“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage. (Jeremiah 3:15-18, ESV)
Did you hear what the prophet said? Or better yet did you hear what God said through Jeremiah?
We read this passage and the others in the Hebrew Scriptures that point to the union of the nations. But do we really read them and allow them to speak to us? We see this and hear that the nations will be united, that people will not follow after their own evil hearts and all will be united under God. We hear this because deep down we really all want this. We want the dissension and back biting and the rivalries to be done. We want to be united because that is what God has promised will happen!
But what we miss in the above text is when the shepherds come that God is sending, the shepherds who will feed knowledge and understanding, then the Ark of the Covenant will vanish…
And the Ark of the Covenant is the place where the law resides. So the law will not come to mind, be remembered or missed or be made again! The law will not matter because we will be united in Him.
So if the law will not matter why do we make such a big deal out of it now? If we can get past the differences the law instills in us, will we not be where God promises we will be?
So make sure you are right with God and love others as God first loved you!
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