Month: September 2014

Jeremiah 43:1-13.  Jerusalem is gone, Judah has been destroyed and depopulated.  A few people had been left behind in care of a governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar.  Then, probably 2 months into his governorship Gedalaih was assassinated, along with several people who were with him at the time, some Babylonian soldiers, and eventually 70 pilgrims from Read more

Jeremiah 42:1-2.  In yesterday’s reading the happy life of the remnant (people left behind) in Judah quickly turned into junk.  That is what we do best as humans (see “The Old Testament Connection”).  We just cant seem to honor God with our lives and since we were made to have a relationship with God when Read more