The Temple Sermon and Trusting in Deception

Jeremiah 7: The Temple Sermon: Trusting in Deception.

Jeremiah 7:1-7: "The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 'Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, "Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.'" For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.'"

This is the standard. Unfortunately, today, they are not living by the standard. The Mosaic covenant: if you do this, if you thoroughly amend your ways and doings, execute judgment, do not oppress the stranger, orphan, or widow, do not shed innocent blood, or walk after other gods to your own hurt, then you will dwell in this place forever. This is the Mosaic covenant, what Moses told them once they entered the land. It's a bilateral agreement. The Abrahamic covenant promises the land, but when they are in the land, they must follow Moses. Everyone should know that.

Jeremiah 7:8-11: "'Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations"? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes?' says the Lord. 'Behold, I have even seen it,' says the Lord."

This is right in front of your grill, man. The word of God, the Torah, which Jeremiah is quoting, cuts to the joints, marrow, and bones, even to the deepest spots of the heart, sharper than a two-edged sword: Messiah Yeshua. The sword, Messiah Yeshua, the two-edged sword, not "sweet little baby Jesus." The land of the tribe of Judah, the Jewish Messiah, the seed of David, the seed of Abraham, is coming with the sword after Nebuchadnezzar comes again. He will be like Nebuchadnezzar to judge the people. The two witnesses will come. Judah needs to wake up, Israel needs to wake up, and understand they have been misled by the government and some prophets. There is no restoration until repentance. Once you repent, Israel, the Jewish Messiah will give you the greatest victory you've ever seen.

Jeremiah 7:12-15: "'But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. And now, because you have done all these works,' says the Lord, 'and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer—therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all of your brethren—the whole offspring of Ephraim.'"

Jeremiah 7:16-20: "'Therefore, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.' 'Do they provoke Me to anger?' says the Lord. 'Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?' Therefore, thus says the Lord God: 'Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it shall burn and not be quenched.'"

Christians, wake up. Jeremiah is calling out these celebrations of Easter, Ishtar. That's what they were doing: the queen of heaven. That's what Easter is. Do your research. Don't be a part of that. He would tell Christians the same thing. "Do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you." Look what they're doing: worshiping other gods, making cakes for the queen of heaven, Ishtar of Babylon. Do they provoke Me to anger? Do they not provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces? Therefore, "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place... and it shall burn and not be quenched."