Corruption from Top to Bottom and Unavoidable Judgment

Jeremiah 5: Corruption from Top to Bottom.

Jeremiah 5:1-3: "'Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; see now and know, and seek in her open places; if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks truth, and I will pardon Jerusalem.' Though they say, 'As the Lord lives,' surely they swear falsely. O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I said, 'Surely these are poor. They are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. I will go to the great men and speak to them, for they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God.' But these all together have broken the yoke and burst their bonds."

Jeremiah 5:6-9: "'Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces because of their transgressions are many, their backslidings have increased. How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. They were like well-fed, lusty stallions; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the Lord. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'"

Jeremiah 5:10-14: "'Go up on her walls and destroy; do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously with Me,' says the Lord. 'For they have lied about the Lord, and said, "It is not He, nor will evil come upon us; nor shall we see sword or famine. And the prophets become wind, for the word is not in them." Thus shall it be done to them. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the Lord. "It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say. Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty men. And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters shall eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall destroy your fortified cities in which you trust, with the sword. Nevertheless, in those days," says the Lord, "I will not make a complete end of you."'

Why doesn't He make a complete end of the people? Because of the covenant, the Abrahamic covenant, the ultimate promise to the Jewish people. There will be a generation that inherits the land that will do good. This generation, in my opinion, is getting down to the time of Jacob's trouble. Zechariah 14 says half the city will go into captivity; bad things will happen in Israel. Two-thirds will be destroyed, one-third will come through the fire. We know what that says in Zechariah. We are not far from that.

All of us who love Israel, love the Jewish people, love the Israelis, must do our part with great things. Salvation told people the land. It's befuddling how we all read the Torah every weekend, and the entire Torah says what I've been saying: if the people do good and obey, life is grand. They can enjoy the land of milk and honey, no enemies. But if they disobey, God will have a problem and bring enemies against them. That's what Moses told them over and over. We must understand this, or Nebuchadnezzar will come, or Antichrist will come, because they won't repent as a nation until it gets really bad. Then Yeshua will deliver them because they will realize they can't do this. They can't fight everyone in the promised land and win. Only a God can do that, the God of Israel, the King of Israel, not a man-made army. America's army, Europe's army, Israel's army—it doesn't matter. You cannot do that. You will not do that because that would fulfill the prophecies of Yeshua doing that. The Jewish Jesus, Yeshua, must fulfill the Torah, the prophets, and the Psalms to be the Jewish Messiah, the Son of God. The Jewish people should understand this. Christians don't, but Jewish people should understand there are prerequisites to the Jewish Messiah. We must get back to the prerequisites and stop thinking we're going to do all this. For 25 years, it's been a disaster in the Middle East with America and Israel trying to do this. No victories and only debt. Christian Zionists and others who think America and Israel will do this need to pay for it. The $10-12 trillion spent, plus $30 trillion more in debt. All the ignorant people need to pay for this because all they're doing is insanity. They will not defeat Persia, Turkey, or the beast kingdom. Yeshua will do this. Until they repent, there will be no victories.

Summary of Jeremiah 5: Corruption from the top to the bottom. Major points: The poor have rebelled, the great men have rebelled, the prophets lie, priests rule by their own authority, and the people love it that way. Look at what's going down today—the same thing. Key scriptures: "Find one who seeks truth." They deny the Lord. They have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear. Then an astonishing and horrible thing will come to Israel. When leadership, priesthood, prophets, and people all embrace deception and rebellion, judgment becomes unavoidable.