Jeremiah had to face rejection and loss because of the message he carried. He was called to speak against the moral depravity of the culture and the people he lived with. Six of the seven kings who reigned during his ministry participated in the sins of Manasseh, as did the people. MANASSEH ... did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. For he rebuilt the high places... he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, ... and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them. And he built altars in the house of the LORD,... he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. And he made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of .. the LORD ... and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. II Ki 21:1-9 AMON - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. II Ki 21:19-22 JECOAHAS - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. II Ki 23:32 JEHOIAKIM - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. II Ki 23:37 JEHOIACHIN - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. II Ki 24:9 ZEDEKIAH - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. II Ki 24:19 Note that: The nation had totally forsaken God. They were worshipping Baal and Asherah, the worship of which was morally depraved and wicked.. They were morally and spiritually deceived. Jeremiah was called upon to stand alone in the face of rejection. HE WAS REJECTED BY HIS NEIGHBORS !!!!!!
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:35:22 +0000
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