Venice church of Christ1d ago
"'Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?'" (Jeremiah 27:17)
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The word of YHWH through #Jeremiah seemed rather #treasonous. 

He encouraged and exhorted the Judahites to submit to the yoke of #Nebuchadnezzar king of #Babylon and preached how YHWH had given Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty over all the lands. 

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We can hopefully understand why this message seemed contrary to everything the Judahites believed about their #God and about themselves. 

But Judah should have listened to Jeremiah: if they had not rebelled, Jerusalem would not have been destroyed.  They would not, and they all, including Jeremiah, would suffer the same distressing fate.

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Why might the people of God resist hearing messages which seem contrary to everything they believe about their God and themselves?