Jeremiah 51-52

Are you glad we are done with Jeremiah?  Try not to skim it, because this is the last time that we are going to get a point of view from someone who observed the captivity......I cannot wait to get to Daniel...he was actually in captivity and Beth Moore does a fabulous study on Daniel.  There are no more Kings to read about.....Jeremiah remains with the remnant....He also warns the people to leave Babylon when the captivity is over in 70 years.  Remember that we read in Isaiah that Cyrus would be the instrument of the release of this captivity.   BY NAME Isaiah spoke of him......The fire of the temple is hard to read about....this is where the Lord had chosen to dwell, it was Solomon's temple and the Jews had begun to defame it and not honor it.....Did you notice that all the treasures were taken from the temple.  Remember when King Hezikiah bragged and showed the Babylonian envoy all "his" treasures instead of witnessing that God had added to his life?   This exposure to the Babylonians is where they got the idea to attack and steal the treasures.   The Lord has a plan that is fitting together here....Buh-Bye, Jeremiah.........but wait....we will have a book of Lamentations that he wrote!  Stay tuned!