Because you preferred to be carried away captive to the things of this world, and listen instead to those prophets who were not servants of the Lord -- those whom the Lord did not raise up for His glory and praise and honour; those with other agendas that do not include preaching the good news gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Moreover, "because ye have said, "The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon," -- [know] that thus saith the Lord of the King that sits upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwells in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; thus saith the Lord of hosts --- "Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: because they have not hearkened to My words," saith the Lord, "which I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear," saith the Lord." (Jeremiah 29:5-19)
As we know too from other scriptures, those who failed to hearken to the voice of the Lord did not want to hear the truth, and thus, chose instead to kill the prophets who brought unto them the Word of the Lord.
Still, there is hope!
Because regardless of what the modern day worldly and religious leaders say, the dayspring from on high has visited His people. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, as promised by the prophet Isaiah. God willingly became our Saviour. And now, as we know from Peter standing with the eleven on the day of Pentecost, He that ye crucified is both Lord and Christ. And this same He continues to perform His Good Word toward us, if we place our trust in Him.
JESUS -- the Only Name whereby we must be saved! (Acts 4:12; Acts 2:36-41; I Timothy 3:16; Philippians 2:9; Matthew 1:21-23)
His thoughts of peace toward those who love Him (not of evil), to give to each and every one of us who believe in Him by faith -- "an expected end!" His purpose within our heart -- if we would only hear His Word -- the Word made flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14; I Timothy 3:16)
What do we need to do? We need to stand fast in the liberty that is Christ! We need to trust that the Lord will perform His Good Word toward us, and set us free forevermore. We need not to be deceived by those who willingly strive to put us in bondage, that move us away from the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God -- purposely leading us astray from the Way, the Truth, and the Life -- the Lord Jesus the Christ.
Most of all, we need to take hold of the fact that "after the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared ... the One and Only who willingly took our place on and old rugged cross so that we might know Him in His fullness. (Titus 3:4-7)
For as He saith, "I will cause you to return to this place, wherein you will know the thoughts that I thing toward you -- the thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Stand in the offering plate.
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