satisfactory account concerning them. The reader will find in Selden, Vossius, and Jurieu, much upon the subject. Succoth-benoth may be literally translated, The Tabernacles of the Daughters, or Young Women; or if Benoth be taken as the name of a female idol, from בנה to build up, procreate children, then the words will express the tabernacles sacred to the productive powers feminine. And, agreeably to this latter exposition, the rabbins say that the emblem was a hen and chickens. But however this may be, there is no room to doubt that these succoth were tabernacles wherein young women exposed themselves to prostitution in honor of the Babylonish goddess Melitta. Herodotus, (lib. i. , c. 199), gives us a particular account of this detestable service. “Every young woman,” says he, “of the country of Babylon must once in her life sit at the temple of Venus, [whom he afterwards tells us the Assyrians called Melitta] , and prostitute herself to some stranger. Those who are rich, and so disdain to mingle with the crowd, present themselves before the temple in covered chariots, attended by a great retinue. But the generality of the women sit near the temple, having crowns upon their heads, and holding a cord, some continually coming, others going. [See Baruch 6:43]. The cords are held by them in such a manner as to afford a free passage among the women, that the strangers may choose whom they like. A woman who has once seated herself in this place must not return home till some stranger has cast money into her lap, and led her from the temple, and defiled her. The stranger who throws the money must say, ‘I invoke the goddess Melitta for thee.’ The money, however small a sum it may be, must not be refused, because it is appointed to sacred uses. [See Deuteronomy 23:18]. The woman must follow the first man that offers, and not reject him; and after prostitution, having now duly honored the goddess, she is dismissed to her own house. In Cyprus,” adds the historian, “they have the same custom.” This abomination, implied by Succoth-benoth, the men of Babylon brought with them into the country of Samaria; and both the name of the idol Melitta, and the execrable service performed to her honor, show that by Melitta was originally intended the procreative or productive power of nature, the Venus of the Greeks and Romans. See the beginning of Lucretius’s first book De Rerum Natura. Mr. Selden imagines that some traces of the Succoth-benoth may be found in Sicca Veneria, the name of a city of Numidia, not far from the borders of Africa Propria. The name itself bears a near allusion to the obscene custom above taken notice of, and seems to have been transported from Phoenicia: nor can this well be disputed, when we consider that here was a temple where women were obliged to purchase their marriage-money by the prostitution of their bodies. See Univ. Hist. , vol. xvii. , p. 295, and Parkhurst’s Lexicon on the word סך.”. So, we see that the men of Babylonia made the women or young girls prostitute themselves out to their false goddess’ of pro-creation. † For the etymology of the name Babylon, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The Sumerian name of the city we know as Babel or Babylon was Bab-ilim, and that means Gate Of The Deity. But the Bible demands that our city was named Babel because YHVH did something to the common tongue. That something is conveyed by the somewhat similar Hebrew verb בלל (balal): “On account of this its name is called בבל — Babel — because YHVH balalled the speech of all the earth there” (Genesis 11:9): Although the verb balal indicates a mixing, it does not suggest chaos. For a meaning of the name Babel, both Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List read Confusion, but if this name was derived of the verb balal it much rather means Anointment or Consecration. Also note that the text of Genesis 11:9 does not at all suggest that the name בבל (Babel) was derived from the verb בלל (balal). All it says is that the place was called Gate Of The Deity because YHVH anointed the languages there.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H894, - בּבל, - bâbel, - pronounced: baw-belי, and means: From H1101; confusion; Babel (that is, Babylon) , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire: - Babel, Babylon. Total KJV occurrences: 262.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “confusion. Is properly the capital city of the country which is called in Genesis Shinar, and in the later books Chaldea, or the land of the Chaldeans. The first rise of the Chaldean power was in the region close upon the Persian Gulf; thence the nation spread northward up the course of the rivers, and the seat of government moved in the same direction, being finally fixed at Babylon, perhaps not earlier than B.C. , 1700. (I). Topography of Babylon—Ancient description of the city. — All the ancient writers appear to agree in the fact of a district of vast size, more or less inhabited having been enclosed within lofty walls and included under the name of Babylon. With respect to the exact extent of the circuit they differ. The estimate of Herodotus and of Pliny Isaiah 480stades (60 Roman miles, 53 of our miles) of Strabo 385, of Q. Curtius 368, of Clitarchus 365 and of Ctesias 360 stades (40 miles). (George Smith, in his “Assyrian Discoveries,” differs entirely from all these estimates, making the circuit of the city but eight miles.) Perhaps Herodotus spoke of the outer wall, which could be traced in his time. Taking the lowest estimate of the extent of the circuit, we shall have for the space within the rampart an area of above 100 square miles —nearly five times the size of London! It is evident that this vast space cannot have been entirely covered with houses. The city was situated on both sides of the river Euphrates, and the two parts were connected together by a stone bridge five stades (above 1000 yards) long and 30 feet broad. At either extremity of the bridge was a royal palace, that in the eastern city being the more magnificent of the two. The two palaces were joined not only by the bridge, but by a tunnel under the river. The houses, which were frequently three or four stories high, were laid out in straight streets crossing each other at right angles. (II). Present state of the ruins. — A portion of the ruins is occupied by the modern town of Hillah . About five miles above Hillah, on the opposite or left bank of the Euphrates occurs a series of artificial mounds of enormous size. They consist chiefly of three great masses of building, — the high pile of unbaked brickwork which is known to the Arabs as Babel, 600 feet square and 140 feet high; the building denominated the Kasr or palace, nearly 2000 feet square and 70 feet high, and a lofty mound upon which stands the modern tomb of Amram-ibn-'Alb. Scattered over the country on both sides of the Euphrates are a number of remarkable mounds, usually standing single, which are plainly of the same date with the great mass of ruins upon the river bank. Of these by far the most striking is the vast ruin called the Birs-Nimrud, which many regard as the tower of Babel, situated about six miles to the southwest of Hillah. [BABEL, TOWER OF] (III). Identification of sites. — The great mound of Babel is probably the ancient temple of Beaus. The mound of the Kasr marks the site of the great palace of Nebuchadnezzar. The mound of Amram is thought to represent the “hanging gardens” of Nebuchadnezzar; but most probably it represents the ancient palace, coeval with Babylon itself, of which Nebuchadnezzar speaks in his inscriptions as adjoining his own more magnificent residence. (IV). History of Babylon. — Scripture represents the “beginning of the kingdom” as belonging to the time of Nimrod Genesis 10:6-10. The early annals of Babylon are filled by Berosus, the native historian, with three dynasties: one of 49 Chaldean kings, who reigned 458 years; another of 9 Arab kings, who reigned 245 years; and a third of 49 Assyrian monarchs, who held dominion for 526 years. The line of Babylonian kings becomes exactly known to us from B.C. 747. The “Canon of Ptolemy” gives us the succession of Babylonian monarchs from B.C. 747 to B.C. 331, when the last Persian king was dethroned by Alexander. On the fall of Nineveh, B.C. 625, Babylon became not only an independent kingdom, but an empire. The city was taken by surprise B.C. 539, as Jeremiah had prophesied Jeremiah 51:31, by Cyrus, under Darius, Daniel 5, as intimated 170 years earlier by Isaiah Isaiah 21:1-9, and, as Jeremiah had also foreshown Jeremiah 51:39, during a festival. With the conquest of Cyrus commenced the decay of Babylon, which has since been a quarry from which all the tribes in the vicinity have derived the bricks with which they have built their cities. The “great city” has thus emphatically “become heaps” Jeremiah 51:37. Ba'bel, Tower of. The “tower of Babel” is only mentioned once in Scripture Genesis 11:4,5, and then as incomplete. It was built of bricks, and the “slime” used for mortar was probably bitumen. Such authorities as we possess represent the building as destroyed soon after its erection. When the Jews, however, were carried captive into Babylonia, they thought they recognized it in the famous temple of Beaus, the modern Birs Nimrod. But the Birs-Nimrrud though it cannot be the tower of Babel itself; may well be taken to show the probable shape and character of the edifice. This building appears to have been a sort of oblique pyramid built in seven receding stages, each successive one being nearer to the southwestern end which constituted the back of the building. The first, second and third stories were each 26 feet high the remaining four being 15 feet high. On the seventh stage there was probably placed the ark or tabernacle, which seems to have been again 15 feet high, and must have nearly, if not entirely, covered the top of the seventh story The entire original height, allowing three feet for the platform, would thus have been 156 feet, or, without the plat-form, 163 feet.”.
Jeconiah
Jeconiah=Jeconiah was the son of Jehoiakim and his wife Nehushta. Jeconiah was also called Coniah in Jeremiah 22:24; 22:28; and 37:1, by which we see the first syllable cut off his name. He is called “Jeconiah” in I Chronicles 3:16—(Click here)—which means “YAH will establish;” but the cutting off of the Devine Name “Je” (for YAH or YHVH) was by Father to show that He departed from the lad, and that “he would be cut off,” and Jehoiachin in II Kings 24:6—(Click here)—24:8—(click here)—24:12—(click here)—24:15—(click here)—II Kings 25:27—(Click here)—II Chronicles 36:8—(Click here)—36:9—(Click here)—Jeremiah 52:31; and Ezra 1:2. Jeconiah was 18 years old in the year 489B.C. when he was set upon the throne of the House of Judah. Like many of his forefathers before him, he only did evil in Father’s eyes; hence He dropped the Devine portion of his name; and referred to him only as Coniah. He only reigned for 3 months and ten days before he was taken away to Babylon during the first siege of Judah to begin the 70 captivity. He lived at least another 37 years while in captivity; we know this because we can read in II Kings 25—(Click here)—and Jeremiah 52 that in the 37^th year of his captivity, Evil-Merodach, who was now the king of Babylon, released him from prison, gave him kingly robes, set his throne above all the other vassal kings, and allowed him to sit at Evil-Merodach’s table with him while eating every day of the rest of his life. † For the etymology of the name Jeconiah—yes brethren, I DO know that the link takes you to the name Jehoiachin—we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Jehoiachin consists of two elements, the first part being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh, the sacred name of our Father. The final part of the name Jehoiachin comes from the verb כון (kun), meaning to be established or fixed.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3204, - יְכָנְיָהi, יְכָנְיָהוּi, or יְכוֹנְיָה, - yekonyâh, yekonyâhû, or yekôneyâh, - pronounced: yek-on-yawי(-hoo), or yek-o-neh-yawי, and means: From H3559 and H3050, Jah will establish; Jekonjah, a Jewish king: - Jeconiah. Compare H3659. Total KJV occurrences: 7.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “whom YHVH establishs. See Jehoiachin.”.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim=Jehoiakim is identified as such in I Chronicles 3:15—(Click here)—16—(Click here)—however, we read and learn in II Kings 23:34—(Click here)—and II Chronicles 36:4—(Click here)—that it was Pharaoh-nechoh, the king of Egypt who set him as king after deposing his younger brother and also changed his name from Eliakim to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim was 25 years old in 499 B.C. when he was set up as king over the House of Judah, he reigned for 11 years, doing only that which was evil in Father’s eyes. Since it was Necho who set him as king, he taxed the day-lights out of his fellow countrymen, giving all their gold and silver to Necho. After this, came Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon who overthrew Necho and made Jehoiakim a vassal for 3 years before Jehoiakim rebelled against his yoke so, Nebuchadnezzar carried him back to Babylon where he later died. † For the etymology of the name Jehoiakim, we read the following in Abraim Publications: “The name Jehoiakim consists of two elements, the first one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. The second part of our name comes from the verb קום, meaning to rise or stand up.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find it is Hebrew word number: H3079, - יהויקים, - Yehôyâqı̂ym, - pronounced: Yeh-ho-yaw-keemי, and means: From H3068 abbreviated, and H6965; Jehovah will raise; Jehojakim, a Jewish king: - Jehoiakim. Compare H3113.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH sets up. He is called Eliakim, son of Josiah and king of Judah. After deposing Jehoahaz, Pharaoh-necho set Eliakim, his elder brother, upon the throne, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. For four years Jehoiakim was subject to Egypt, when Nebuchadnezzar, after a short siege, entered Jerusalem, took the king prisoner, bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon, and took also some of the precious vessels of the temple and carried them to the land of Shinar. Jehoiakim became tributary to Nebuchadnezzar after his invasion of Judah, and continued so for three years, but at the end of that time broke his oath of allegiance and rebelled against him II Kings 24:1. Nebuchadnezzar sent against him numerous bands of Chaldeans, with Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites II Kings 24:7, and who cruelly harassed the whole country. Either in an engagement with some of these forces or else by the hand of his own oppressed subjects Jehoiakim came to a violent end in the eleventh year of his reign. His body was cast out ignominiously on the ground, and then was dragged away and buried “with the burial of an ass,” without pomp or lamentation, “beyond the gates of Jerusalem” Jeremiah 22:18-19; 36:30. All the accounts we have of Jehoiakim concur in ascribing to him a vicious and irreligious character II Kings 23:37; 24:9; II Chronicles 36:5.”.

Judah=For a detailed description of Judah, including the Tribes history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

Jerusalem=For a detailed description of Jerusalem, including the Nations history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

24:2 Good Figs.
24:2 Bad figs.
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Jeremiah 24:2 One^H259 basket^H1731 had very^H3966 good^H2896 figs,^H8384 even like the figs^H8384 that are first ripe:^H1073 and the other^H259 basket^H1731 had very^H3966 naughty^H7451 figs,^H8384 which^H834 could not^H3808 be eaten,^H398 they were so bad.^H4480 ^H7455   —>   So, we have these two baskets of figs, one of which, is “good,” which, as used in this verse, in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H2896, - טוֹב, - Tob, - pronounced: tobe, and means: From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good, a good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women). Total KJV occurrences: 554.. So, as we see it being used in this verse, it is in reference to people, places, or things; not fruit. In contrast, we have the “naughty figs” which as used in this verse, is in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H7451, - רַעi or רָעָה, - raיi or râיâh, - pronounced: rah or raw-awי, and means: From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). Total KJV occurrences: 664.. If we were to continue, we would find that, in no wise does the word naughty as used in this verse, mean fruit spoiling. These two baskets of fruit which are set in front of the Temple, represent people.

24:3 Good Figs.
24:3 Bad figs.
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Jeremiah 24:3 Then said^H559 the LORD^H3068 unto^H413 me, “What^H4100 seest^H7200 thou,^H859 Jeremiah?”^H3414 (YAH will rise; and, whom YAH has appointed) (yir-meh-yawי-hoo) And I said,^H559 “Figs;^H8384 the good^H2896 figs,^H8384 very^H83966 good;^H2896 and the evil,^H7451 very^H3966 evil,^H7451 that^H834 cannot^H3808 be eaten,^H398 they are so evil.”^H4480 ^H7455   —>   Again, let’s turn to our Strong’s Concordance, and check out this word evil. As we see, as used here in this verse is a different Strong’s number. As used here in this verse, it is Strong’s Concordance Hebrew word number: H7455, - רֹעַ, - rôaי, - pronounced: roי-ah, and means: From H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally: - X be so bad, badness, (X be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness. Total KJV occurrences: 19.. If we were to look up H7489, we would find that it also means: “properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for nothing, that is, bad (physically, socially or morally)”. Again, as we see, these evil figs, are in no way fruit. We’re talking people, morally evil, degenerate people. The same we’re seeing today in 2023. They run the Christian World and the kurch houses today, and they reveal themselves with what they say and do—pay attention to their “fruit” brethren, because, by their fruit—their works, what they say and do—we shall know them, let’s turn to Luke 6 and listen to Jesus speak: Luke 6:43 For^G1063 a good^G2570 tree^G1186 bringeth not forth^G2076 ^G3756 ^G4160 corrupt^G4550 fruit;^G2590 neither^G3761 doth a corrupt^G4550 tree^G1186 bring forth^G4160 good^G2570 fruit.^G2590 [6:44] For^G1063 every^G1538 tree^G1186 is known^G1097 by^G1537 his own^G2398 fruit.^G2590 For^G1063 of^G1537 thorns^G173 men do not^G3756 gather^G4816 figs,^G4810 nor^G3761 of^G1537 a bramble bush^G942 gather^G5166 they grapes.^G4718 . The Lutheran church leaders have stated that Father is not the final say on homosexuality, the “pope” is sitting with “transgendered” people and is allowing them into the kurch, while at the same time castigating his own bishops who are speaking out against this evilness.

Father told Jeremiah to describe to Him what he was seeing, not because Father didn’t know or understand; but because, Father wanted Jeremiah and more importantly us to know and understand. So, what was it that Jeremiah was seeing? He was seeing two manner of peoples. The one, the True House of Judah, and the other, those who claim they are of the House of Judah. One which Honors, Loves, Serves and Worships our Father, and one which loves not our Father; but, loves their father, satan. Jesus goes into great depth with this when He teaches the “Parable of the Sower” and the “Parable of the Tares” to His disciples and us in Matthew 13—(Click here). In the first part of Matthew 13, Matthew 13:3-9 He speaks of the Parable of Sowing Seeds. Jesus is speaking of sowing seeds, i.e., fruit and vegetable seeds, which is an allegory—a spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another, which is exactly what a parable is—for Father’s Word. His disciples did not and could not understand what He was trying to teach them, so in verse 13:10 they ask Him why He speaks in parables. Jesus provides their answer to this question in verses 13:11-17, lets read it: Matthew 13:11 ^(G1161)He^G3588 answered^G611 and said^G2036 unto them,^G846 “Because^G3754 it is given^G1325 unto you^G5213 to know^G1097 the^G3588 mysteries^G3466 of the^G3588 kingdom^G932 of heaven,^G3772 but^G1161 to them^G1565 it is not^G3756 given.^G1325   —>   Here He tells them that it is for them—His disciples—to hear and understand; but for everybody else, they were not to comprehend; you may think this cruel or not right, but it is for a reason and a purpose. What is that purpose you ask? First off, in the truest sense of the word, we are all Father’s Children, He created each and every soul. He created them all prior to this age of flesh, this was millions or billions of years ago, as He is the creator of our soul, He is our Father. Now, with that being said, as He will explain at the end of this Chapter, here in this flesh age, there are two fathers—Malachi 4 explains some of this as well—Father ELOHIM, Creator of all things; and satan, the sower of the evil seed in Genesis 3:13-16—(Click here)—when he seduced Eve and sired Cain, whose genealogy is given in Genesis 4:16-24—(Click here). Father ELOHIM wanted to be The One Who gave all His Children His Knowledge through His Word—He tells us so in Hosea 6:6, which reads: Hosea 6:6 For^H3588 I desired^H2654 mercy,^H2617 and not^H3808 sacrifice;^H2077 and the knowledge^H1847 of God^H430 more than burnt offerings.^H4480 ^H5930; but, satan, first through the seduction of Eve, gave the corrupted knowledge—read that lies—to his son Cain—who continued passing his father’s lies to his descendants—satan then again tried and gave some of those lies when he sent the fallen angels in Genesis 6—(Click here). This is all well and dandy you say Pastor; but, you still haven’t answered Why Jesus just told His disciples and us the mysteries are given to some and kept from some. Father ELOHIM wants and will have His Elect know His truth—Father’s elect are those who stood with Him during the war at the end of the First Earth Age, we don’t know who they all are, we can consider Adam(?), most assuredly Enoch, Moses, all His Prophets, His disciples, Paul and many who are living to this day in 2023, to these are revealed the mysteries of the Kingdom—to everybody else—those who did not stand with Him during that war at the end of the First Earth Age—His Word is available to those who desire to dig deep and Study it, but, it is up to Him as to whether He will allow them to have His Knowledge, even His disciples did not fully comprehend and understand until after He was crucified, He tells us this in Luke 24:45, which reads: Luke 24:36 And^G1161 as they^G846 thus^G5023 spake,^G2980 Jesus^G2424 Himself^G846 stood^G82476 in^G1722 the midst^G3319 of them,^G846 and^G2532 saith^G3004 unto them,^G846 “Peace^G1515 be unto you.”^G5213 [24:37] But^G1161 they were terrified^G4422 and^G2532 affrighted,^G1096 ^G1719 and supposed^G1380 that they had seen^G2334 a spirit.^G4151 [24:38] And^G2532 He said^G2036 unto them,^G846 “Why^G5101 are^G2075 ye troubled?^G5015 and^G2532 why^G1302 do thoughts^G1261 arise^G305 in^G1722 your^G5216 hearts?^G2588 [24:39] Behold^G1492 My^G3450 hands^G5495 and^G2532 My^G3450 feet,^G4228 that^G3754 it is^G1510 I^G1473 Myself:^G846 handle^G5584 Me,^G3165 and^G2532 see;^G1492 for^G3754 a spirit^G4151 hath^G2192 not^G3756 flesh^G4561 and^G2532 bones,^G3747 as^G2531 ye see^G2334 Me^G1691 have.”^G2192 [24:40] And^G2532 when He had thus^G5124 spoken,^G2036 He shewed^G1925 them^G846 His hands^G5495 and^G2532 His feet.^G4228 [24:41] And^G1161 while they^G846 yet^G2089 believed not^G569 for^G575 joy,^G5479 and^G2532 wondered,^G2296 He said^G2036 unto them,^G846 “Have^G2192 ye here^G1759 any^G5100 meat?”^G1034 [24:42] And^G1161 they^G3588 gave^G1929 Him^G846 a piece^G3313 of a broiled^G3702 fish,^G2486 and^G2532 of^G575 an honeycomb.^G3193 ^G2781 [24:43] And^G2532 He took^G2983 it, and did eat^G5315 before^G1799 them.^G846 [24:44] And^G1161 He said^G2036 unto them,^G846 “These^G3778 are the^G3588 words^G3056 which^G3739 I spake^G2980 unto^G4314 you,^G5209 while I was^G5607 yet^G2089 with^G4862 you,^G5213 that^G3754 all things^G3956 must^G1163 be fulfilled,^G4137 which were written^G1125 in^G1722 the^G3588 Law^G3551 of Moses,^G3475 and^G2532 in the Prophets,^G4396 and^G2532 in the Psalms,^G5568 concerning^G4012 Me.”^G1700 Now the reason we came here: Luke 24:45[24:45] Then^G5119 opened^G1272 He their^G846 understanding,^G3563 that they might understand^G4920 the^G3588 scriptures,^G1124   —>   So, even though He is explaining these things in the simplest terms, they still won’t fully comprehend until after He is crucified. [13:12] For^G1063 whosoever^G3748 hath,^G2192 to him^G846 shall be given,^G1325 and^G2532 he shall have more abundance:^G4052 but^G1161 whosoever^G3748 hath^G2192 not,^G3756 from^G575 him^G846 shall be taken away^G142 even^G2532 that^G3739 he hath.^G2192   —>   If you have the desire to dig deep into His Word and Study it to find His Truth, then He will give you more; but, if you desire to just listen to man’s lies—remember, satan is the father of all lies—then He will not reveal anymore of His Truths to you, He tells us such in II Thessalonians 2—(Click here)—where we read: II Thessalonians 2:11 And^G2532 for this cause^G1223 ^G5124 God^G2316 shall send^G3992 them^G846 strong delusion,^G1753 ^G4106 that they^G846 should believe^G4100 a lie:^G5579 [2:12] That^G2443 they all^G3956 might be damned^G2919 who believed^G4100 not^G3361 the^G3588 truth,^G225 but^G235 had pleasure^G2106 in^G1722 unrighteousness.^G93. Yes, He will send them a lie and Strong Delusion if they desire to continue to believe man’s lies. [13:13] Therefore^G1223 ^G5124 speak^G2980 I to them^G846 in^G1722 parables:^G3850 because^G3754 they seeing^G991 see^G991 not;^G3756 and^G2532 hearing^G191 they hear^G191 not,^G3756 neither^G3761 do they understand.^G4920   —>   This is more directly directed at satan’s children: the kenites—to read my Topical Study of the kenites (Click here—the scribes—to read my Topical Study of the scribes (Click here)—the pharisees, the sadducces, the chief priest, the elders, and those who claim to be of Judah, but are such by location association only, they are not of the Tribe of Judah. [13:14] And^G2532 in^G1909 them^G846 is fulfilled^G378 the^G3588 prophecy^G4394 of Esaias,^G2268 which saith,^G3004 ‘By hearing^G189 ye shall hear,^G191 and^G2532 shall not^G3364 understand;^G4920 and^G2532 seeing^G991 ye shall see,^G991 and^G2532 shall not^G3364 perceive:^G1492 [13:15] For^G1063 this^G5127 people’s^G2992 heart^G2588 is waxed gross,^G3975 and^G2532 their ears^G3775 are dull of hearing,^G191 ^G917 and^G2532 their^G848 eyes^G3788 they have closed;^G2576 lest at any time^G3379 they should see^G1492 with their eyes,^G3788 and^G2532 hear^G191 with their ears,^G3775 and^G2532 should understand^G4920 with their heart,^G2588 and^G2532 should be converted,^G1994 and^G2532 I should heal^G2390 them.’^G846   —>   We can read of this prophesy in Isaiah 6, where we read: Isaiah 6:9 And He said,^H559 “Go,^H1980 and tell^H559 this^H2088 People,^H5971 ‘Hear ye indeed,^H8085 ^H8085 but understand^H995 not;^H408 and see ye indeed,^H7200 ^H7200 but perceive^H3045 not.’^H3808 [6:10] Make the heart^H3820 of this^H2088 People^H5971 fat,^H8082 and make their ears^H241 heavy,^H3513 and shut^H8173 their eyes;^H5869 lest^H6435 they see^H7200 with their eyes,^H5869 and hear^H8085 with their ears,^H241 and understand^H995 with their heart,^H3824 and convert,^H7725 and be healed.”^H7495   —>   Father sent us His only begotten Son Who spoke these parables which were directed at the chief priest, pharisees, sadducees and scribes; yet, even after hearing what He taught, they had not the eyes to see, nor the ears to hear; and even though they saw all His miracles of healing the blind, making the lame to walk, and even raising Lazarus from the dead, they were still blind of seeing He and His miracles for what they were, i.e., the fulfillment of prophesy, and when they heard of the miracles they didn’t actually witness, they still did not accept Him for Who He was, and they still would tell Him in Matthew 12: Matthew 12:38 …“Master, we would see a sign from Thee.”. …their eyes they have closed…=Who does it say closed their eyes here in this verse? Was it Father? No, they themselves closed their eyes to all that was prophesied by the prophets of the Old Testament; that, Father YHVH would come in the flesh as Immanuel—God with us—Jesus. He did come; but, yet, for all their supposed knowledge of Father’s Word, they could never come to the full understanding of what the prophets were prophesying. Some was even flat-out rejection of Father’s Word because of “who” they were. This sounds a lot like many of the people today. He came, He performed the miracles, He spoke the Truth; yet, their eyes were clouded over, and their ears dull of hearing. Those who do choose to Study Father’s Word Verse–by–Verse, Chapter–by–Chapter, and Book–by–Book will gain the Truth in His Word, because, they did take the time to Study it, and I’ll plug in another agricultural term here, it’s called ploughing, and those who do Study Father’s Word, plough deep. Likewise also, they will be sealed with His Truths as we can read of in Revelation 9:3, which reads: Revelation 9:4 And^G2532 there came^G1831 out of^G1537 the^G3588 smoke^G2586 locusts^G200 upon^G1519 the^G3588 earth:^G1093 and^G2532 unto them^G846 was given^G1325 power,^G1849 as^G5613 the^G3588 scorpions^G4651 of the^G3588 earth^G1093 have^G2192 power.^G1849 [9:4] And^G2532 it was commanded^G4483 them^G846 that^G2443 they should not^G3361 hurt^G91 the^G3588 grass^G5528 of the^G3588 earth,^G1093 neither^G3761 any^G3956 green thing,^G5515 neither^G3761 any^G3956 tree;^G1186 but^G1508 only^G3441 those men^G444 which^G3748 have^G2192 not^G3756 the^G3588 seal^G4973 of God^G2316 in^G1909 their^G848 foreheads.^G3359   —>   You see, this is what Studying Father’s Word is all about, being prepared for these end times, when satan, in his role of the pretend-to-be-jesus: antichrist, will make his appearance on this earth. What is he coming for? First off, understand that he isn’t coming on his own accord; for, as Revelation 12 tells us, Michael the arch angel kicks him out of heaven to this earth in order to deceive the whole world into following him, believing him to be jesus. [13:16] But^G1161 blessed^G3107 are your^G5216 eyes,^G3788 for^G3754 they see:^G991 and^G2532 your^G5216 ears,^G3775 for^G3754 they hear.^G191   —>   Did you read and hear that? Jesus is telling His disciples and those who have Studied His Word to understand it; that, they are blessed, because they have eyes to see and ears to hear. Did they open their eyes and ears themselves? No, go back up and re-read Luke 24:45—(Click here). [13:17] For^G1063 verily^G281 I say^G3004 unto you,^G5213 That^G3754 many^G4183 prophets^G4396 and^G2532 righteous^G1324 men have desired^G1937 to see^G1492 those things which^G3739 ye see,^G991 and^G2532 have not^G3756 seen^G1492 them; and^G2532 to hear^G191 those things which^G3739 ye hear,^G191 and^G2532 have not^G3756 heard^G191 them.   —>   This is two-fold brethren, as Father’s Prophets desired to see Father—as His Only begotten Son, Jesus—walk in the flesh. But it is also directed to this day in 2023, as they also desired to see the end of this Age—all the things which must come to pass as this Age closes, and Jesus’ Second Advent—come to pass. In Matthew 13:18-23 Jesus puts forth another parable to His disciples, this one concerning the hearing of Father’s Word. Then in Matthew 13:24-33 He gives them three more parables, the first Matthew 13:24-30 concerns seed, as in “sperma,” Strong’s Concordance Greek word number: G4690: G4690, - σπέρμα, - sperma, - pronounced: sperי-mah, and means: From G4687; somethng sown, that is, seed (including the male “sperm”); by implication offspring; specifically a remnant (figuratively as if kept over for planting): - issue, seed. Total KJV occurrences: 44.. After telling His disciples this parable, we read in Matthew 13:34-35, the following: Matthew 13:34 All^G3956 these things^G5023 spake^G2980 Jesus^G2424 unto the^G3588 multitude^G3793 in^G1722 parables;^G3850 and^G2532 without^G5565 a parable^G3850 spake^G2980 He not^G3756 unto them:^G846 [13:35] That^G3704 it might be fulfilled^G4137 which was spoken^G4483 by^G1223 the^G3588 prophet,^G4396 saying,^G3004 “I will open^G455 my^G3450 mouth^G4750 in^G1722 parables;^G3850 I will utter^G2044 things which have been kept secret^G2928 from^G575 the foundation^G2602 of the world.”^G2889   —>   His disciples still could not comprehend what He was trying to tell them, so in Matthew 13:36 after sending the multitude away, His disciples ask Him to explain the parable to them in more detail so they could comprehend it: Matthew 13:37 ^(G1161) He^G3588 answered^G611 and said^G2036 unto them,^G846 “He that soweth^G4687 the^G3588 good^G2570 seed^G4690 is^G2076 the^G3588 Son^G5207 of man;^G444   —>   Who is the “Son of man?” Jesus is. Who is Jesus? Let’s turn to John 1: John 1:1 In^G1722 the beginning^G746 was^G2258 the^G3588 Word,^G3056 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 with^G4314 God,^G2316 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 God.^G2316 [1:2] The same^G3778 was^G2258 in^G1722 the beginning^G746 with^G4314 God.^G2316   —>   Father and Jesus are one-in-the-same—as is the Holy Spirit, The Three making up the Holy Trinity. So, Who sowed “The Good Seed?” Let’s return to John 1: John 1:3 All things^G3956 were made^G1096 by^G1223 Him;^G846 and^G2532 without^G5565 Him^G846 was not^G3761 any thing^G1520 made^G1096 that^G3739 was made.^G1096. [13:38] ^(G1161) The^G3588 field^G68 is^G2076 the^G3588 world;^G2889 the^G3588 good^G2570 seed^G4690 are^(G3778) ^G1526 the^G3588 children^G5207 of the^G3588 kingdom;^G932 but^G1161 the^G3588 tares^G2215 are^G1526 the^G3588 children^G5207 of the^G3588 wicked^G4190 one;   —>   Remember Who is speaking here brethren: Jesus! Can it get any easier than this? Jesus is telling His disciples and us, that the field is the world—kosmos; the good seed—sperma—are His children, while the tares—Strong’s Concordance Hebrew word number: G2215, - ζιζάνιον, - zizanion, - pronounced: dziz-anי-ee-on, and means: Of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain: - tares. Total KJV occurrences: 8..—are the children of satan. Father brought forth man—Strong’s Concordance Hebrew word number: H376—(Click here)—and woman—Strong’s Concordance Hebrew word number: H5347—(Click here)—on the 6^th day—see Genesis 1:26-31—(Click here)—Father then brought forth Adam—The man Adam, eth-ha-adham, Strong’s Concordance Hebrew word numbers: H853—(Click here) and H121—(Click here)—on the 8^th day in Genesis 2:7—(Click here)—and then Eve—see Genesis 2:18—(Click here), though she will not be named such until Genesis 3:20—(Click here)—Satan then seduced Eve—see Genesis 3:13-16—(Click here)—who at that point became pregnant with Cain, and though Jesus, being, God with us, never needs a second witness, the apostle John confirms this in one of his Epistles, I John 3:12, which reads: I John 3:12 Not^G3756 as^G2531 Cain,^G2535 who was^G2258 of^G1537 that wicked one,^G4190 and^G2532 slew^G4969 his^G848 brother.^G80 And^G2532 wherefore^G5484 ^G5101 slew^G4969 he him?^G846 Because^G3754 his own^G848 works^G2041 were^G2258 evil,^G4190 and^G1161 his^G848 brother’s^G80 righteous.^G1342. Father then intervened and had Adam lay with Eve and she then became pregnant with Abel, and the fraternal twins—(Click here)—Cain—the evil seed—and Abel—The good seed—were born in Genesis 4:1-2—(Click here and here). Now, who are you going to believe? Jesus? or your preacher who says “it was an apple” that Adam and Eve ate, or “it was that Adam and Eve were disobedient to God.” [13:39] ^(G1161) The^G3588 enemy^G2190 that sowed^G4687 them^G846 (the tares, the evil seed) is^G2076 the^G3588 devil;^G1228 the^G3588 harvest^G2326 is^G2076 the end^G4930 of the^G3588 world;^G165 and^G2532 the^G3588 reapers^G2327 are^G1526 the angels.^G32   —>   Can Jesus make it any more plain than this — can He make it any more simple? This isn’t hard. He is not spiritualizing things here, nor is He calling them just “bad people.” Remember, Jesus is God with us — Immanuel, and He knows who everybody is, He also cannot lie, nor would He label somebody something they are not. OK, He has identified who they are, so now what are we to do with this information? Nothing! We are to let these offspring of satan alone until the end of this AGE — when the angels will reap them. [13:40] As^G5618 therefore^G3767 the^G3588 tares^G2215 are gathered^G4816 and^G2532 burned^G2618 in the fire;^G4442 so^G3779 shall it be^G2071 in^G1722 the^G3588 end^G4930 of this^G1527 world.^G165   —>   Jesus told us in Matthew 13:30—(Click here)—to leave the tares in the field until harvest time, that is how it will be at the end of His millennium reign at which time the Great White Throne Judgment will then take place, and all those whose names are not written in the Book of Life will then be cast into the lake of fire as is written in Revelation 20:11-15—(Click here). [13:41] The^G3588 Son^G5207 of man^G444 shall send forth^G649 His^G846 angels,^G32 and^G2532 they shall gather^G4816 out of^G1537 His^G848 kingdom^G932 all things^G3956 that offend,^G4625 and^G2532 them which do^G4160 iniquity;^G458   —>   When does it say this gathering will take place? “Out of His Kingdom,” which means that they will be changed into their incorruptible bodies and given the chance before the Great White Throne Judgment to repent; but, if they do not, then they will be gathered at the end of the Millennium Age—Christ’s Kingdom—which can be read of in Revelation 20—(Click here). [13:42] And^G2532 shall cast^G906 them^G846 into^G1519 a furnace^G2575 of fire:^G4442 there^G1563 shall be^G2071 wailing^G2805 and^G2532 gnashing^G1030 of teeth.^G3599   —>   There is almost a wailing and gnashing of teeth right now—today, 2023—with all the denial by the aetheists and agnostics about what is to come. This is the reason they don’t want anybody to receive a death sentence, because it reminds them of what will happen to them if they don’t repent. In other words, if nobody tells them they are doing wrong, they must not be doing anything wrong, so then they can do as they wish, at least that is how it is in their minds. [13:43] Then^G5119 shall the^G3588 righteous^G1342 shine forth^G1584 as^G5613 the^G3588 sun^G2246 in^G1722 the^G3588 kingdom^G932 of their^G848 Father.^G3962 Who hath^G2192 ears^G3775 to hear,^G191 let him hear.”^G191   —>   The righteous will be shining in Father YHVH’S Kingdom. But, remember, prior to this Age ending, there are two fathers, and if you don’t know the difference between the two, you’ll fall for the wrong one. And don’t think “His sheep know His voice,” I’ll never be deceived. If you think this way but don’t have Father’s seal in your mind, then you will stung by one of satan’s scorpions when his locust army arrives, which can be read about in Revelation 9:1, which reads: Revelation 9:1 And^G2532 the^G3588 fifth^G3991 angel^G32 sounded,^G4537 and^G2532 I saw^G1492 a star^G792 fall^G4098 from^G1537 heaven^G3772 unto^G1519 the^G3588 earth:^G1093 and^G2532 to him^G846 was given^G1325 the^G3588 key^G2807 of the^G3588 bottomless^G12 pit.^G5421   —>   This star in the Greek, in the Strong’s Concordance, is Greek word number: G792, ἀστήρ, - astēr, - pronounced: as-tareי, and means: Probably from the base of G4766; a star (as strown over the sky). literally or figuratively: - Star. Total KJV occurrences: 24.. This star is actually satan when he is cast out by Michael the arch angel as can be read in Revelation 12:7-9. [9:2] And^G2532he opened^G455 the^G3588 bottomless^G12 pit;^G5421 and^G2532 there arose^G305 a smoke^G2586 out of^G1537 the^G3588 pit,^G5421 as^G5613 the smoke^G2586 of a great^G3173 furnace;^G2575 and^G2532 the^G3588 sun^G2246 and^G2532 the^G3588 air^G109 were darkened^G4654 by reason of^G1537 the^G3588 smoke^G2586 of the^G3588 pit.^G5421   —>   This thick smoke is a cloud of locusts, as we’ll see, and they are none other than satan’s army of fallen angels which are kicked out of heaven with him. [9:3] And^G2532 there came^G1831 out of^G1537 the^G3588 smoke^G2586 locusts^G200 upon^G1519 the^G3588 earth:^G1093 and^G2532 unto them^G846 was given^G1325 power,^G1849 as^G5613 the^G3588 scorpions^G4651 of the^G3588 earth^G1093 have^G2192 power.^G1849   —>   Let me ask you, when a scorpion wants to eat, what do they do? They first sting their prey with their tail to first paralyze them in order to be able to eat them. Why does it do this? Well, if you know anything about scorpions and how do they eat their prey, this it isn’t pretty, but they don’t have a stomach like you and I have stomachs. No, in order for them to eat their prey, they have to regurgitate their stomach acids out of their mouths and onto their prey to break down that meal by turning it to mush and then eat it. This is what this army of satan’s fallen angels will be doing figuratively to people and their minds. They’ll first paralyze people—they’ll do this through fear, do you think that isn’t possible, how has this country been governed for the past four years: 2020-2023, by fear, think covid, climate change, racism ect,—in order to turn their minds to mush in order to cause you to worship the antichrist. Revelation 9:4[9:4] And^G2532 it was commanded^G4483 them^G846 that^G2443 they should not^G3361 hurt^G91 the^G3588 grass^G5528 of the^G3588 earth,^G1093 neither^G3761 any^G3956 green thing,^G5515 neither^G3761 any^G3956 tree;^G1186 but^G1508 only^G3441 those men^G444 which^G3748 have^G2192 not^G3756 the^G3588 seal^G4973 of God^G2316 in^G1909 their^G848 foreheads.^G3359   —>   See, this is it, this is what satan wants, this is what the controversy is all about: your mind and who you will worship. Do you remember what satan asked Jesus to do when he was given the opportunity to attempt to tempt Jesus? Matthew 4:1 Then^G5119 was Jesus^G2424 led up^G321 of^G5259 the^G3588 Spirit^G4151 into^G1519 the^G3588 wilderness^G2048 to be tempted^G3985 of^G5259 the^G3588 devil.^G1228 [4:2] And^G2532 when He had fasted^G3522 forty^G5062 days^G2250 and^G2532 forty^G5062 nights,^G3571 He was afterward an hungred.^G3983 ^G5305 Skip on down 6 verses with me [4:8] Again,^G3825 the^G3588 devil^G1228 taketh Him up^G3880 ^G846 into^G1519 an exceeding^G3029 high^G5308 mountain,^G3735 and^G2532 sheweth^G1166 Him^G846 all^G3956 the^G3588 kingdoms^G932 of the^G3588 world,^G2889 and^G2532 the^G3588 glory^G1391 of them;^G846 [4:9] And^G2532 saith^G3004 unto Him,^G846 “All^G3956 these things^G5023 will I give^G1325 Thee,^G4671 if^G1437 Thou wilt fall down^G4098 and worship^G4352 me.”^G3427   —>   Are you sealed with the seal of Father, or are you still hung on the traditions of man? Do you accept what Christ is teaching here in Matthew 13 about satan seducing Eve in Genesis 3—(Click here)—or are you still saying “no, they didn’t have sex?” Let me ask another question. What is the “fruit of the labors” of sexual intercourse? children. What did Elisabeth say to Mary when Mary arrived to see Elisabeth? Luke 1:41 And^G2532 it came to pass,^G1096 that, when^G5613 Elisabeth^G1665 heard^G191 the^G3588 salutation^G783 of Mary,^G3137 the^G3588 babe^G1025 leaped^G6440 in^G1722 her^G846 womb;^G2836 and^G2532 Elisabeth^G1665 was filled^G1430 with the Holy^G40 Spirit:^G4151 [1:42] And^G2532 she spake out^G400 with a loud^G3173 voice,^G5456 and^G2532 said,^G2036 “Blessed^G2127 art thou^G4771 among^G1722 women,^G1135 and^G2532 blessed^G2127 is the^G3588 fruit^G2590 of thy^G4675 womb.^G2836. What was Eve told to not partake of? The “Fruit” of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In other words, if Eve partook of that tree, she would bare his fruit. [9:5] And^G2532 to them^G846 it was given^G1325 that^G2443 they should not^G3361 kill^G615 them,^G846 but^G235 that^G2443 they should be tormented^G928 five^G4002 months:^G3376 and^G2532 their^G848 torment^G929 was as the torment^G929 of a scorpion,^G4651 when^G3752 he striketh^G3718 a man.^G444   —>   Lots of spiritual meat here. First off, what can they not do? Kill people. Meaning, that they cannot physically kill people; but, they can deliver them up to death. And who is death? Satan is. Secondly, how long is this torment allowed to take place? Five (5) months, which is how long satan’s tribulation will last on earth before Christ returns; but, as can be read in Daniel 1:12 and Revelation 2:10, our personal tribulation can only be ten days. Do you have the “ears to hear” yet?

Let’s return now to Jeremiah 24:3.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah=Father’s Prophet Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah of Anathoth which made him of the lineage of Ithamar, not Eleazar, this still made him of the Priest lineage, a descendant of Aaron. He was born approximately in the year 539. Father appeared to His Prophet Jeremiah when he was a young man of roughly 21 years of age. We can attest to this because of how he begins his Book: Jeremiah 1:1 The words^H1697 of Jeremiah^H3414 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah,^H2518 of^H4480 the priests^H3548 that^H834 were in Anathoth^H6068 in the land^H776 of Benjamin:^H1144 [1:2] To whom^H834 the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 in the days^H3117 of Josiah^H2977 the son^H1121 of Amon^H526 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 in the thirteenth^H7969 ^H6240 year^H8141 of his reign.^H4427 —> Father appeared to Jeremiah during the reign of Josiah who began his reign and rule over the House of Judah at the age of 8 years old, this is now his 13^th year of his rule, making him now 21 years old. Jeremiah was roughly the same age of Josiah, thus making Jeremiah also 21 years old. We then skip down to verse v1:6 where we read: [1:6] Then said^H559 I, “Ah,^H162 Lord^H136 GOD!^H3069 behold,^H2009 I cannot^H3808 ^H3045 speak:^H1696 for^H3588 I^H595 am a child.”^H5288   —>   Here, Jeremiah declares that he is indeed a young man. Though he says he is a child, his statement is more likely in reference to his lack of knowledge in Father’s Word, than in his actual age. Jeremiah prophesied for 41 years, and made 51 clearly distinct prophecies during his lifetime. He began prophesying during the reign and rule of Josiah and prophesied until Jerusalem fell and the House of Judah went into captivity to the Babylonians in 477B.C.. Jeremiah himself was seized by some of the people of Judah, and taken along with king Zedekiah’s daughters, down into Egypt in spite of the warning by Father through Jeremiah. As for those who seized Jeremiah and Zedekiah’s daughters and fled to Egypt; Father through Jeremiah prophesied this concerning them: Jeremiah 44:11 Therefore^H3651 thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel;^H3478 ‘Behold,^H2009 I will set^H7760 My face^H6440 against you for evil,^H7451 and to cut off^H3772 ^(H853) all^H3605 Judah.^H3063 [44:12] And I will take^H3947 ^(H853) the remnant^H7611 of Judah,^H3063 that^H834 have set^H7760 their faces^H6440 to go into^H935 the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to sojourn^H1481 there,^H8033 and they shall all^H3605 be consumed,^H8552 and fall^H5307 in the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714 they shall even be consumed^H8552 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 they shall die,^H4191 from the least^H4480 ^H6996 even unto^H5704 the greatest,^H1419 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 and they shall be^H1961 an execration,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and a reproach.^H2781 [44:13] For I will punish^H6485 ^H5921 them that dwell^H3427 in the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 as^H834 I have punished^H6485 ^H5921 Jerusalem,^H3389 by the sword,^H2719 by the famine,^H7458 and by the pestilence:^H1698 [44:14] So that none^H3808 of the remnant^H7611 of Judah,^H3063 which are gone^H935 into the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to sojourn^H1481 there,^H8033 shall^H1961 escape^H6412 or remain,^H8300 that they should return^H7725 into the land^H776 of Judah,^H3063 to the which^H834 they^H1992 have a desire^H5375 ^(H853) ^H5315 to return^H7725 to dwell^H3427 there:^H8033 for^H3588 none^H3808 shall return^H7725 but^H3588 ^H518 such as shall escape.’i^H6412   —>   This came to pass, as those of our forefathers who refused to hear and obey Father and go into captivity to the Babylonians; but instead, grabbed Jeremiah and Zedekiah’s daughters and fled down into Egypt, Father destroyed. As for Jeremiah and Zedekiah’s daughters, the last we read of them Biblically is in Jeremiah 44. There is more information on them historically—not Biblically—one of Zedekiah’s daughters was named Scota and one named Tea Tephi. † For the etymology of the name Jeremiah, we read the following in Abarim Publications, “Jeremiah lived in a Benjaminite village close to Jerusalem named Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1) where he also owned land (Jeremiah 32:7-15). For most of his ministry he was accompanied by Baruch the scribe, son of Neriah (Jeremiah 32:12), and most of Jeremiah’s ministry concerned the invasion of Judah by Babylonian forces, the sacking of Jerusalem and the exile. The name Jeremiah consists of two parts, the final one being יה, the abbreviated form of יהוה, the Name of God (see YHVH). It’s not exactly clear where the first part of the name Jeremiah may derive of, although Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List agree it’s from the verb רמה (rama): NOBSE Study Bible Name List favors relations with rama and reads Yahveh Throws, and since this may be a bit odd, continuous to explain that it may be in the sense of laying a foundation, and translates the name Jeremiah with Yahveh Establishes, Appoints or Sends. This seems, however, a bit too creative. This root group is never used to indicate the fixing of something, but always quite the opposite. Reading the name Jeremiah this way may seem to make him a Human Arrow On God’s Bow, but in fact it will mean He’ll Be Dumped By The Lord. BDB Theological Dictionary tries to solve this problem by first of all go with an assumed secondary root that only means to loosen, and then referring to an Assyrian name or phrase meaning “whose womb is loosened”. That way, proclaims BDB, the name Jeremiah may mean Yah Looseneth, and thus conveying the gladness of parents for conceiving (compare Genesis 29:31). Still, in Hebrew this verb is never used in relation to giving birth. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names abandons this troublesome root-group altogether but also seeks refuge in a word that has no Biblical precedent: the unused root ירם (yaram), to be elevated. Jones reports that this root has to do with the familiar Hebrew verb רום (rum), to be high, lofty: Hence Jones reads Elevated Of The Lord. However, the derivation רמה (rama) means height, high place. Using that particular word would render the name Jeremiah as My High Place Is The Lord.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3414, - יִרְמְיָהi, or יִרְמְיָהוּ, - yirmeyâh, or yirmeyâhû, - pronounced: yir-meh-yawיi, or yir-meh-yawי-hoo, and means: From H7311 and H3050; YAH will rise, Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites: - Jeremiah. Total KJV occurrences: 147.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: The description of Jeremiah in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here; so, I’ll instead just post the link to it: Jeremiah.

24:4 Signification of
    Symbol.
1A4
Jeremiah 24:4 Again the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 unto^H413 me, saying,^H559   —>   Father is about to tell Jeremiah and us, what He will do concerning these two manner of people: the Good and the bad figs.

24:5 Captives. (Good
    Figs.)
1A5
Jeremiah 24:5 “Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel;^H3478 ‘Like these^H428 good^H2896 figs,^H8384 so^H3651 will I acknowledge^H5234 ^(H853) them that are carried away captive^H1546 of Judah,^H3063 whom^H834 I have sent^H7971 out of^H4480 this^H2088 place^H4725 into the land^H776 of the Chaldeans^H3778 for their good.^H2896   —>   Notice that Father says, it was He Who sent the Israelites into the Chaldeans—Babylonians—see verse v24:1 above: (Click here)—hands of captivity. It was because of their disobedience to Him and their chasing after other false gods. We read in I Corinthians 10:11, the following: I Corinthians 10:11 Now^G1161 all^G3956 these things^G5023 happened^G4819 unto them^G1565 for ensamples:^G5179 and^G1161 they are written^G1125 for^G4314 our^G2257 admonition,^G3559 upon^G1519 whom^G3739 the^G3588 ends^G5056 of the^G3588 world^G165 are come.^G2658   —>   Father is in control of ALL THINGS and He was using the Israelites—our forefathers—as an example to us, and for us, to show us what will take place in our—the last and final—generation of flesh man. We too will be going into captivity in these end times. Who will be our captors? The antichrist and those who support him i.e., the fallen angels who will be coming back with him—Matthew 24:37-38 and Luke 17:26-27—the remnant of his offspring — the kenites—yes, there are many of them who are still with us today—and all those who do not know Father’s Word and are deceived by him.

Do we have anything to fear or worry about? Not if we know Father’s Word and have it sealed in our minds. By having His Word sealed in our minds, we know what is going to come to pass, we know that satan, in his role of antichrist — the false prophet, the pretend to be Jesus, comes before the True Christ returns. We know and understand Revelation 9:4,—(Click here). As long as we have His Knowledge, satan cannot hurt us. Why can’t he hurt us? Because we know who he is and what his plan is, and we know what is going to take place.

Why would Father allow and send satan as the antichrist, to come to this Age of flesh man? It is a test by Father to see who has truly read His Word and has not allowed man and man’s traditions to deceive them. Satan can do nothing without Father allowing him to!

What else do we know? Matthew 24:9, Mark 13:11, and Luke 21:13-15 tell us that some, Father’s Elect, will be delivered up to satan and his councils, to allow Father to speak through their mouths utilizing His Holy Spirit, thereby speaking That Cloven Tongue spoken by the apostles in Acts 2:4-16. This will be done in order for Father to make it as plain as possible and easy to understand without any language barriers, so that even the gainsayers won’t be able to speak against the Truth of who the antichrist is. This is what the Pentecostal Tongue is all about and for.

The ultimate purpose of Father’s plan, is so that many of His Children will hear and then return their hearts—minds—back to Him, prior to The True Christ’s return. That is what He wants, He wants His children to come out of their confusion, slumber and deception, and to Know That He Is God.

24:6 For their good.
1A6
Jeremiah 24:6 For I will set^H7760 Mine eyes^H5869 upon^H5921 them for good,^H2896 and I will bring them again^H7725 to^H5921 this^H2063 land:^H776 and I will build^H1129 them, and not^H3808 pull them down;^H2040 and I will plant^H5193 them, and not^H3808 pluck them up.^H5428   —>   Think on multiple levels here brethren. First off, Father did bring our forefathers—the good figs—and those who were mixed in with them—the naughty figs—out of that 70 year captivity to the Babylonians, and returned them to and set them in Jerusalem; but, this is also future to that time and ours as well. Father is showing us that He will also bring us out of this flesh Age and return us again to Him and His Kingdom. When the seventh and final trump sounds and Jesus returns for His 1,000 year millennial reign, at the end of His reign, satan will be let loose one more time for a short period to gather those who will still follow him, and be against Father, then will take place the Great White Throne Judgment an the casting of satan and those who follow him into the Lake of Fire, THEN Father will return those that love and follow Him to His Eternal Kingdom and we will never again be removed.

24:7 For their good.
1A7
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give^H5414 them an heart^H3820 to know^H3045 Me, that^H3588 I^H589 am the LORD:^H3068 and they shall be^H1961 My People,^H5971 and I^H595 will be^H1961 their God:^H43- for^H3588 they shall return^H7725 unto^H413 Me with their whole^H3605 heart.   —>   This is all Father has ever wanted, His children to love Him. Does not every father want their children to love them?!

The word “heart” as used in this verse is in the Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew word number: H3820, - לֵב, - leb, - pronounced: labe, and means: A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything. Total KJV occurrences: 598.. In other words, the center of your feelings, intellect and/or heart or mind. When Jesus returns, every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess that He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and then after the Great White Throne Judgment and our Father returns us to Him, we will know with absolute certainty in our hearts, that He IS God and that Jesus Christ IS The only begotten Son of God, and we WILL love Them with all of our mind and being.

24:8 Remnant. (Bad
    Figs.)
1A8
Jeremiah 24:8 And as the evil^H7451 figs,^H8384 which^H834 cannot^H3808 be eaten,^H398 they are so evil;^H4480 ^H7455 surely^H3588 thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 ‘So^H3651 will I give^H5414 ^(H853) Zedekiah^H6667 (right of YAH; and, justice of YHVH) (tsid-kee-yawי-hoo) the king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 and his princes,^H8269 and the residue^H7611 of Jerusalem,^H3389 that remain^H7604 in this^H2063 land,^H776 and them that dwell^H3427 in the land^H776 of Egypt:^H4714 (land of the copts; and, land of the copts) (mits-rahי-yim)   —>   Remember, this chapter began with Father showing His prophet Jeremiah two baskets of figs which were set before the Temple of God. Inside that basket were two manner of figs, representing two manner of people, one good, i.e. , who loved Father and His Word, and one which was naughty and did not love Father or His Word.

As I stated at the beginning of this chapter, every one of these verses deal with both, the current time in Jeremiah’s day—600BC—and the future, i.e., our present day, this last and final generation.

Now, this and the next two verses pertain directly with our past and the House of Judah’s current—600BC—time. So, let’s return to 600BC and hear what Father had to say to the House of Judah.

In II Kings 17:24, when Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took the House of Judah captive by Father YHVH’s direction, he changed king Mattaniah’s—whose name means: gift of Yah—name to Zedekiah—right or justice of Yah—again, though unbeknownst to him, at Father’s direction.
Zedekiah
Zedekiah=.The third son of Josiah and his wife Hamutal. Named Mattaniah at birth by his parents, his name was later changed to Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, when he set him—at 21 years of age—upon the throne as king of the House of Judah, after Necho, king of Egypt removed his eldest brother Jehoahaz, and then set his brother Eliakim—also called Jehoiakim—upon the throne in his stead. Nebuchadnezzar removed Jehoiakim and made Zedekiah king after doing so. Zedekiah was the last king of the House of Judah, and reigned for eleven years—488-477B.C.—until Nebuchadnezzar removed him when he had his army remove all the important people, carrying them to Babylon and burned Jerusalem and Father’s Temple to the ground. Father’s Prophet Jeremiah was his counsellor, yet “he did evil in the sight of Father,” and because so, he is classed as being among the evil kings of Judah. Several things to keep at the forefront of your minds as we discuss Zedekiah brehtren: he was 21 when he became king and reigned until he was 33, in other words, he was still really a young man; and in reality, as he was Josiah’s third son, it was never in the cards for him to become king, he only became so because kings of other nation dethroned his two older brothers. So, what we know of Zedekiah can be read in II Kings 24—(Click here)—25—(Click here)—II Chronicles 36:10-11—(Click here)—as well as in almost fifty references in Jeremiah: 1:3; 21:1,3,7,8. Jeremiah prophesied during the whole of the reign of Zedekiah—Biblical historian not scholar Josephus says this concerning Zedekiah and Father’s Prophet Jeremiah: “Zedekiah was a despiser of justice and of his duty, for truly those of the same age with him were wicked about him, and the whole multitude did what unjust and insolent things they pleased; for which reason the prophet Jeremiah came often to him, and protested to him, and insisted, that he must leave off his impieties and transgressions, and take care of what was right, and neither give ear to the rulers, (among whom were wicked men,) nor give credit to their false prophets, who deluded them, as if the king of Babylon would make no more war against them, and as if the Egyptians would make war against him, and conquer him, since what they said was not true, and the events would not prove such [as they expected]. Now as to Zedekiah himself, while he heard the prophet speak, he believed him, and agreed to every thing as true, and supposed it was for his advantage; but then his friends perverted him, and dissuaded him from what the prophet advised, and obliged him to do what they pleased. Ezekiel also foretold in Babylon what calamities were coming upon the people, which when he heard, he sent accounts of them unto Jerusalem. But Zedekiah did not believe their prophecies, for the reason following: It happened that the two prophets agreed with one another in what they said as in all other things, that the city should be taken, and Zedekiah himself should be taken captive; but Ezekiel disagreed with him, and said that Zedekiah should not see Babylon, while Jeremiah said to him, that the king of Babylon should carry him away thither in bonds. Now when Zedekiah had preserved the league of mutual assistance he had made with the Babylonians for eight years, he brake it, and revolted to the Egyptians, in hopes, by their assistance, of overcoming the Babylonians. When the king of Babylon knew this, he made war against him: he laid his country waste, and took his fortified towns, and came to the city Jerusalem itself to besiege it. But when the king of Egypt heard what circumstances Zedekiah his ally was in, he took a great army with him, and came into Judea, as if he would raise the siege; upon which the king of Babylon departed from Jerusalem, and met the Egyptians, and joined battle with them, and beat them; and when he had put them to flight, he pursued them, and drove them out of all Syria. Now as soon as the king of Babylon was departed from Jerusalem, the false prophets deceived Zedekiah, and said that the king of Babylon would not any more make war against him or his people, nor remove them out of their own country into Babylon; and that those then in captivity would return, with all those vessels of the temple of which the king of Babylon had despoiled that temple. But Jeremiah came among them, and prophesied what contradicted those predictions, and what proved to be true, that they did ill, and deluded the king; that the Egyptians would be of no advantage to them, but that the king of Babylon would renew the war against Jerusalem, and besiege it again, and would destroy the people by famine, and carry away those that remained into captivity, and would take away what they had as spoils, and would carry off those riches that were in the temple; nay, that, besides this, he would burn it, and utterly overthrow the city, and that they should serve him and his posterity seventy years; that then the Persians and the Medes should put an end to their servitude, and overthrow the Babylonians; “and that we shall be dismissed, and return to this land, and rebuild the temple, and restore Jerusalem.” When Jeremiah said this, the greater part believed him; but the rulers, and those that were wicked, despised him, as one disordered in his senses. Now he had resolved to go elsewhere, to his own country, which was called Anathoth, and was twenty furlongs distant from Jerusalem; (13) and as he was going, one of the rulers met him, and seized upon him, and accused him falsely, as though he were going as a deserter to the Babylonians; but Jeremiah said that he accused him falsely, and added, that he was only going to his own country; but the other would not believe him, but seized upon him, and led him away to the rulers, and laid an accusation against him, under whom he endured all sorts of torments and tortures, and was reserved to be punished; and this was the condition he was in for some time, while he suffered what I have already described unjustly. Now in the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the king of Babylon made a second expedition against Jerusalem, and lay before it eighteen months, and besieged it with the utmost application. There came upon them also two of the greatest calamities at the same time that Jerusalem was besieged, a famine and a pestilential distemper, and made great havoc of them. And though the prophet Jeremiah was in prison, he did not rest, but cried out, and proclaimed aloud, and exhorted the multitude to open their gates, and admit the king of Babylon, for that if they did so, they should be preserved, and their whole families; but if they did not so, they should be destroyed; and he foretold, that if any one staid in the city, he should certainly perish by one of these ways, - either be consumed by the famine, or slain by the enemy’s sword; but that if he would flee to the enemy, he should escape death. Yet did not these rulers who heard believe him, even when they were in the midst of their sore calamities; but they came to the king, and in their anger informed him what Jeremiah had said, and accused him, and complained of the prophet as of a madman, and one that disheartened their minds, and by the denunciation of miseries weakened the alacrity of the multitude, who were otherwise ready to expose themselves to dangers for him, and for their country, while he, in a way of threatening, warned them to flee to the enemy, and told them that the city should certainly be taken, and be utterly destroyed. But for the king himself, he was not at all irritated against Jeremiah, such was his gentle and righteous disposition; yet, that he might not be engaged in a quarrel with those rulers at such a time, by opposing what they intended, he let them do with the prophet whatsoever they would; whereupon, when the king had granted them such a permission, they presently came into the prison, and took him, and let him down with a cord into a pit full of mire, that he might be suffocated, and die of himself. So he stood up to the neck in the mire which was all about him, and so continued; but there was one of the king’s servants, who was in esteem with him, an Ethiopian by descent, who told the king what a state the prophet was in, and said that his friends and his rulers had done evil in putting the prophet into the mire, and by that means contriving against him that he should suffer a death more bitter than that by his bonds only. When the king heard this, he repented of his having delivered up the prophet to the rulers, and bid the Ethiopian take thirty men of the king’s guards, and cords with them, and whatsoever else they understood to be necessary for the prophet’s preservation, and to draw him up immediately. So the Ethiopian took the men he was ordered to take, and drew up the prophet out of the mire, and left him at liberty [in the prison]. But when the king had sent to call him privately, and inquired what he could say to him from God, which might be suitable to his present circumstances, and desired him to inform him of it, Jeremiah replied, that he had somewhat to say; but he said withal, he should not be believed, nor, if he admonished them, should be hearkened to; “for,” said he, “thy friends have determined to destroy me, as though I had been guilty of some wickedness; and where are now those men who deceived us, and said that the king of Babylon would not come and fight against us any more? but I am afraid now to speak the truth, lest thou shouldst condemn me to die.” And when the king had assured him upon oath, that he would neither himself put him to death, nor deliver him up to the rulers, he became bold upon that assurance that was given him, and gave him this advice: That he should deliver the city up to the Babylonians; and he said that it was God who prophesied this by him, that [he must do so] if he would be preserved, and escape out of the danger he was in, and that then neither should the city fall to the ground, nor should the temple be burned; but that [if he disobeyed] he would be the cause of these miseries coming upon the citizens, and of the calamity that would befall his whole house. When the king heard this, he said that he would willingly do what he persuaded him to, and what he declared would be to his advantage, but that he was afraid of those of his own country that had fallen away to the Babylonians, lest he should be accused by them to the king of Babylon, and be punished. But the prophet encouraged him, and said he had no cause to fear such punishment, for that he should not have the experience of any misfortune, if he would deliver all up to the Babylonians, neither himself, nor his children, nor his wives, and that the temple should then continue unhurt. So when Jeremiah had said this, the king let him go, and charged him to betray what they had resolved on to none of the citizens, nor to tell any of these matters to any of the rulers, if they should have learned that he had been sent for, and should inquire of him what it was that he was sent for, and what he had said to him; but to pretend to them that he besought him that he might not be kept in bonds and in prison. And indeed he said so to them; for they came to the, prophet, and asked him what advice it was that he came to give the king relating to them. And thus I have finished what concerns this matter.”. As a ruler, sadly, Zedekiah lacked several indispensable qualifications for leadership, namely: intestinal fortitude, poise, resolution, and vision. Yes he became king during a disrupted kingdom, and while he meant well, again sadly, Zedekiah could not keep his head amid confusion. A vacillator, he lacked the courage to labor on with a resolute heart. He was easily persuaded to rebel against the Chaldeans as we read in II Kings 25—(Click here)— and under Jeremiah’s advice surrendered the city to the Chaldeans as we read in Jeremiah 21:9,10. This troubled reign ended tragically. Zedekiah attempted to escape from the disaster Jeremiah had predicted, but was overtaken and brought to Nebuchadnezzar, who slew Zedekiah’s children before his eyes, then blinded the king himself and sent him in chains to Babylon. Zedekiah, however, never made it to Babylon, was slain on the way. † For the etymology of the name Zedekiah, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Zedekiah consists of two elements. The first part of our name comes from the verb צדק (sadeq), meaning to be just: The second part of the name Zedekiah is formed from the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHVH or YEHOVAH. For a meaning of the name Zedekiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Is Righteousness. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Justice Of The Lord, and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary says Yah Is Righteousness.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find that the name Zedekiah is Hebrew word number: H6667, - צִדְקִיָּהi, or צִדְקִיָּהוּ, - tsidqı̂yâhi, or tsidqı̂yâhûi, - pronounced: tsid-kee-yawיi, or tsid-kee-yawי-hoo, and means: From H6664 and H3050; right of YAH; Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites: - Zedekiah, Zidkijah. Total KJV occurrences: 62.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Justice of YEHOVAH. The last king of Judah and Jerusalem. He was the son of Josiah by his wife Hamutal, and therefore own brother to Jehoahaz, (II Kings 24:18), compare II Kings 23:31. His original name was Mattaniah, which was changed to Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried off his nephew Jehoiachim to Babylon and left him on the throne of Jerusalem. Zedekiah was but twenty-one years old when he was thus placed in charge of an impoverished kingdom. His history is contained in a short sketch of the events of his reign given in (II Kings 24:17; II Kings 25:7) and, with some trifling variations in (Jeremiah 39:1-7; 62:1-11) together with the still shorter summary in (I Chronicles 38:10) etc.; and also in Jeremiah 21,24,27,28,29,32,34,37,38 and (Ezekiel 16:11-21). From these it is evident that Zedekiah was a man not so much bad at heart as weak in will. It is evident from Jeremiah 27 and 28 that the earlier portion of Zedekiah’s reign was marked by an agitation throughout the whole of Syria against the Babylonian yoke. Jerusalem seems to have taken the lead, since in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign we find ambassadors from all the neighboring kingdoms—Tyre, Sidon, Edom and Moab—at his court to consult as to the steps to be taken. The first act of rebellion of which any record survives was the formation of an alliance with Egypt, of itself equivalent to a declaration of enmity with Babylon. As a natural consequence it brought on Jerusalem an immediate invasion of the Chaldaeans. The mention of this event in the Bible though indisputable, is extremely slight, and occurs only in (Jeremiah 37:5-11; 34:21) and Ezekiel 17:15-20. But Josephus (x.7,3) relates it more fully, and gives the date of its occurrence, namely, the eighth year of Zedekiah. Nebuchadnezzar at once sent an army to ravage Judea. This was done, and the whole country reduced, except Jerusalem and two strong places in the western plain, Lachish and Azekah, which still held out, (Jeremiah 34:7). Called away for a time by an attack from Pharaoh and the Egyptians, on the tenth day of the tenth month of Zedekiah’s ninth year the Chaldeans were again before the walls, (Jeremiah 52:4). From this time forward the siege progressed slowly but surely to its consummation, the city was indeed reduced to the last extremity. The bread had for long been consumed, (Jeremiah 38:9) and all the terrible expedients had been tried to which the wretched inhabitants of a besieged town are forced to resort in such cases. At last, after sixteen dreadful months the catastrophe arrived. It was on the ninth day of the fourth month, about the middle of July at midnight, as Josephus with careful minuteness informs us, that the breach in those strong and venerable walls was effected. The moon, nine days old, had gone down. The wretched remnants of the army acquitted the city in the dead of night; and as the Chaldaean army entered the city at one end, the king and his wives fled from it by the opposite gate. They took the road toward the Jordan. As soon as the dawn of day permitted it, swift pursuit was made. The king’s party were overtaken near Jericho and carried to Nebuchadnezzar, who was then at Riblah, at the upper end of the valley of Lebanon. Nebuchadnezzar, with a refinement of barbarity characteristic of those cruel times ordered the sons of Zedekiah to be killed before him, and lastly his own eyes to be thrust out. He was then loaded with brazen fetters, and at a later period taken to Babylon, where he died.”.

Egypt=For a detailed description of Egypt, including the nations history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

24:9 For their
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Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver^H5414 them to be removed^H2189 into all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776 for their hurt,^H7451 to be a reproach^H2781 and a proverb,^H4912 a taunt^H8148 and a curse,^H7045 in all^H3605 places^H4725 whither^H834 ^H8033 I shall drive^H5080 them.   —>   It was Father Who sent the House of Judah into the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar’s hand of captivity, just as it will be Father Who is going to send us into our captivity to our king of Babylon, satan—in his role of the antichrist, the pretend to be christ—in this last and final generation. Why will Father do this? Again, I must remind you, the reader, of I Corinthians 11:10, as it is for the very same reasons he sent first the House of Israel, and then the House of Judah 200 years later: because as a Nation, we have a lack of belief in Him, a lack of faith and have been chasing after other false gods — money; objects; and man, as gods, which are all idols, all which He has told us, His children, not to do.

Father’s servant, satan—and I know most of you will not believe that satan is His servant—can only do what Father—satan’s creator as well as ours—allows him to do, he can do nothing without Father’s approval, and even though satan will come trying to deceive Father’s children into following him, it is still Father using him to do this. It will be Father Who will send satan as the pretend to be Jesus—Revelation 12:7 And^G2532 there was^G1096 war^G4171 in^G1722 heaven:^G3772 Michael^G3413 and^G2532 his^G848 angels^G32 fought^G4170 against^G2596 the^G3588 dragon;^G1404 and^G2532 the^G3588 dragon^G1404 fought^G4170 and^G2532 his^G848 angels,^G32 [12:8] And^G2532 prevailed^G2480 not;^G3756 neither^G3777 was their^G848 place^G5117 found^G2147 any more^G2089 in^G1722 heaven.^G#772 [12:9] And^G2532 the^G3588 great^G3173 dragon^G1404 was cast out,^G906 that old^G744 serpent,^G3789 called^G2564 the Devil,^G1228 and^G2532 Satan,^G4567 which deceiveth^G4105 the^G3588 whole^G3650 world:^G3625 he was cast out^G906 into^G1519 the^G3588 earth,^G1093 and^G2532 his^G848 angels^G32 were cast out^G906 with^G3326 him.^G846—Why? Because of what Jesus told us in Revelation 3:10, which reads: Revelation 3:10 Because^G3754 thou hast kept^G5083 the^G3588 word^G3056 of my^G3450 patience,^G2581 I also^G2504 will keep^G5083 thee^G4571 from^G1537 the^G3588 hour^G5610 of temptation,^G3986 which shall^G3195 come^G2064 upon^G1909 all^G3650 the^G3588 world,^G3625 to try^G3985 them^G3588 that dwell^G2730 upon^G1909 the^G3588 earth.^G1093   —>   Because, satan’s coming is a test from our Wonderful Father to see just which of His children has truly read and Studied His Word with understanding or which have not really read His Word and only just sat in a pew and listened false teachings or to listened to the traditions of man and has had their eyes and ears closed to the truth in His Word or which claim they don’t even believe in Him and will be deceived and fail Father’s test and follow after satan.

This time in the flesh won’t even be the last time that satan is allowed to do this, read Revelation 20:7—(Click here)—and again, sadly, most Christians don’t know or understand this, nor have they even been taught this by their churches.

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Jeremiah 24:10 And I will send^H7971 ^H853) the sword,^H2719 ^(H853) the famine,^H7458 and the pestilence,^H1698 among them, till^H5704 they be consumed^H8552 from off^H4480 ^H5921 the land^H127 that^H834 I gave^H5414 unto them and to their fathers.’i”  —>   As Father declares in this verse, it was He, Father, Who sent His children—both the House of Israel and then, 200 hundred years later, the House of Judah into captivity because of their whoring after other gods—and it will be Father Who sends us into our captivity in this last and final generation. It will be Father Who will send the sword—cherub in the Hebrew, in the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H2719, - חֶרֶב, - chereb, - pronounced: khehיreb, and means: From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement: - axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. Total KJV occurrences: 413..—in other words, the drought of the living water, and the famine of His Word as we read in Amos 8:11, which reads: Amos 8:11 Behold,^H2009 the days^H3117 come,^H935 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD,^H3069 that I will send^H7971 a famine^H7458 in the land,^H776 not^H3808 a famine^H7458 of bread,^H3899 nor^H3808 a thirst^H6772 for water,^H4325 but^H3588 ^H518 of hearing^H8085 ^(H853) the words^H1697 of the LORD:^H3068 [8:12] And they shall wander^H5128 from sea^H4480 ^H3220 to^H5704 sea,^H3220 and from the north^H4480 ^H6828 even to^H5704 the east,^H4217 they shall run to and fro^H7751 to seek^H1245 ^(H853) the word^H1697 of the LORD,^H3068 and shall not^H3808 find^H4672 it.   —>   We are seeing this come to pass today. How many churches today teach His Word line-by-line, Verse-by-Verse, Chapter-by-Chapter and Book-by-Book? Father has told us through His Prophet Isaiah how we should receive His Word — Isaiah 28:10 For^H3588 precept^H6673 must be upon precept,^H6673 precept^H6673 upon precept;^H6673 line^H6957 upon line,^H6957 line^H6957 upon line;^H6957 here^H8033 a little,^H2191 and there^H8033 a little:^H2191 and again in Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord* ^H136 said,^H559 “Forasmuch^H3282 ^H3588 as this^H2088 people^H5971 draw near^H5066 Me with their mouth,^H6310 and with their lips^H8193 do honour^H3513 Me, but have removed their heart far^H7368 ^H3820 from^H4480 Me, and their fear^H3374 toward^H854 Me is^H1961 taught^H3925 by the precept^H4687 of men:^H376.

We are living in the last and final Generation, and it is high time Father’s children return their hearts unto Him, our Creator. But, as it is written, this will only truly happen during Christ’s one thousand year millennial reign, and then again at the end, just before the Great White Throne Judgment, sadly there will be yet another turning away. Those who do turn away, will follow satan into that Lake of Fire, see: Revelation 20—(Click here).

As we look upon that tiny Nation of Israel—House of Judah—today, we “see” those two baskets of figs which Father showed Jeremiah; however, we cannot tell the good figs from the naughty figs, and throughout the rest of the world, the only way we can even tell the Good Pastors from the kenites and\or nethinims is by listening to what they teach — The Word of Father, or the traditions of man. Don’t get me wrong, some of them sound “oh so religious,” but, you must pay close attention to what they are saying, and by all means, stay away from “prosperity doctrines,” “rapture or fly away doctrines,” “tongues — speaking in babel” and other such doctrines. Ask yourself, is their main concern tithes and trying to fleece you out of your hard earned money — all in the name of God? I used to deliver the mail, and as such I saw some of the fleecing — letters of — “Prayers by mail” — just send us your money and we’ll put in a “special prayer just for you. ” I want to scream out to the people that receive these pieces of trash and teach them; but, alas, I cannot because that would have broken the “sanctity of the mail. ”

Mar 2011, Updated: Dec 2023.

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