Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright - Series 2 Chapter 4 The Sceptre or the Promise of a Perpetuated House, Throne and Kingdom to David - J. H. Allen - 1902

J. H. Allen

Before we can gather up even the first link in the chain of history as regards the "building and planting" which Jeremiah must accomplish, we must take a glance at some of the facts concerning the prophet's own history. We have already noticed that when the Lord was instructing Jeremiah in the work which he was to do, he said to him, regarding those that should oppose or fight against him, "Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee." (Jeremiah 1:8) But Jeremiah seems not to have met with any special opposition until during the reign of Jehoiakim. This was at a time when the Lord commanded him to go into the court of the temple and speak to the people as they gathered from all the cities of Judah to worship; at the same time he told him to speak all the words which he, the Lord, had commanded him, and to "diminish not a word. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library